Dell have finally released a new version of their Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager (Version 3.1.1, A00). A few Fixes and Enhancements over the previous version (as you would expect). I really hope Dell have spent time improving the performance and reliability issues that plagued previous versions of their MP.
The guys over at SystemCenterForum have a great series on virtualising the various OpsMgr roles and components. Definitely worth a read if you are planning on going virtual with your OpsMgr environment.
A client contacted me today with an unusual problem. They reported that when they attempted to resolve an alert in the Active Alerts view, they kept getting and error that the resolution state was out of sync. [Read more...]
My colleague and OpsMgr MVP Andy Dominey has released a whitepaper entitled “Deploying OpsMgr in Highly Available and Distributed Enterprise Environments”. Andy has extensive experience in this area and has documented his thoughts and recommendations on the subject.
You can find out more about the whitepaper and get a copy for yourself at Andy’s blog.
Well, I finally got around to sitting my OpsMgr exam today, and passed with a score of 980. I must admit that I was expecting to pass but even I was surprised with my score. Unfortunately they couldn’t tell me which question (or questions) I got wrong.
I would like to point out that those preparing [...]
There is a known issue with version 6.0.6441.0 of the SQL Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager which has been resolved by the release of an updated MP (build 6.0.6460.0).
Read more about this issue on the Product Team blog.
