This is a summary of the wave of Management Packs that were released in January 2015. Information and download location in the links provided:
Windows Server OS MP update 6.0.7296.0 – here (Actually a February release)
Windows Server OS MP update 6.0.7294.0 – here – Replaced by 6.0.7296.0
SharePoint 2010 Products MP version 14.0.7135.5000 – here
Office 365 MP v7.0.5112.0 – here
SCSM MP v7.5.3079.183 – here
A new version of the management pack for System Center Service Manager has been released v7.5.3079.183 is availbile for download here.
The guide doesn’t provide much information on the changes other then “Updated platform support ton include 2012 SP1 and 2012 R2” Some more testing should reveal a more complete list of changes.
It looks like MS has released a fixed version of the Windows Server OS MP so the duplicate drive discovery issue should be resolved now. This highlights the importance of testing management packs before releasing them into your live environments.
This version is 6.0.7296.0 and is available for download here
Changes in this version
A new version of the Office 365 MP has been released it is version 7.0.5112.0 and is available for download here.
New in this version:
Oktagonal, a company that specialises in infrastructure automation has released a Maintenance Mode scheduler tool for SCOM 2012.
Go here for additional information and pricing. A 30 day trial is also available.
Features:
I particularly like the ability to convert the tech heavy SCOM object names into easy to identify object names and the ability to restrict who can schedule maintenance for which object without requiring console access and we all know how useful auditing is when it comes to maintenance mode.
Definitely a useful tool, I look forward to seeing later iterations.
An updated version of the SharePoint 2010 Products MP has been released this bring us to version 14.0.7135.5000 is it available for download here.
This release is similar to the recent update to the Exchange 2010 MP in that allowance has been made for different versions of Poweshell being installed side by side.
Changes in this update
Changed design to use Powershell 2.0 explicitly when 2.0 and higher versions are installed side by side
Microsoft is off to an early start this year there is already a new release of the Windows Server Operating System MP, bringing the version to 6.0.7294.0 it is available for download here. **Microsoft has pulled this version from the catalog and reverted to version 6.0.7292.0 a full explanation of the issue has been blogged by Kevin Holman here**
Warning – There is currently a bug in this version of the MP that causes logical disks to be discovered more than once and this causes a flood of performance data to hammer your DB. This issue was discovered by Daniele Grandini.
This release is just a minor update with some bug fixes.
Changes in this version
This is a summary of the wave of Management Packs that were released in December 2014. Information and download location in the links provided:
IBM Storage Management Pack v 2.3.0 – here
SQL Server MP version 6.5.4.0 – here
Exchange 2010 MP version 14.3.210.2 – here
Exchange 2013 MP version 15.0.663.19 – here
Base OS MP (Windows Server) version 6.0.7279.0 – here
Veeam Report Library MP Version 7.0 R2 – here
As 2014 comes to a close I’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy festive season.
I would also like to thank everyone for all the support over the past year, it’s encouraging to see the traffic to OpsMan increasing every month. Also with all the innovation throughout 2014 I for one am excited to see what 2015 has to offer.
See you all in the new year!
Veeam has released a new version of their popular Report Library for System Center, this version, 7.0 R2 follows the release of the hyper-v enabled Veeam Management Pack v7 for System Center and is available for download here.