NiCE has released an updated version of their Domino MP version 7.01 – more information is available here.
New in this version:
It’s always the bugs you come across when you are trying to do something else that can be the most frustrating. Today while creating some dashboards for one of my clients the views returned blank after saving them.
I then had a look at the SQL built in dashboards to see how widespread this issue was and had the same results. The dashboard pane was blank and the tasks also did not display.
First I tried restarting the console with the /clearcache command and this usually address display issues and had the same result.
I then tried a console on a different server and then I tested using the web console both loaded the dashboards properly . So I was dealing with a server issue or a profile issue.
A bit of research suggested that sometimes this problem can be caused by a corrupt .net installation. As this requires change approval in order to address I first tested the profile option by logging on to the same server, where I experienced the issue with another user account. This time the dashboards loaded correctly so it’s probably not a .net issue.
Considering that /clearcache didn’t work I wanted to first try and remove the momcache.mdb cache file located in C:\Users\<user account>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Monitoring.Console in order to test all options before recreating the user profile.
After deleting momcache.mdb and re-opening the console all the dashboards now loaded correctly.
A management pack for Skype for Business Server 2015 has been released and is available for download here.
Skype for Business Server 2015, Management Pack contain comprehensive monitoring tools including:
Active Monitoring Management pack
Component and User Management Pack
Over at the MS SCOM engineering Blog it’s been newly released that SCOM 2012 R2 now supports SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3.
There is a catch though see below for what to be aware of:
Issue: Fresh Install of SCOM 2012 R2 on SQL 2008 R2 SP3 will not work
Workaround: Deploy SCOM 2012 R2 on to SQL 2008 R2 SP2 and after installation upgrade the DB to SQL 2008 R2 SP3
An odd issue I encountered today at one of my customers that has recently completed a migration to SCOM 2012 R2, when trying to open the overrides node with no scope selected I got the following error “An object of class ManagementPackClass with ID <GUID Removed> was not found” and then the view shows 0 overrides until the console is reopened with a /clearcache.
Turns out this error is caused by having an override that references a class that no longer exists, in order to track it down you first have to access the overrides which you can no longer see unless you do the following:
1. Export your overrides to text file using poweshell by running get-scomoverride | out-file c:\SCOMOverrides.txt
2. Search the output text file for the GUID which was in the original error “An object of class ManagementPackClass with ID <GUID Removed> was not found”
3. The GUID will appear on a line labeled Context, below that one look for a line labeled Identifier, In my case it looked as follows “Identifier: 1|Windows.Operating.System.Custom.Monitors”
4. Generally this is enough information to identify which management pack needs to be deleted if it is not then continue to step 5
5. In SQL run the following query, remebering to edit it for your Identifier, against your operationsmanager database select * from ManagementPack where ManagementPackSystemName like ‘Windows.Operating.System.Custom.Monitors’
6. Once you have identified which management pack is causing your issue it needs to be deleted, once the new configuration is processed you will be able to see your overrides again.
Solution provided by Mcirosoft on Technet forum
Update Rollup 6 for SCOM 2012 R2 has just been released. As usual the update can be done through windows update or downloaded through the MS catalogue here. As always give this update a thorough test before deploying to your live environments.
Fixes in this update:
Note The UNIX or Linux agent must be updated after you install the Management Pack update to resolve this issue.
Relevant log messages:
/var/opt/microsoft/scx/scx.log
Note After you upgrade the Operations Manager UNIX/Linux agent to the version that is contained in this Management Pack update, an instance that exceeds 64 KB will be truncated and will generate the following message in the scx.log file. You can use the log message to identify and change the workflow that is returning too much data.
omiserver.conf options for configuration SSLv3
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| NoSSLv3=true|false | Enable/Disables use of SSLv3 |
An issue to keep an eye our for in your SCOM and SCSM envionments
This KB article contains 5 potential workarounds if you find yourself experiencing the below problem:
After applying the following update, the System Center Data Access service or the System Center Management Configuration service may fail to start with a time-out error.
2677070 – An automatic updater of revoked certificates is available for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2677070/)
Also, after opening the Service Manager console the following error may be displayed:
Reporting Data Warehouse management Server is currently unavailable. You will be unable to view reports or administer the Data Warehouse until this server is available. Please contact your system administrator. After the server becomes available please close your console and re-open to connect.
Cisco released an update to their IMC Management Pack, it is available for download from the Cisco support website here.
There are certain alerts and error events that will refer to a Group UINameSpace ID, in order to convert this to the Group Display Name you can use the following SQL Query against your OperationsManager database.
select FullName,DisplayName from basemanagedentity
where FullName like ‘%<UINameSpaceID>.Group’
Microsoft has just announced a new update rollup for the Microsoft Monitoring Agent, the KB article and download link is here.