Category Archives: SCOM 2016

SCOM 1801: Updated MP for Windows Server 2016 and 1709 Plus v10.0.21.0

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An updated management pack has been released for Windows Server 2016 and 1709 Plus get it here

My colleague Kevin Holman has written a fantastic article on the new features in this management pack available here.

The article includes a word of caution regarding the new Port and Process monitoring MP as it can overwhelm your Data Warehouse if you turn this on indiscriminately.

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SCOM 1801: Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Management Pack updated for 1.9

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The ATA management pack has been updated to include support for ATA 1.9 get it here

What is Advanced Threat Analytics?

Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) is an on-premises platform that helps protect your enterprise from multiple types of advanced targeted cyber attacks and insider threats.

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SCOM 2016: UR5 Released

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Update Rollup 5 for SCOM 2016 has been released.

As usual you can get it from the catalog here or through windows update.

all in all this looks like a good update and solves a few persistent issues form previous versions.

Updates and Fixes

  • SCOM console and Service Manager console for PowerShell modules can now coexist on the same server.Note Both SCOM Update Rollup 5 (this update) and Service Manager Update Rollup 5 (update KB 4093685) must be installed to resolve this issue.
  • Active Directory Integration rules are not visible or editable in an upgraded 2016 Management Group. This prevents the ongoing management of Active Directory integration assignment in the upgraded Management Group.
  • When the UNIX host name on the server is in lowercase, the OS and MonitoredBy information is displayed incorrectly in the Unix/Linux Computers view.
  • Active Directory integrated agents do not display correct failover server information.
  • Performance views in the web console do not persist the selection of counters after web console restart or refresh.
  • The PowerShell cmdlet Get-SCXAgent fails with error “This cmdlet requires PowerShell version 3.0 or greater.”
  • During the upgrade from SCOM 2016 to SCOM 1801, if the reporting server is installed on a server other than the management server, the upgrade fails. Additionally, you receive the error message, “The management server to which this component reports has not been upgraded.”
  • If a group name has been changed through the operations console, the Get-SCOMGroup cmdlet does not retrieve the group data that includes the changed group name.
  • Error HTTP 500 occurs when you access Diagram view through the web console.
  • When you download a Linux management pack after you upgrade to SCOM 2016, the error “OpsMgr Management Configuration Service failed to process configuration request (Xml configuration file or management pack request)” occurs.
  • The SQLCommand Timeout property is exposed so that it can be dynamically adjusted by users to manage random and expected influx of data scenarios.
  • The MonitoringHost process crashes and returns the exception “System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for an Int32.”
  • When company knowledge is edited by using the Japanese version of Microsoft Office through the SCOM console, the error (translated in English) “Failed to launch Microsoft Word. Please make sure Microsoft Word is installed. Here is the error message: Item with specified name does not exist” occurs.
  • Accessing Silverlight dashboards displays the “Web Console Configuration Required” message because of a certificate issue.
  • Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementPack.Recommendations causes errors to be logged on instances of Microsoft SQL Server that have case-sensitive collations.
  • Deep monitoring displays error “Discovery_Not_Found” if the installation of JBoss application server is customized.
  • Adds support for the Lancer driver on IBM Power 8 Servers that use AIX.
  • The ComputerOptInCompatibleMonitor monitor is disabled in the Microsoft.SystemCenter.Advisor.Internal management pack. This monitor is no longer valid.

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SCOM 1801: Updated SQL Server Management Packs v7.0.4.0

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New versions of the SQL server management packs are available at the following locations:

SQL Server 2008/1012 – here
SQL Server 2014  – here
SQL Server 2016 – here

New in 7.0.4.0

SQL Server 2008/2012/2014/2016

  • Updated the “Security Considerations” section in the
    operations guide
  • Updated the default value of SP Level in the “Service
    Pack Compliance” monitor for SQL Server 2012 (SP 4)
  • Added the actual value of free space (% and MB) in
    the alert description of the “Transaction Log Free
    Space (%)” monitor (SQL 2012 only)

SQL Server Dashboards

No changes introduced; increased the version number to 7.0.4.0 to
comply with the current version of SQL Server management packs

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XPost SCOM 1801: Caveat when upgrading from 2012R2/2016

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Just a quick cross post from my college Robert Bird original posting here.

Be aware that when upgrading to SCOM 1801 in order to upgrade reporting successfully you need to install the SCOM console onto the SSRS instance first otherwise the upgrade will fail.

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