SCOM 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 2 is out

The new Cumulative Update 2 for OpsMgr 2007 R2 has been released just before this weekend.
You can find the download at the download center:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=61714687-668a-46e4-b127-ad851959435…

SCOM R2 Unleashed book at MMS

 
From a posting by Kerrie: At the MMS Veeam is giving away a limited number of copies of this great new book. There will also be signings by the authors!
Congrats for getting the paper version out there too Kerrie!!!
Bob Cornelissen

Message Queuing management packs released

 
So the Message Queuing management packs for version 4 and 5 have been released. I know this is old news for some of you, as these MPs have been available for the last 2 weeks almost ;). I recently got a question as to what these versions are.
W…

Memory usage SCOM agent for linux

 We had a chance the other week to understand the memory usage by SCOM cross plat agents for Red Hat linux and I wanted to share this info with you. The take away by the way is that the agent is not using much memory.The case:After deploying…

Discovering virtual machines with SCOM

 
Just thought to post on a management pack that has been around for some time, posted by my friend Pete Zerger. On Windows boxes it not only discovers if it is a windows virtual machine (hyper-v for instance), but also if it is a vmware guest. Thi…

Savision enthusiasm

 
Last week I visited Savision head quarters in the Netherlands.
Was great to see them again and talk about new things to come.
I can’t wait to see and get the new releases of software coming from these guys.
Of course there will be a new ve…

SCOM R2 sizing helper is updated

 
Sorry for the delay, but I just wanted to mention that the SCOM R2 sizing helper has had an update about 2 weeks ago. You can get the Operations Manager 2007 R2 sizing helper here.
I use these a lot as they help with getting basic sizing recom…