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SCOM 2007 R2 VHD Test Drive & 2012 thoughts

R2, SCOM, SCOM 2012 4 Responses »

Feb 122011

Just in case you were interested in test driving Operations Manager 2007 R2, Microsoft published a VHD several days ago, you can download it here.

I’m curious as to why it’s only available as a 13 part RAR file, and doesn’t use the typical MS File Transfer Manager like we get on MSDN to download it one big bundle – or at least the option to get it that way. It’s a little odd.

Also, I’ve been messing around with a VM of Operations Manager 2012, now at CTP3. My initial thoughts? It looks a lot like 2007, which isn’t bad.

The best part? It actually tells you when it’s “thinking”. No more does it just lock up with the old green revolving bar at some random point while it’s collecting it’s thoughts – it actually tells you what it is doing!

More thoughts as I play with it!

Just a few things

Community, R2, SCOM, Web Service No Responses »

Mar 032010

So my current contract has ended and while I have some spare time I’m going to be focusing fiercely (Well, fiercely for me anyway) on “Project KONOP”, the OpsMgr Web Service. I’ve even been so bold as to take the liberty in registering SCOMWS.com to host it.

And a new project, still unfinished – SystemCenterSearch.com. Hoping to make it a very basic ‘portal’ for all things system center – but mainly centered on the most recent issues, most common problems and solutions, and a simple search that looks through all of the system center websites for your query.

And for you Redditors out there I’ve made two new sub-reddits. /r/SystemCenter – dedicated to all things System Center related and /r/SCOM – dedicated to just OpsMgr stuff (Of which we know I’m kind of partial to).

So just a quick note to let you know what I’m working on. Now, I’m back to working on website front-ends and building a web service using a 5 year old book from MS Press heh.

New IPD available for OpsMgr 2007 R2

Guides, R2, SCOM No Responses »

Oct 062009

The new Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for OpsMgr 2007 R2 has been released.

If you’ve never checked it out, I strongly encourage you to – especially if you have a new install coming up. The IPD guide walks you through all aspects of the planning and design of an OpsMgr network. After you’ve gone through it you’ll know how to:

Define the scope of the project
Identify necessary management packs and product connectors
Determine how monitoring will be implemented
Determine the number of management groups and agent security strategy
Design and place the OpsMgr server roles and databases
Design the notification system
And much much more!

These guides are pretty invaluable, especially if you’re not an expert in the technology.
So what are you waiting for? Download it now – and when you’re done, check out the rest of the design guides, too!

Note: The version number is still 1.0 and the published date remains June 2008 – I sent a note off to ask them to increment that.

OpsMgr R2 is now RTM!

R2, SCOM, Updates 2 Responses »

May 222009

Go out and download the evaluation version. Learn about what’s new and improved! Try it out in the virtual lab. Or watch a quick video by Sacha Dawes, Senior Program Manager for Operations Manager, on a tour of all the new features in R2.

It’s not on MSDN downloads quite yet, but it should be there soon.