Category: Download

Version 2.2 of My Script to Download All SCOM Management Packs with PowerShell

Microsoft has made some changes to the code of the download pages on the MPs so the script was not able to get MP version. Here is full change log:

  • Microsoft has made some changes to the code of the download pages again so the script was not able to get the version of the MP. Made changes to work with the new code.
  • The script now checks if MP web pages is invoked successfully 
  • If MP Page is not invoked successfully error appears. Error is also written in a Error Log.
  • Improvements on check if MP is already downloaded
  • MP download links are displayed on separate lines
  • Changes section was made more readable format

You can download the new version from the following locations:

Version 2.1 of My Script to Download All SCOM Management Packs with PowerShell

Little improvements were made to this script. All of them were contributed by Anthony Bailey:

  • The script now checks if the folder for the version already exists and if only there is not such folder than downloads the MP;
  • When MP is downloaded successfully it is written in a log file;

With these improvements you can run the script with schedule task and configure SCOM to monitor the log that way you can get alerted when new MP is available. All thanks to Anthony Bailey.

Latest version you can find on TechNet Gallery or systemcentercentral.com.

New MP: System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 DHCP

Microsoft released another new MP as they promised. You can grab the new Windows Server DHCP 2012 MP from here. This MP introduces the following new features:

  • All workflows are implemented using PowerShell to improve overall functionality for this Management Pack.
  • Failover Relationships are now a supported configuration that is being discovered and monitored by the new 2012 Management Pack.
  • Discovery and Monitoring of a DHCP Cluster installation.
  • Scopes, super scopes utilization is being monitored based on events that provide 80% and 100% usage.
  • Utilization of scopes based on policies, client packet drop and residual IP addresses range monitoring.

The MP has very good documentation so read it before importing.

Updated: System Center 2012 SP1 Integration Map

System Center 2012 SP1 Integration Map has been updated. You can find this cool document here.

Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica

Microsoft has released a tool that will help you plan your capacity for Hyper-V Replica. The tool and the documentation for it you can find here.