Tips From the Field: Applying Update Rollup 5 to System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack

So I’ve had the chance to try installing UR5 so here are some tips from me: Continue reading “Tips From the Field: Applying Update Rollup 5 to System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack”

Report Deployment Error After Updating VMM Management Packs with 2012 R2 Update Rollup 3

It is the last day of the year but it is not too late for a new blog post. When applying Update Rollup for System Center 2012 R2 I’ve encountered an issue when updating the VMM Management Pack and I’ve blogged about it in my tips. Continue reading “Report Deployment Error After Updating VMM Management Packs with 2012 R2 Update Rollup 3”

Disable Discovery of Virtual Machine Resource Groups in Cluster MP

Both Cluster Management Pack and Virtual Machine Management Pack provide monitoring for Virtual Machine but from different perspective. In some situations the Cluster MP can be very noise as it is monitoring Resource Groups and Resources which could be down just because some virtual machines are shut down. Continue reading “Disable Discovery of Virtual Machine Resource Groups in Cluster MP”

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – The Azure Portal Experience (Part 10)

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Cameron tipped me that I should write a blog post about the Azure Portal Experience for Operational Insights. Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – The Azure Portal Experience (Part 10)”

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Alert Management (Part 9)

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For more than a couple of weeks there is a new Intelligence Pack in Azure Operational Insights – Alert Management. I would have blogged earlier but initially the IP was not working for my account but the Azure Operational Insights team managed to fix it for less than a week. Of course once I had my Alert Management working I was occupied with other tasks. In short better late than never. Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Alert Management (Part 9)”