There is an article on Operations Manager Engineering blog titled Patience is a virtue with the System Center 2012 Operations Manager SP1 installation. This articles advises you to be careful with upgrading SCOM 2012 to SP1 and not to rush things because you can face a lot of issues. Basically you should not upgrade two or more management servers at the same time. I would follow this advise to almost every product.
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System Center 2012 SP1 General Availability and VHD Downloads
It is official: System Center 2012 SP1 has reached General Availability. Summarization of the new capabilities you can find on the System Center blogs:
- System Center: Operations Manager Engineering Blog
- System Center: Virtual Machine Manager Engineering Blog
- System Center: Service Manager Engineering Blog
- System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog
- System Center: Data Protection Manager
- System Center Configuration Manager
If you want to test the components you can download VHD files that will help you with that:
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Operations Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Data Protection Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Service Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Service Manager (Data Warehouse) – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Orchestrator – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Configuration Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – App Controller – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
I trial version of the product can be downloaded from here.
Documentation for download:
- Technical Documentation Download for Technical Scenarios for System Center 2012 SP1
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – App Controller
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager
List of SC 2012 SP1 KB articles:
- List of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 KBs
- List of System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 KBs
Kevin Holman’s QuickStart deployment guides:
- OpsMgr 2012 SP1: QuickStart deployment guide
- Orchestrator 2012 SP1: a QuickStart deployment guide
- ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 – A QuickStart deployment Guide
- Service Manager 2012 SP1 – QuickStart deployment guide
- SCVMM 2012 SP1 – QuickStart deployment guide
Microsoft Virtual Academy Courses:
- Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals – Learn how Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V, and System Center 2012 SP1 can help you build, deploy, and manage private cloud architecture. NOTE: This course becomes available on Jan 15.
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Updates – Learn about the enhancements to each of the System Center 2012 SP1 components, which includes added support for Windows Server 2012, SQL Server 2012 and tighter integration with Windows Azure. NOTE: This course becomes available on Jan 16.
- COMING SOON: System Center 2012 SP1 Capabilities – Learn about the configuration and management of the infrastructure, services and applications available from System Center 2012 SP1. NOTE: This course becomes available on Jan 31.
More MVA videos for System Center 2012 SP1
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Every day more and more videos emerge on TechNet from MVA about System Center 2012 SP1. So we are eagerly waiting the new courses that will be provided on Microsoft Virtual Academy. I’ve been able to distinguish 6 different topics which are divided in part but still have no idea how courses will be arranged when they appear on MVA site.
Configure & Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1 – Abstraction
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2 – Heterogeneity & Control
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 3 – Expansion
Monitor and Operate Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor and Operate Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1 – Cloud Utilization
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2 – Control Access
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 3 – Application Servicing
Configure & Deploy Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1 – Compute
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2 – Storage
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 3 – Network
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 4 – Network Demo
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 5 – Cluster
Monitor & Operate Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1 – Proactive & Corrective
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Infrastructure Components with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2 – Standardize & Available
Configure & Deploy Service Delivery & Automation with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Service Delivery & Automation with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1–Standardization
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Service Delivery & Automation with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2–Self-Service & Systems Automation
Monitor & Operate Service Delivery & Automation with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Service Delivery & Automation with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1 – Integration & Management
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Service Delivery & Automation with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2 – Reporting
Configure and Deploy Applications with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure and Deploy Applications with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Configure & Deploy Applications with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2
Monitor & Operate Applications with System Center 2012 SP1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Applications with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Monitor & Operate Applications with System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2
I will keep monitoring if more MVA videos will be uploaded at TechNet.
Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
Yes it is true. The freshly released Service Pack 1 of System Center 2012 has update rollup. Here are the fixes:
App Controller (KB2790935)
Issue 1
Copying a .vhd file between Windows Azure storage accounts may be unsuccessful, and you receive a "Retrieved data is complete" warning message. This issue occurs if the .vhd file already exists on the destination or if the .vhd file is mapped to an existing virtual machine.
Issue 2
The import of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library server certificates may be unsuccessful for VMM library servers that are clustered.
Data Protection Manager (KB2791508)
Issue 1
Client backups fail when there is a case difference between the client computer name on the computer and the client computer name that is stored in Active Directory.
Operations Manager (KB2784734)
Issue 1
Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) in Operations Manager may provoke an increase in reporting threads and choke points.
Issue 2
After the Alert Attachment Management Pack (Microsoft.SystemCenter.AlertAttachment.mpb) is imported, you create a dashboard that contains an alert widget. When you click an alert, the Operations Manager console may crash.
Issue 3
When a Windows PowerShell module uses the Monitoringhost.exe process on an x86-based client that is running Windows 8, more than 800 megabytes (MB) of memory may be consumed.
Issue 4
After an application domain is created, adding another application domain may be unsuccessful.
Operations Manager – UNIX and Linux Monitoring (Management Pack Update)
Issue 1
When multiple process monitors are used to target the same computer or group, processes may incorrectly monitor some template instances. Additionally, problems with the monitored processes may not be detected. This issue occurs when each process monitor uses the same name as the process even though different argument filters are used in each process monitor.
Note After the updated Microsoft.Unix.Process.Library.mpb file is imported, all existing Process Template instances must be edited and saved for the fixed behavior to take effect.
Service Provider Foundation (KB2785476)
Issue 1
The OperatingSystemId property on a virtual hard disk (VHD) object is always set to NULL.
Issue 2
Virtual machine usage metrics are not aggregated at hourly intervals and are missing basic usage metrics such as network sent and receive I/O operations per second (IOPS).
Virtual Machine Manager (KB2792925 – Console; KB2792926 – VMM Server)
Issue 1
When a logical unit number (LUN) is unmasked on an iSCSI array, the VMM service may crash.
Issue 2
When a node is put in maintenance mode, virtual machines in the cluster change to a status of "Unsupported Cluster Configuration."
Issue 3
When an add-in that uses multiple DLL files is imported into the VMM console, the add-in is not imported. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
Add-in cannot be installed
Issue 4
When an add-in is imported into the VMM console on a server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2, the add-in is not imported.
Issue 5
When an add-in is imported into the VMM console, the console may crash.
Instructions and download find here.
MVA: System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1
It seems courses for all components of System Center 2012 SP1 components are on the way. The first videos uploaded are from Microsoft Virtual Academy course about SCSM 2012 SP1:
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Service Manager in System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 1 – Import Data and Runbooks
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Service Manager in System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 2 – Build and Publish Request Offerings
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Service Manager in System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 3 – Create, Invoke and Monitor
- Microsoft Virtual Academy: Service Manager in System Center 2012 SP1 – Part 4 – Chargeback