SQL Server 2012 SP1 is available

Microsoft released service pack 1 for SQL Server 2012. The service pack contains CU1 and CU2.

SQL Server and System Center Survey

Paul Keely a System Center MVP and one of the authors of Mastering System Center 2012 Operations Manager book is conducting a survey about how people are using System Center and SQL together. The results of the survey will help Paul in creating a whitepaper on the topic. So please give a 10 minutes of your time to fill the survey here and help the community.

Plan your Orchestrator Database Size

On his blog Anders Bengtsson explains what are the key points in estimating the Orchestrator database size. If you are planning to install Orchestrator in your environment read Anders’ article so you can estimate the database size

New version 6.3.173.1 for SQL Server Management Pack is out

A new version of SQL Server Management Pack for SCOM is released but this is just a minor release and contains only one bug fix:

  • Fixed DB File Group Free Space bug

Download the MP from here.

System Center Monitoring Pack for SQL Server Base Appliance version 1.0.5.0 now available

A new version of SQL Server Base appliance management pack is available for download. Changes in the new version are:

  • Remote discovery is supported
  • New state view Clusters
  • Appliance clusters discovery supported
  • Update display strings
  • Manufacturer and Model properties discovered for Appliance
  • Script errors handling fixed

Documentation on the MP and the MP itself can be downloaded from here.