Tag: Windows

Extended Windows Server 2008 MP for Operations Manager

Matt Goedtel wrote a management pack that extends the functionality of the original Windows OS management pack. The MP even has a documentation attached. Find more information and download location here.

PowerShell 3.0

Final version of PowerShell 3.0 is here and it is now available for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 & Windows Server 2008 SP2 systems. PowerShell 3.0 is provided ad windows update that actually contains updates for several technologies:

  • Windows PowerShell 3.0
  • WMI
  • WinRM
  • Management OData IIS Extensions
  • Server Manager CIM Provider
    The update and additional information can be found here.
    Note: This update requires .Net Framework 4.0

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Windows Server 2012 Tracks

As soon as Windows Server 2012 went into General Availability MVA released a fair amount of videos to cover the new functionalities. So watch and learn for free:

Windows Server 2012: Technical Overview

Server Virtualization Module

Networking Module

Storage Module

Identity and Access Module

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Module

Web and Application Platform Module

Windows Server 2012: Server Virtualization

Virtual Machine and Scale Mobility Module

Windows Server 2012: Storage

Storage Spaces Module

SMB 3.0 Module

File System Enhancements Module

Windows Server 2012: Networking

Managing Network Infrastructure Module

IP Address Management (IPAM) Module

Hyper-V Network Virtualization Module

Windows Server 2012: Management & Automation

Standard Based Management with Windows Management Framework Module

Multi-Server Management with Server Manager Module

You can also logon to MVA and find the track there.

Manage NIC via PowerShell

Microsoft published a nice article on Partner &Customer Solutions Blog about how to take advantage of PowerShell in managing NICs. The article gives basic overview of several PowerShell commands that can be useful for getting information about NICs or configuring them. You can read the full post here.

KB: Operations Manager agents consume 100 percent of CPU resources for the Monitoringhost.exe process

If you see such issue in your SCOM 2007 or 2012 environment you just have to install hotfix on the operating’s systems with this problem. Find out which hotfix on Microsoft knowledge base article KB974051.