Ops Mgr 2007 Gateway Server and PKI Scenarios Document

The doc we posted during the Ops Mgr 2007 RC2 timeframe has been updated for RTM. It provides guidance what are common areas of confusion, including functions of the Gateway Server role in Ops Mgr, as well as mutual authentication for untrusted / isolated environments. To that end, we've illustrated some common certificate-based authentication scenarios to facilitate greater understanding of how to effectively deploy these features, and provided step-by-step guidance along the way. Download a copy of Gateway Server and PKI Scenarios in Ops Mgr 2007 HERE.

Recent MOM 2005 KBs and Comments

926681 The last sampled value is displayed in some alerts in the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Operator console I'd seen this one a million times and wondered why the last sample always matched the average. This patch is worth applying 928644 Various error messages occur that reference "SELECT permission denied" when you run certain Summary Reporting Pack reports in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 I think most people use the DTS account for the SRS account used to read data for reports, so I don't expect this is very common. 929797 Error message in the .NET Framework when you click a button in a MOM 2005 console: "Out of memory" This one comes up only with some interference from 3rd party applications, so not a concern if you've got a dedicated MOM Reporting Server.

Numerous Recent MOM 2005 Knowledge Base Articles

We've seen quite a large number of KB articles over the holiday week and into the new year. Here is a list for the last 2 weeks.   Week Ending 1/7/07 929796   MOM 2005 request sequences are not imported successfully when you follow the steps in the "Microsoft Operations Manager Web Sites and Services Management Pack Guide" 928999   The document map area of the page may be blank when you use Internet Explorer 7 to view a Web page that contains MOM 2005 reports 929869   Availability of the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 SP1 Agent Prerequisite Component for Windows XP Embedded software package 929870   Reasons why you should use the Simple recovery model for the MOM 2005 OnePoint and SystemCenterReporting databases   Week Ending 12/31/06 929655   No data is groomed from the OnePoint database in MOM 2005 928581   The MOM 2005 log provider only supports log file folders that reside on the same computer as the MOM agent        929390   The SystemCenterDTSPackageTask scheduled task is not completed successfully on a computer that is running MOM 2005 Reporting 928643   Error message when you install the Notification_Workflow_Hotfix.zip file for MOM 2005: "Cannot resolve collation conflict for like operation"

Recent MOM KBs

A post SP1 hotfix for an issue affecting environments with many management packs installed, where configuration data may exceed 1mb.   921288   Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1 agents do not appear in the MOM Operator console and cannot communicate with the MOM Management Server   and several HOW-TO KB's, which have been coming a pretty steady pace the last few months.   923105   How to determine which version of Microsoft Operations Manager you are running   923104   How to turn on TraceLevel logging in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005   923103   How to check for an event storm by using MOM 2005 Reporting

Recent MOM KBs

There have been a large number of KBs in recent days it seems, just wanted to quickly round them up in one spot for anyone who keeps up with them. We're also starting to see some KBs that are really more "how-to" type articles for common configuration questions. 922331 ... How to resolve a "There are <n> more managed computers in this management group than the number of specified MOM management licenses" error in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 917665 ... Event ID 21213 or event ID 21216 occurs and you cannot connect to the OnePoint database in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005   921278 ... A hotfix is available to let you create a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 database on a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2005, X64 Edition   922335 ... Event ID 25222 is logged when you use the Internet Information Server (IIS) Management Pack for MOM 2005 to monitor IIS   920735 ... The "Last Contacted" column is not updated for MOM agents after you install Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1   920707 ... Error message when you run the SQL Server 2000 Management Pack for MOM 2005 in low-privilege scenarios: "Unable to expand message 17055 "   920736 ... How to configure e-mail notifications in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005   920215 ... Installation issues that you may experience when you try to install Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005

MOM KB's This Week

919598   When you try to import a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 report, the import process fails   895324   Error message when you start the MOM 2005 Operator console on a computer that is running MOM 2005 and Windows Server 2003: "Application has generated an exception that cannot be handled"

Several New MOM KBs This Week

Busy week for KBs. Here's a rundown: 918278 How to uninstall a MOM Management Pack 918481 How to install Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Service Pack 1 databases and MOM 2005 Reporting on a computer that has Microsoft SQL Server 2005 installed 912704 The Snmp.exe process generates an access violation when the event is converted to an SNMP trap in MOM 2005 917666 The MOM 2005 Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator is not supported on a SQL Server 2000 cluster (A PSS call we opened a couple months ago prompted this one) 917664 Error message when you try to install Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Reporting: "Error code: -2147467259 (Unspecified error)" (This is the DisableLoopback fix)

Several New MOM KB Articles This Week

It's been a busy week for MOM KB's and hotfixes. The following were recently published.   913366   The Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) agent does not back up event logs if the Action account is configured to run as the local system account     906858   The MOM agent may generate event ID 25257 in MOM 2005   913278     Error message in the MOM 2005 Web console: "Value was either too large or too small for an Int32"   HOTFIX:   Deadlocks may occur with MOM 2005 SP1 on SQL 2005.   There is also another KB article in the works regarding an official statement of support (or lack thereof) for SQL Notification Services on an MSCS Cluster, based on a case we had open with PSS. I know it was rumored not to work, but we actually ran it through the paces to a conclusion anyway.

New MOM 2005-related KB Articles

There are a couple of fresh KB articles regarding problems reported to PSS:   This one resolves an error related to Web Sites & Services Reports, but requires you edit the SQL query in the report itself.   912999   Error message that you receive when you try to use MOM 2005 Reporting to run any one of the reports that are included with the Microsoft Web Sites and Services Management Pack: "Reporting Services Error"   The 2nd should only affect folks without the latest version of the IIS Mgmt Pack, released last August. The old version contained a rule that automatically added IP addresses to the site restrictions when they appeared in a HTTP 401 or 402 error in the IIS logs.   912156   IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0-based Web servers that have Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and the IIS Management Pack installed may randomly add IP address and domain name restrictions to all Web sites on the local computer -- Posted by Pete Zerger to Pete's Management BLOG.... at 2/04/2006 07:31:50 AM -- Regards, Pete Zerger