Official Ops Manager Guides Available

Here's a link to some awesome official guides from TechNet

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb498235.aspx

System Center Capacity Planner

For a complete design and planning of SCOM, check out the new System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) which has been released in BETA! Go to https://connect.microsoft.com/programdetails.aspx?ProgramDetailsID=1265

Ops Manager license CHEAPER THAN EVER!!

Guess what, it’s true. SCOM 2007 is now much cheaper than before. Moreover, OpsMgr is priced per device compared to many others which are priced by number of processors.

License	SCOM 2007	MOM	Difference (%)
Server with 10 Enterprise OML	USD4,833	USD6,099	USD1266 (-20.76%)
Standard OML	USD155	USD195.8	USD40.8 (-20.84%)
Enterprise OML	USD426	USD537.8	USD111.8 (-20.79%)
Client OML	USD32	NA

An Operations Management License (OML) is required for each device managed by OpsMgr 2007, except for those functioning only as network infrastructure devices (OSI layer 3 or below). A device can be a single server, single personal computer, workstation, terminal, handheld computer, pager, telephone, personal digital assistant, or other electronic device.

MOM 2005 Pricing : http://www.microsoft.com/mom/howtobuy/default.mspx

SCOM 2007 Pricing : http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/opsmgr/howtobuy/default.mspx#EIE

Ian Blyth’s Blog also talks about it.

http://ianblythmanagement.wordpress.com/

Ops Manager 2007 Sizing Guide

Its Here!!! The Sizing Guide!! Woohooo!!! Here is some help found at https://connect.microsoft.com/SystemCenter/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5230

MP Wizard?

Everything and more that you can do with the MOM 2005 MP Wizard is now a core part of the standard OpsMgr 2007 product. So while it is true the MP Authoring Console will be released soon, it is really for advanced MP authoring.

The kind of MPs the MP Wizard produces are really very simple and are fully supported in OpsMgr 2007. There are some instructional videos on it at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/opsmgr/2007/evaluate/webcasts.mspx

Cluster MP not clustered

In a recent POC, we were trying to configure Ops Mgr RC2 to monitor an Exchange Cluster. We imported the Exchange MP and Cluster MP. However, Ops Mgr 07 was not picking up the back-end Cluster. When RTM was released, the Cluster MP was no where to be found.

We proceeded to ask PSS regarding the matter and found out that there were some issues with the Cluster MP and that was the reason it was not available in RTM. So for those of you that are doing demos or POCs... hope this little info helps.

In a recent POC, we were trying to configure Ops Mgr RC2 to monitor an Exchange Cluster. We imported the Exchange MP and Cluster MP. However, Ops Mgr 07 was not picking up the back-end Cluster. When RTM was released, the Cluster MP was no where to be found.

We proceeded to ask PSS regarding the matter and found out that there were some issues with the Cluster MP and that was the reason it was not available in RTM. So for those of you that are doing demos or POCs... hope this little info helps.

Rules vs. Monitors

Back in the days of MOM2005, all monitoring was done under a terminology called 'Rules'. We would create a rule to track events and alerts

In Ops Manager 2007, a new component of Management Packs is introduced... 'Monitors'!..

So this is how I understand it...

MONITORS:
Used to assess various conditions that can occur on monitored objects

• performance counter
• the existence of an event
• the occurrence of data in a log file
• the status of a Windows Service
• the occurrence of a SNMP trap

The result of this assessment determines the health state of a target and the alerts that are generated

RULES:

Used to collect data, such as events, generated by managed objects.
Can be used instead of monitors to generate alerts when data collected from managed objects DOES NOT indicate the health state of the managed objects.