Quest QMX are not inserting data in SCOM Datawarehouse by default

I was at a customer, who wanted to generate performance report - and some of these performance reports was regarding VMware, which is monitored using Quest QMX.
But I found no perf data regarding the VMware.

It turned out, that a stiny little checkmark was missing in the QMX Configuration Tool:
g_boolWriteOpsMgrPerfMetricsToDWDB (OpsMgrGlobalVariables)

Bitlocker and BIOS updates

You are using Bitlocker on your Win7 machine and want to update the BIOS....

SUSPEND BitLocker BEFORE updating BIOS...

But.. you forgot to suspend Bitlocker before the BIOS update
and now you are stucked with BitLocker requiring key at every startup...

Well... go to BitLocker and suspend it...
and then resume it
- and the problem is fixed :-)

Removing Override MPs from monitoring view

Override MPs are showing in the Monitoring view as empty folders.

You can remove these folders, using “Show or Hide Views”, but this only applies to your profile.

For an entreprise, with many consoles, directly removing the folders in the MP will be the right solution.

1. Export your override MP to a location (ie. d:\MP) for editing.

2. Open the xml file in Notepad

3. Remove the whole <Presentation> part.

4. Save the xml file and import the MP into OpsMgr again.

Now – the Override folder will be gone from the Monitoring view on all consoles.

Installing Remote Administration Tools for Windows 7

Remote Administration Tools are installed as a Windows Update package.
You go to Microsoft an pick up the right version:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d

For a 64-bit Win7, you choose....... AMD64fre_GRMRSATX_MSU.msu (great naming..:!!)

When you have installed the package, you have to enable the tools, using Windows Features..
Go to Control Panel > Programs
In Program and Features select Turn Windows Features On or Off

In Windows Features, expand Remote Server Administration Tools and select the tools you want

OpsMgr Agent upgrade fails

I have just installed OpsMgr CU4 on my OpsMgr server, but when Approving agent upgrade in Pending Management, one server comes up with:

"The MOM Server could not start the MOMAgentInstaller service on computer "name" in the time."

This was the only server having having the problem. This server is running Windows 2008 with firewall enabled, but I have other servers with same configuration (also W2k8 w. FW enabled).
BUT... it turned out that IT WAS the firewall that was the problem.

Deleting the rule "MOM Agent Installer Service" solved the problem.

Cumulative Update 4 for OpsMgr 2007 R2

It seems just like a few days ago I installed CU3 - and now CU4 is available.

Read about it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2449679
You don't have to install CU3 before installing CU4, but if you have not installed CU3, you will have to download and install latest management packs for monitoring Linux and Unix computers.


Kevin Holman has done a great blog about installing CU4
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/02/01/opsmgr-2007-r2-cu4-rollup-hotfix-ships-and-my-experience-installing-it.aspx

Microsoft Management Summit 2011

I will try to go to MMS march 21-23.
I have filled out my Travel Request, and are now awating 4 leaders approval
(MMS will probably be over at the time the request reach leader no. 4)