SCOM reports fail with error "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException"

SCOM reports fail with error "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException" 

Cause:

This issue can occur if the custom Short DateTime format being used on the console server.

For example, say the system locale on the Operations console server is ENC and the default short DateTime format for ENC locale is dd/MM/yyyy. If this short DateTime format is changed from dd/MM/yyyy to a different format such as yyyy-MM-dd, the error above may occur.


Resolution:

To resolve this issue, set the short DateTime format to the system locale's default value.

SCOM 2012 Management Pack for Java

SCOM 2012 Management Pack for Java


Yes,its true,now you can monitor java applications with SCOM 2012.

Download here

SCOM 2012 : Recommended Agent OS Fixes and Updates

Find the below article on recommended Hot fixes and updated need for SCOM 2012:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2843219

SCOM 2012 SP1 upgrade fails with error "Failed to set DW upgrade scenario"

Reason:

This can occur if there is an invalid Data Warehouse server name or SRS database instance name in the registry on the Management Server.

Resolution:

To resolve this, verify that the correct Data Warehouse server name and SRS database instance name exist in the registry on the Management Server:

Data Warehouse server name Reg key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Setup\DatawarehouseDBServerName

SRS database instance name REG KEY:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Reporting\SRSInstance

Once its done, you can do the upgrade and should work fine

Exchange 2013 Management Pack for SCOM

Microsoft has release Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack

You can Download it from here Click here

The following are some of the new features in the Exchange 2013 Management Pack:

• Simplified dashboard -->The dashboard of the Exchange 2013 Management Pack has been                          simplified and refined into the following three categories

Active Alert           - Provides a list of all outstanding alerts in your organization.

                    Organization Health - Provides an overview of the overall service health in your organization.

                     Server Health       - Provides an overview of the health of individual servers in your                           organization.

• User focused monitoring--> Exchange 2013 introduces a monitoring and recovery infrastructure called Managed Availability. Managed Availability focuses on the user experience. All Exchange 2013 components have built-in monitors that detect problems and attempt to recover the service availability. Any issues that can't be recovered automatically are escalated to the Exchange 2013 Management Pack as an alert.

Event Id 2115 in SCOM

Event Id 2115 in SCOM

Symptom:

Operations Manager Management Servers, agents or servers may be affected by a deadlock.


Cause:

This event id happens because of KB2775511.


Resolution:

Removal of KB2775511 will correct the issues.


Microsoft has recommended not install the KB till Deadlock issue is resolved

SCOM Managment server grayed out after removing from All Management Servers resource pool

• This occurs because the run-as data warehouse accounts are configured by default to  distribute to the All Management Servers resource pool only.  

• When the management server is removed from the All Management Servers resource pool the data warehouse account is no longer distributed to it, therefore any workflows requiring this account will fail and unload. The failing and unloading of the workflows will cause the management server to become grayed out.

• To resolve this issue, go to the “Data Warehouse Account” and “Data Warehouse Report Deployment Account” profiles and determine which account(s) you are using. Then, go to those accounts under Run As Configuration and change their deployment type to either “less secure”, to the specific management servers, or to the new resource pool that the management servers belong to.

Antivirus exclusion list for SCOM 2012 and SCOM 2007 R2

Process Exclusion:

• monitoringhost.exe (Operations Manager 2007)
• monitoringhost.exe (Operations Manager 2012)

Directories and Filetype to be Excluded:

SQL Server:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
• D:\MSSQL\DATA
• E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Log

Change the drive letter appropriate to your environment where the Install,data and logs are.

Exclude the below file types

• MDF
• LDF

Management Servers, Gateway server and Agents:

• C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\Operations Manager\<Component>\Health Service State\Health Service Store

Exclude the below file types

• EDB
• CHK
• LOG

Also exclude the Pagefiles from real-time scanning.

How to get Rule Name from Instance ID.

Lot of times in SCOM you will get the Instance ID and Workflow name of the rule that is causing the error.

This is of no use in troubleshooting as you dont knwo the Rule that is causing the issue.

Follow the below steps to decode the Rule Name from WorkFlow Name

• From the Error Copy the "WorkFlow Name"
• Now connect to the "OperationsManager" database and run the below SQL query

               SELECT * FROM Rules WHERE RuleName = ‘MomUIGeneratedRulexxxxx’

 Replace "MomUIGeneratedRulexxxxx" with the data you got from WorkFlow Name

• The query will retun lot of column's, you need to check the "RuleID field" coloum and copy the information

• Now login to you SCOM RMS and open Command Shell and thpe the below command

                                  Get-Rule -Id XXXX-XXX-XXXX

Replace "XXXX-XXX-XXXX" with the info that you got from the "RuleID field" coloum of the SQL query

• This command will return information about this rule, Copy the DisplayName and find the rule in the Operations Console and troubleshoot it.

How to display Computer Name to Alert Description in SCOM

To display Computer Name to Alert Description in SCOM;

Add the below parameter to show the name of the Windows Computer

$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$

OpsMgr 2007: "Fatal error during installation"

When you try to install or uninstall the agent for System Center Operations Manager 2007 you may receive the following error message:

    Fatal error during installation

You may also see one of the following events in the Application event log:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11725
Date: N/A
Time: N/A
User: Domain\User
Computer: ComputerName
Description:
Product: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Agent -- Removal failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 45 37 36 30 30 41 39 {E7600A9
0008: 43 2d 36 37 38 32 2d 34 C-6782-4
0010: 32 32 31 2d 39 38 34 45 221-984E
0018: 2d 41 42 38 39 43 37 38 -AB89C78
0020: 30 44 43 32 44 7d 0DC2D}

-----

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11708
Date: N/A
Time: N/A
User: Domain\User
Computer: ComputerName
Description:
Product: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Agent -- Installation operation failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 45 37 36 30 30 41 39 {E7600A9
0008: 43 2d 36 37 38 32 2d 34 C-6782-4
0010: 32 32 31 2d 39 38 34 45 221-984E
0018: 2d 41 42 38 39 43 37 38 -AB89C78
0020: 30 44 43 32 44 7d 0DC2D}

Also, if you try to get windows installer log with the msiexec.exe /q /i "MOMAgent.msi" /l*v "C:\Agent\MOMAgent_install.log" USE_MANUALLY_SPECIFIED_SETTINGS=0 command you will see the following error message:

    GetComputerDomain: NetWkstaGetInfo failed. Error Code: 0x8007085A.

Cause

This can occur if the Workstation service is disabled on the target system.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, enable the Workstation service and perform the installation or uninstallation procedure again.

Citrix MP for SCOM 2007 R2

Regarding Citrix Xenapp Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007, I would like to share the following resources with you:

Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 Administrator's Guide, for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116421

Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/index.jsp?lang=en&topic=/xenapp5fp-w2k8/mom-v3-wrapper-v2.html

Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/index.jsp?lang=en&topic=/xenapp6-w2k8-enterprisemgmt/mom-v3-wrapper-v2.html

Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Considering your question is related to Citrix’s product, it is also recommended that you go to Citrix Support Forum for help:

Citrix Support Forums

http://forums.citrix.com/category.jspa?categoryID=150

UCS MP for SCOM 2007 R2

Download UCS MP from below link

• http://developer.cisco.com/web/unifiedcomputing/systemcenter

Installing ACS Step by Step

Below is article on Installing ACS step by step

• http://opsmgradmin.blogspot.in/2012/01/how-to-deploy-or-install-audit.html

What's New in SCOM 2012

• Operations Manager has a new Setup wizard
• Operations Manager provides an upgrade wizard to help you upgrade your System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 environment to System Center 2012
• Network Monitoring-Operations Manager provides the ability to discover and monitor network routers and switches, including the network interfaces and ports on those devices and the virtual LAN (VLAN) that they participate in.

• Application Monitoring-In Operations Manager, you can monitor Internet Information Services (IIS)-hosted .NET applications from server- and client-side perspectives to get details about application performance and reliability that can help you pinpoint root causes of incidents. 

  
  
  you can see more on 
  
  
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj656648.aspx

SCOM 2007 to SCOM 2012 Upgrade conceptual steps

These are the step that you have to do before upgrade

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/prepare-yourself-to-move-to-scom-2012