Step by step Document for integrating Oracle Enterprise Manager with SCOM

Step by step Document for integrating Oracle Enterprise Manager with SCOM

• You can now receive the Oracle Enterprise Manager alerts in SCOM.
• Please find the detail document on how to intergrate Oracle Enterprise Manager with SCOM
• Click here -->https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11857_01/install.111/e14736/toc.htm

Oracle MP for SCOM 2012 R2

Oracle MP for SCOM 2012 R2:

• Oracle is one of the Widely used databases in the world. They are proven for there robustness in transaction databases and can easily scale through Peta bytes of data for Datawharehousing.
• SCOM is the enterprise monitoring tool used to monitor the Infrastructure and leads the Gartner Monitoring Quadrant for many years.
• Oracle has released a free Connector which you can download and install and intergrate with SCOM.
• Features Include: 
   

  -	Bi-directional exchange of alerts between Microsoft SCOM and Enterprise Manager
  -	Automatic synchronization of alert state in Microsoft SCOM with the state of alert in Oracle Enterprise Manager (and vice-versa)
  -	Webservices based communication
  -	Out-of-box mapping of Oracle Enterprise Manger alert severity to SCOM alert severity
  -	Ability to customize severity mapping between Enterprise Manager alert and SCOM event

• You can see live demo on how it works by clicking here --> click here
• You can download the connector here --> Click here

HP latest Management Pack for Blade Systems and Proliant Servers - Step by Step Installation steps

HP latest Management Pack for Blade Systems and Proliant Servers - Step by Step Installation steps:

• HP has released the latest MP for monitoring the Blade and Proliant server
• Following are the list of MP:
• HP BladeSystem Management Pack (v 2.1)
• HP ProLiant Agentless Management Pack (v 3.1)
• HP ProLiant Linux Management Pack (v 3.1)
• HP ProLiant PRO Management Pack (v 2.1)
• HP ProLiant Server Management Pack (v 2.2)
• HP ProLiant VMware Management Pack (v 3.1) 
• You can download it from the here --> Click here

Following are the Components that are important in this MP:

• HP management packs
• HP Device Monitor Console (DMC)
• HP Device Monitor Service(DMS)
• HP Custom Data Manager(CDM)

HP management Packs:

              I suggest you install the HP Blade System Management Pack and the HP Proliant Server Management Pack. These should be enought to monitor all the Servers. Other are just some additional addon.

HP Device Monitor Console (DMC):

The HP Device Monitor Console (DMC) provides the user interface for connecting to the HP Device

Monitor Service (DMS) to add or remove devices supported by management packs that use the 

DMS. 

So you need to Install DMC first. You can install on any management server.
If you are already having older version called as HP enterprise manager, then Device Console replaces it.Just install the new DMC and it will automatically upgrade.

Then install the Above MP and everything will be discovered and start working.

How improve performance of your Windows Server by 40 % with this simple tweak

How improve performance of your Server by 40 % with this simple tweak

• Many people see slugish performance of there server ,especially if your server is SQL server and its hosted on Windows 2008 R2.
• The reason is very simple and buy doing this small change it will give you 60 % better performance of your system
• The reason is because of Power settings. In Windows 2008 R2 the Power settings is set as "balanced". What this does it to save power it reduces power consumption to the server
• This wont be visible if you run and check some simple query.
• But as you server runs lot o transactions, you can see poor performance and complaint from your customers.
• Inorder to fix it change the Power settings to " High Performance"
• This will improve the PC perforamance by 40 %.
• This tweeks applies to all Windows Servers versions, but it is more siver in Windows 2008 R2 

Exchange 2010 MP not raising alerts after upgrading from SCOM 2007 to SCOM 2012 R2

Exchange 2010 MP not raising alerts after upgrading from SCOM 2007 to SCOM 2012 R2

• Recently we upgraded from SCOM 2007 to SCOM 2012, after upgrade we also migrated the MP's.
• Everything seems to work fine and after couple of days we got a call from Exchange team that they are not receiving Exchange 2010 related alerts.
• Exchange 2010 raises alerts based on correlation engine. So Correlation Engine decides when to raise an alert.
• So we immediately went and check on the RMS emulator server where the correlation engine was installed.
• We checked the "Application Logs" and there is lot of  Event ID 717 logged.
• When further investigated we found that the Exchange Correlation Auto alert resolution feature is failing because of which you see this Event ID 717.
• Looks like Exchange 2010 Correlation Engine is no longer compatible with SCOM 2012.
• To resolve this 
• We uninstalled the Exchange Correlation engine from Management Server (RMS emulator).
• We Installed Exchange Correlation engine on normal system which is not a Management Server.
• Then Stopped the Microsoft Exchange Monitoring Correlation service and Copied SCOM 2007 R2 SDK binaries into the Correlation Engine install directory %\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v14\Bin. 
• Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Common.dll
• Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.dll
• MomBidLdr.dll
• Start the Microsoft Exchange Monitoring Correlation and the alerts started flowing again.

SCOM Data access Service and Config Service failing to start after recent SCCM Patching

SCOM Data access Service and Config Service failing to start after recent SCCM Patching

• After recent SCCM patching window where the SCOM servers got patched, i got a call from support team that the SCOM Data access service (SDK service) and Config Service are not starting.
• Further investigation revealed that a particular patch KB2677070 was causing the issue as it was trying to access the intenet to check on revoked trusted certificates.
• As most corporate enviorment internet is blocked from prouction servers this started faining can caused the service not to start.
• After uninstall the patch and reboot the server, the services started without any issue.
• Another solution is that you have go to th registry
• HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
• Right-click AuthRoot, select New, and then click DWORD.
• Type DisableRootAutoUpdate, and then press Enter.
• Right-click DisableRootAutoUpdate, and then click Modify.
• In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.