This fix is scheduled to hit the Microsoft support site over the next few days. Details below:
System Center Operations 2007 Service Pack 1
Hotfix Release Notes
SystemCenterOperationsManager2007-SP1-KB951979-X86-X64-ENU.MSI
May, 2008
The information in this article applies to:
System Center Operations 2007 Service Pack 1
Note: This patch applies to System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Only
Summary
Following problems have been identified with a number of System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 management packs:
Unable to discover CSDVersion on Windows Vista machines
Unable to discover operating system properties on Windows 2000 SP4
Agent HandleCountThreshold monitor does not restart Health service on exchange agent if HandleCountThreshold is exceeded
ACS Collection rule references a wrong EventID
Performance collection raises erroneous alerts for disabled services due to unavailable perf counters
A script bug prevents cluster discovery where Virtual Server Name is a subset of the Physical Server Name.
This hot-fix resolves these issues.
Symptoms
When affected by these issues, a number of System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 management packs will be unable to:
Discover operating system properties on Windows 2000 SP4
Discover CSDVersion on Windows Vista machines
Restart Health service when HandleCountThreshold is exceeded
Collect correct ACS event
Discover cluster where Virtual Server Name is a subset of the Physical Server Name
And additionally generates erroneous Alert for Performance Data Source Module when the services are disabled
After applying this fix, these issues should be resolved.
Installation
This hotfix contains four management packs. Install these management packs from an Operations Manager console.
To extract the management pack files contained in this hotfix:
1. Copy the file:
SystemCenterOperationsManager2007-SP1-KB951979-X86-X64-ENU.MSI
To either a local folder or accessible network shared folder.
2. Then run:
SystemCenterOperationsManager2007-SP1-KB951979-X86-X64-ENU.MSI locally on each applicable computer that meets the predefined criteria.
Note: The installation path is typically the following:
Program Files\System Center Hotfix Utility
You can run SystemCenterOperationsManager2007-SP1-KB951979-X86-X64-ENU.MSI from either Windows Explorer or from a command prompt.
For detailed instructions on the tasks described above, see the Knowledge Base article as referenced in the Additional Information section of this document.
This hotfix contains the following updated Management Packs which must be imported into Operations Manager. These management packs are located in the folder noted above.
Microsoft.SystemCenter.2007.mp (Version 6.0.6278.19)
Microsoft.SystemCenter.ACS.Internal.mp (Version 6.0.6278.19)
Microsoft.SystemCenter.Internal.mp (Version 6.0.6278.19)
Microsoft.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.mp (Version 6.0.6278.19)
Additional Information
For additional information about this issue, see KB article KB951979 at <http://support.microsoft.com/>. For additional information and downloads, see <http://www.microsoft.com/mom>.
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