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Issues Fixed in Essentials 2007 SP1

Posted at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;949389&sd=rss&spid=12684 The following issues have been fixed in System Center Essentials 2007 SP1: 943111 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943111/) Description of System Center Essentials 2007 post-release hotfix rollup 936339...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 03-05-2008
Filed under: Essentials 2007, Systems Center, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1
It's Here! It's Here! Essentials 2007 SP1 now available!

I just received word from the Product Manager for Essentials 2007, Rene Garcia. Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 has just been announced at Microsoft Convergence in Orlando, Florida. You can download the product at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/cc304525.aspx Several new enhancements...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 03-10-2008
Filed under: Systems Center, upcoming releases, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1
Monitoring MySQL using Essentials 2007

I just ran across a great post by Tom Swanson on how he monitors MySQL using Essentials 2007 . Check it out! In his post, Tom describes the steps he took to create custom monitors and how to work around monitoring ODBC drivers. The steps include: Make a custom monitor that checks all the MySQL services...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 03-12-2008
Filed under: Essentials 2007, Systems Center, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1, monitoring, Tom Swanson
Essentials 2007 SP1 topics at MMS 2008

Time to start thinking about attending Microsoft Management Summit 2008 from April 28 to May 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada. IT professionals interested in learning more about WSUS 3.0 SP1 and how it interacts Essentials 2007 SP1 will have a chance to have their questions answered during two sessions on the...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 03-21-2008
Filed under: Essentials 2007, Systems Center, systems management, events, Essentials 2007 SP1, Remote management
Now you can Monitor SNMPv1 devices with Essentials 2007 SP1

A real improvement of Essentials 2007 SP1 is to the Computer and Device Management Wizard with the ability to now support discovering SNMPv1 devices. The discovery process configures the Essentials 2007 Server as a proxy agent for any SNMP-enabled network devices you discover, and subsequently do the...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 04-16-2008
Filed under: server administration, Systems Center, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1
SP1 Improves Support for Remote SQL Servers

Essentials 2007 SP1 supports using a remote SQL Server 2005 instance on a computer with a different architecture (x86 or x64) than the computer running the Essentials 2007 management server Optimized for the Intel Itanium processor, SQL Server (64-bit) takes advantage of advanced memory addressing capabilities...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 04-28-2008
Filed under: server administration, Systems Center, SQL Server, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1
Windows Server 2008 is a supported platform for the Essentials 2007 SP1 Server, Console and Agent

Essentials 2007 SP1 management server, console and agent on computers running Windows Server 2008 will be fully supported by CYQ208. Management packs for Windows Server 2008 and it's role will be available as well in the same timeframe. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the next generation of the...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 05-08-2008
Filed under: server administration, Systems Center, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1, Windows Server 2008
Essentials 2007 SP1 Improves performance, usability and supportability

Essentials 2007 SP1 supports more SNMP protocols, allows cross platform archectures of managed clients and servers and has improved management pack and reporting functionality. What does this mean to you as an IT Generalist? Improve monitoring and troubleshooting diagnostics for your Windows-based servers...

Posted to The Real World Is Messy (Weblog) by gzierdt on 05-12-2008
Filed under: Systems Center, systems management, Essentials 2007 SP1

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