Applying Update Rollup 2 (UR2) to OpsMgr 2012 SP1–be warned #sysctr #scom

This is a quick warning note for the IT Deps who rushed to install UR2 for OpsMgr, Kevin Holman has blogged about his experience “Applying Update Rollup 2 (UR2) to OpsMgr 2012 SP1“, it is as usual a comprehensive guide, but it misses a critical point for the OpsMgr infrastructures who deploy gateway servers. As […]

The road to Operations Manager 2012 – Sites and gateways

** This has been fixed in OpsMgr 2012 R2, see this post http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2013/11/20/how-to-remove-an-opsmgr-2012-gateway-server-that-is-associated-with-a-site.aspx by Brian McDermott. ** So we eventually completed our SC 2012 – Operations Manager upgrade and we have a lot of tales to tell and share. In this installment I will try to outline changes in Sites and Gateways. Introduction Just a little […]

Gateway decomissioning post updated

The post: Decommissioning a gateway server when used with Sites has been updated to include a better query and removal procedure from the database. It is still unsupported but now mimics what happens when a relationship is deleted by a discovery. – Daniele This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no […]

Decommissioning a gateway server when used with Sites

** Updated on Feb 08, 2011 ** Our outsourced service based on OpsMgr uses a gateway infrastructure to monitor customers sites. Every customer has an appropriate number of gateways reporting to our data center. We used the site concept to map our customers, so every customer is a site. When we approve the gateway we […]