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The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 has been released and is available from -

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4e84ae5-21d2-4d12-91e0-3e0ff07aeb19&DisplayLang=en

Verion 03.6.1404.0000

Overview

Three different Microsoft® Operations Manager 2005 (MOM 2005) management packs are included in this download.

• MicrosoftBizTalkServer2006R2.akm is the management pack for monitoring computers running Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2006 and BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

• MicrosoftEnterpriseSingleSignOn.akm is the management pack for the Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign-On component included with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2. You should deploy it with the BizTalk Server Management Pack for monitoring a BizTalk group.

• MicrosoftBiztalkRFID.akm is required for monitoring RFID functionality in BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Management Pack is designed to monitor BizTalk Server events, collect BizTalk Server-specific performance counters in one central location, and raise alerts for operator intervention as necessary.

The Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign-On Management Pack is designed to be used for monitoring Enterprise Single Sign-On events and performance counters. The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Management Pack should be deployed before deploying Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign-On Management Pack. You must associate the Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign-On MOM rule group with the BizTalk Server 2006 MOM computer group that is created as a result of deploying the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Management Pack.
The Microsoft BizTalk RFID Management Pack for MOM 2005 provides for both proactive and reactive monitoring of BizTalk RFID. The BizTalk RFID Management Pack provides for comprehensive monitoring of important BizTalk RFID events and performance counters to provide a centralized management and monitoring experience for a BizTalk RFID installation.

For detailed information about these management packs, please refer to product documentation.
Feature Bullet Summary:

This MOM pack for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 incorporates the following features:

1. Monitor the health and availability of the BizTalk Server components.
2. Collect key performance data for BizTalk Server.
3. Start common tasks in context of MOM alerts.
4. Monitor overall health through state view for BizTalk server computers.
5. Support for RFID features of the BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Management Pack Release History: 10/3/2007 - Initial Release
 
 
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The following two Management packs have been updated:

Windows 2000/2003 updated from 6.0.5000.0 to 6.0.5000.25 -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3&DisplayLang=en Issues that have been fixed
  • Monitor "Network Adapter Connection Health" is non-functional, looking for attribute that could be truncated: network adapter description is too large, multiple network adapters have the same description, enhanced monitoring of network adapter
  • Localizaton Issues: script or executable failed to run on the agent machine with Hungarian local, script or executable failed to run on the agent machine with French local

DHCP 2000/2003 MP updated from 6.0.5000.0 to 6.0.5000.33 -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2694e87c-76e0-417b-ad0f-5897e46fff88&DisplayLang=en Issues that have been fixed
  • Backward Compatibility Script Error in ‘DHCP Server 2000 Scope Monitoring’ VBScript
Specifically An error occurred on line 470 while executing script 'DHCP Server 2000 - Scope Monitoring' Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error Description: Invalid procedure call or argument One or more workflows were affected by this. Workflow name: DHCP_Scope_Monitoring_1_Rule Instance name: Microsoft.Windows.Server.DHCP.Microsoft_Windows_2000_DHCP_Servers_Installation Instance ID: {F5EEB8EE-1C9F-DE78-9B38-46AE0B83B81D} Management group XXX

 

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The following converted MOM 2005 management packs for Operations Manager 2007 have released to the Web

Live Communications Server 2005 (6.0.5000.0) -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5e0f61db-5d18-4a1f-a3dd-1c85eb2679d7&DisplayLang=en

Compute Cluster 2003 (6.0.5000.0) -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cc0d2e0d-daa0-433c-9d95-7190a76cae13&DisplayLang=en

Active Directory Federation Services 2003 (ADFS) (6.0.5000.0) -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3d9c759e-313c-42c9-afe0-d14a4673ca91&DisplayLang=en Download links are available. MP Catalog updates will follow

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