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It is possible that your VC is v2.5, our Virtual Center SMP does not support that version by default, but we have developed a patch in order to provide support for this version. Just follow these steps in order to apply it:

1. Download the patch from: http://download.jalasoft.com/pub/patches/JS0176TD/Patch20080711.zip
2. Go to the server where Xian was deployed and stop the ‘Jalasoft Xian Network Manager’ service.
3. Go to the following folder: ‘[program files]\Jalasoft\Xian Network Manager Io\Plugins\Jalasoft.Xian.Plugin.VMwareVirtualCenter\resources\’
4. Replace the ‘Jalasoft.Xian.Plugin.VMwareVirtualCenter.config.xml’ file with the recently downloaded.
5. Start the ‘Jalasoft Xian Network Manager Server’ service.
6. Open the Xian console and try discovering your virtual centers. Please note that discovering a VC could take several time (depending on the amount of ESX servers hosted in it), so it is recommended to increase the ‘timeout’ and  ‘maximum number of retries’ parameters on the execution of the discovery rule.

Comme promis, voici la suite de l’article sur l’installation de Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.
Au préalable, vous devrez avoir un server Microsoft SQL Server 2005 fonctionnel.

Installation de la partie SQL pour Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Cette partie est donc à réaliser sur le Microsoft SQL Server 2005 que vous avez préalablement installé.

Installation du server Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Cette partie est quant à elle a réaliser sur le serveur que vous souhaitez utiliser pour Operations Manager 2007.

=> Install Operations Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D21C292C-368B-4CE1-9DAB-3E9827B70604&displaylang=en

=> Après l’installation de MSXML 6.0, vous devez à nouveau relancer l’installation
=> Install Operations Manager 2007

=> On se trouve donc avec une erreur, comme quoi l’on a pas réussi à passer les Prerequisite.

ASP.NET 2.0 is required.
=> Pour ce faire, il suffit de l’installer depuis le add/remove programs et après celui, il faut enregister le ASP.NET

To register ASP.NET:

1. In a command prompt, change directory to %WINDIR%\Microsoft.net\framework\V2.0.50727
2. Type « aspnet_regiis.exe -i -enable » to re-register ASP.NET 2.0

=> On peut reprendre l’installation

Et voilà votre installation terminée

La plupart des screenshoots ci-dessous se passe de commentaires :

Install -> Server components, tools, books online, and samples

Voici comment installer Microsoft Sql Server 2005.
Le second article sera quant à lui consacré à l’installation de Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 en lui même.

En tant qu’utilisateur de Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, vous avez déjà certainement été confronté au problème ci-dessous

 A computer agent unexpectedly generates heartbeat alerts after you put it into Maintenance mode in System Center Operations Manager 2007

La description détaillée de cela se trouve sur le site de Microsoft : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942866

En fait, pour mettre un serveur en Maintenance Mode, il faut mettre en réalité trois objets en Maintenance :

• Computers
• Health Service
• Health Service Watcher

Plutot que de faire cela à la main à chaque fois que vous souhaitez mettre un odirnateur completement en Maintenance Mode, voici deux scripts que j’ai écris.

# ==============================================================================================
#
# Microsoft PowerShell Source File
#
# NAME: StartMaintenanceMode.ps1
#
# AUTHOR: Christopher Keyaert
# EMAIL: christopher.keyaert@ucb-group.com
#
# DATE  : 11/19/2008
# VERSION : 1.0
#
# COMMENT: This script will start the maintenance mode for the specified computer
#
# PARAMETERS: rootMS, computerPrincipalName, minutes, comment, reason
#
#
#
# ==============================================================================================

param($rootMS,$computerPrincipalName,$minutes,$comment,$reason)

Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
Set-Location "OperationsManagerMonitoring::" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
new-managementGroupConnection -ConnectionString:$rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
set-location $rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin;

$computerClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.Windows.Computer
$healthServiceClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService
$healthServiceWatcherClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceWatcher
$computerCriteria = "PrincipalName='" + $computerPrincipalName + "'"
$computer = get-monitoringobject -monitoringclass:$computerClass -criteria:$computerCriteria
$healthServices = $computer.GetRelatedMonitoringObjects($healthServiceClass)
$healthService = $healthServices[0]
$healthServiceCriteria = "HealthServiceName='" + $computerPrincipalName + "'"
$healthServiceWatcher = get-monitoringobject -monitoringclass:$healthServiceWatcherClass -criteria:$healthServiceCriteria
$startTime = [System.DateTime]::Now
$endTime = $startTime.AddMinutes($minutes)

"Putting " + $computerPrincipalName + " into maintenance mode"
New-MaintenanceWindow -startTime:$startTime -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$computer -comment:$comment -Reason:$reason

"Putting the associated health service into maintenance mode"
New-MaintenanceWindow -startTime:$startTime -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$healthService -comment:$comment -Reason:$reason

"Putting the associated health service watcher into maintenance mode"
New-MaintenanceWindow -startTime:$startTime -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$healthServiceWatcher -comment:$comment -Reason:$reason

Le second, pour arrêter le Maintenance Mode

# ==============================================================================================
#
# Microsoft PowerShell Source File
#
# NAME: StopMaintenanceMode.ps1
#
# AUTHOR: Christopher Keyaert
# EMAIL: christopher.keyaert@ucb-group.com
#
# DATE  : 11/19/2008
# VERSION : 1.0
#
# COMMENT: This script will stop the maintenance mode for the specified computer
#
# PARAMETERS: rootMS, computerPrincipalName
#
#
#
# ==============================================================================================

param($rootMS,$computerPrincipalName)

Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
Set-Location "OperationsManagerMonitoring::" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
new-managementGroupConnection -ConnectionString:$rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
set-location $rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin;

$computerClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.Windows.Computer
$healthServiceClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService
$healthServiceWatcherClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceWatcher
$computerCriteria = "PrincipalName='" + $computerPrincipalName + "'"
$computer = get-monitoringobject -monitoringclass:$computerClass -criteria:$computerCriteria
$healthServices = $computer.GetRelatedMonitoringObjects($healthServiceClass)
$healthService = $healthServices[0]
$healthServiceCriteria = "HealthServiceName='" + $computerPrincipalName + "'"
$healthServiceWatcher = get-monitoringobject -monitoringclass:$healthServiceWatcherClass -criteria:$healthServiceCriteria

$endTime = [System.DateTime]::Now

"Stopping " + $computerPrincipalName + " maintenance mode"
Set-MaintenanceWindow -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$computer

"Stopping the associated health service maintenance mode"
Set-MaintenanceWindow -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$healthService

"Stopping the associated health service watcher maintenance mode"
Set-MaintenanceWindow -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$healthServiceWatcher

Et voici comment appeller ces deux scripts

Start maintenance mode
 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\MaintenanceMode\StartMaintenanceMode.ps1 –rootMS: ‘localhost’ -computerPrincipalName: 'SERVERNAME' -minutes:30 -comment: 'Maintenance Mode' -reason: 'PlannedOther'

Stop maintenance mode
 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\MaintenanceMode\StopMaintenanceMode.ps1 –rootMS: ‘localhost’ -computerPrincipalName: 'SERVERNAME'

Voilà, si vous avez des questions, ne pas hésiter à les poser dans les commentaires.