Problem with mpseal.exe referencing an MPB file

Question

Is the mpseal.exe that came with scom 2012 R2 (dated 9/6/2013) capable of sealing a management pack that contains references to management packs that are included as only MPB files?
I get a missing reference error when sealing a management pack referencing Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library for which I have the mpb (version 7.1.10226.1015) in the INCLUDE directory.
Here is what is reporting the error:
mpseal.exe .\managementpackname.xml /I {pathtoMPandMPBfiles} /Keyfile {pathToKeyfile}
: Verification failed with 1 errors:
Error 1:
Found error in 2|managementpackname|32.2014.1023.1045|managementpackname|| with message:
Could not load management pack [ID=Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library, KeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, Version=7.1.10226.0]. The management pack was not found in the store.
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.ObjectNotFoundException: An object of class ManagementPack with name Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library was not found.
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.AggregateStoreManagementPackManagement.GetManagementPack(String name, String keytoken, Version version)
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ManagementPackReference.GetManagementPack()
Could not load management pack [ID=Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library, KeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, Version=7.1.10226.0]. The management pack was not found in the store.
The mpb file outputs the following:
PS S:\> Get-SCManagementPack -BundleFile S:\Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library.mpb|select *
Name                  : Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library
TimeCreated           : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
LastModified          : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
KeyToken              : 31bf3856ad364e35
Version               : 7.1.10226.1015
Id                    : 023b4b11-a20c-1b7f-34e1-bd49276c10b1
Identifier            : 2|Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library/31bf3856ad364e35|7.1.10226.1015|Micros
                        oft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library||
VersionId             : 83a836b1-e65b-fe42-6d1c-99bba0591e67
References            : {ManagementPack:[Name=Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.ServiceLevelComponents,
                        KeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, Version=7.1.10226.0], ManagementPack:[Name=System.Library,
                        KeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, Version=7.5.8500.0],
                        ManagementPack:[Name=Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Library, KeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,
                        Version=7.1.10226.0], ManagementPack:[Name=Microsoft.SystemCenter.Image.Library,
                        KeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, Version=7.1.10226.0]...}
Sealed                : True
ContentReadable       : True
FriendlyName          : Component Library Management Pack
DisplayName           :
Description           :
DefaultLanguageCode   : ENU
ActiveLanguageCode    :
LockObject            : System.Object
Store                 : DevGroup0
SchemaVersion         : 2.0
OriginalSchemaVersion : 2.0
Registry              : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ExtensionRegistry
Extensions            : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ExtensionManagement
LifetimeManagers      : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.LifetimeManagerTypeRegistry
Features              : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.FeatureContainer
ImageReferences       : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.IO.SingleManagementPackStore_ImageReferences
EntityTypes           : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.SingleManagementPackEntityTypeManagement
ManagementPacks       : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.SingleManagementPackManagement
Presentation          : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.SinglePresentationManagement
Monitoring            : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.SingleManagementPackMonitoringConfigurationManagement
DerivedTypes          : Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.IO.SingleManagementPackStore_DerivedTypes
The managementpackname.xml file is what I want to seal.  It contains some dashboard visuals so it has references to the above management pack.   Here is a snipet of the xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ManagementPack ContentReadable="true" SchemaVersion="2.0" OriginalSchemaVersion="1.1" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>mmm.App.ADFS.Core</ID>
      <Version>32.2014.1023.1045</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>managementpackname</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="SystemCenter2">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.1.10226.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
One way to fix this is to locate the *.mp file for this mpb and put that in my INCLUDE directory, but I cannot find that *.mp file.
Is this fixed with a new version of mpseal.exe?  Worst case, I will pull out the dashboard stuff from this management pack and leave it unsealed.  I use sealed management packs as a way to ensure the version from one management group to another
is the same.
Ted

Answer 1

Thanks for the insight here. I was able to use this, along with the following post to figure this out:
http://scsmnz.net/sealing-a-management-pack-using-fastseal-exe/
Basically, I didn't use fastseal, but I did use the article to get the new public key token from the key pair I was using and then replace the <ManagementPackPublicKeyToken> for the management pack that was being referenced in the management pack that
I was getting the error on when trying to seal it.
In a nutshell (from above article):
Extract the public key from your new snk into a second new snk:
sn -p yourkey.snk yourpublickey.snk
Get the readable public key token from the second file:
sn -tp yourpublickey.snk > yourpublickeytoken.txt
The last line of the txt file will say something like “Public key token is c2e33c3aa46ba97e”. You need this value in your Management Pack.
Note that sn.exe switches are case sensitive.
Edit the XML for the management pack you are trying to seal and replace the value between the following tags with the new public key token you found above (make sure it is the one associated with the <ManagementPackName> for the MP that is being referenced,
there might be more than one and if you edit the wrong one you'll just cause more problems):
<ManagementPackPublicKeyToken>OldTokenHere-RefencedInError</ManagementPackPublicKeyToken>
Save, and then you should be able to seal it.
Hope that helps.