Cloud Management Pack and Chargeback

I am installing Enterprise Manager 12c, and need to install cloud management and chargeback. And need to know how can I install these packs in EM12C?
Need to have Chargeback to make a demo for database usage and Cloud management services.

You should start with the cloud administration guide. All relevant details are available here.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/doc.121/e28814/toc.htm

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Do we need both management Pack and ADP for monitoring SOA suite 11g

Hi,
Do we need to Both management pack and ADP (OCAMM) Application Dependancy and Performance for monitoring SOA Suite 11g.
I was creating a monitoring template for SOA Composite and SOA Infrastructure and wanted to know if I need to install additional ( management packs, ADP and Middleware Plugins ) packs to get an effective template.

A management pack generally refers to the set of pages in EM Grid/Cloud Control which provide functionality for a given set of target types. Since EM Grid Control 11g, the ADP functionality has been part of the Grid Control release and the pages licensed via the Management Pack Plus for SOA or the SOA Management Pack EE.
To populate the ADP pages with data, additional steps must be performed in order to deploy an ADP manager and ADP agents. Doing this is optional, depending on whether or not you require the additional capability that those pages provide.
ADP data, however, are collected and stored separately from the core GC/CC metrics and are not related to the monitoring template functionality.

Updating management packs and adding new onces

Hello Forum
I enjoy the use of SCOM to monitor our environment.
But i have Two questions:
1. Will updating management packs from the builtin utility remove any custom overrides and monitors?
For example i have crated custom disk monitors under the Windows Server Management Pack and Custom SQL monitors under the SQL sql management.
2. Why are only some management packs available from the builtin utility? for example Exchange 2010 and AD 2012 Management packs are downloads on the download center? Why not publish them to the builtin utility of SCOM?
Thanks for your time!

Hi,
1. No, updating management packs will not remove custom overrides. However, with new mp's, new monitors may come, which change some of the monitors which you have overriden. Always read the MP documentation for new mps and test the new mp in a test environment.
2. Regarding the Exchange 2010, there have been some issues earlier, why it was taken off the online catalog. This will also give you the managment pack documentation, which you should always read.
Regards,
Michael
www.coretech.dk - blog.coretech.dk

Create multiple management packs and groups

Hi,
I wonder if it is a way to create a lots of Groups and management packs automatically/scripted.
My problem is that I have a list with about 200 services that I need to setup monitoring for.
The monitoring are simple, its just if the service are started or stopped.
I need to have one management pack and one group for each service.
Like this:
The monitor monitors the service "workstation" if its started or stopped.
The monitor needs to be created in a management pack with this name: "Custom-Service-workstation"
The agents that I want to monitor this on need to be members of the group "Group-Custom-Service-workstation"
Please, please help me with this.

You may refer to the following blog for
Create Management pack with powershell:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rslaten/archive/2013/05/09/creating-management-packs-in-scom-2012-with-powershell.aspx
Create group with powershell:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rslaten/archive/2013/06/06/creating-groups-in-scom-2012-with-powershell.aspx
Roger

Imported sealed Management Pack and its not showing up in Data Warehouse Job MPSyncJob

Hello,
When i try to Import a sealed Management Pack (with defined new Dimensions for Data Warehouse) it works fine, and it shows up under Management Packs under the Administration Pane. But its not showing up in the Data Warehouse Job "MPSyncJob".
No errors in the Eventlog on the DW Management Server and cant see any errors in failed Data Warehouse Jobs either.
I imported the MP three Days ago and still nothing.
Now what?
/Maekee

I have a smaller SCSM Lab that i can import this MP in and the classes are created in the DW. Now is the question why its not working in my PreProd env and why i dont get any errors in the Event Log? Anyone that can Point me in the right direction for
this?
/Maekee

GG Management Pack and third-party monitoring solutions

Hi!
I would like to know which third-party monitoring solutions can be integrated with the GG Management
Pack (Director)?
Tks
Adelmo

Adelmo,
Any text log file scraping monitoring solution can key off of the ggserr.log looking for key words such as ERROR and WARNING.
We will be releasing in the coming months OGG Monitor, which will have SNMP traps built in.
Regards,
-joe

Management Packs and direct connected agents (without SCOM)

Hi Guys,
It´s possible to install and use Management Packs (such as SharePoint Management pack) without SCOM? I mean, collect sharepoint management data using MP and send it to azure operational insights directly (using Monitoring agent only)?
Thanks and Best Regards
Hélio Sá Moreira
Chief Technology Officer

No, because Operations manager MPs have discoveries of objects and monitors to calculate state and groups that need to be calculated by a management server.... all things that today OpInsights doesn't do, as OpInsights is not SCOM.
But you can collect your logs from those workloads and run your own intelligence (in the form of searches) against them i.e.
Monitoring SQL Backup Failures with Azure Operational Insights Search and Dashboards
IIS Management Pack Event-Alerting Rules’s OpInsights Searches Equivalents
The two approaches are not opposed, but complementary: SCOM is not meant to keep a very big data volume in the on-premises databases, and a lot of its alerting and intelligence that happens down at the AGENT level. This is performant, but lacks correlation
capabilities, since you can easily get duplicate alerts from multiple agents.
In Operational Insights we look at volumes of data to aid with rich troubleshooting scenarios, investigations and deep dives (often following up from a SCOM alert) allowing to span across all that data.
Check what other data sources other customers are asking to bring in Operational Insights
http://feedback.azure.com/forums/267889-azure-operational-insights/category/88086-log-management-and-log-collection-policy
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Management packs and upgrades

I am new to my position and to Service Manager. I can see such great potential of what Service Manager can do and how easy it could be to work with it however my company is afraid to make changes. They have said that not to far in the past
they did some customization and when they did the upgrade to 2012 r2 they lost everything - data included. They couldn't give me quite enough details as those that performed the task are no longer here. It went along the lines of a technician built management
packs that customized the screens. When they did the upgrade the management packs could no longer be used which resulted in them not being able to bring forward the data. They say they worked with Microsoft on the issue. From what I have been reading
this just doesn't sound like something that could happen in this extreme. However, they are now adamant that we cannot customize anything because of this. They want to use the system however people are miserable with it as out of the box just doesn't
fit what they need. How can I convince them that customization is not evil and precautions can be taken when upgrading where everything does not have to be redone?

You're dealing with psychology. Your company had a bad experience and now don't even want to risk that bad experience again.
It would definitely help to know what the heck your previous technicians did that could screw up Service Manager _that_ bad..especially if they were only customizing screens (I assume they were extending or creating forms).
But.. for some general advice on how to keep customizations "safe" and maybe calm your manager's fears, these are the guidelines I follow:
If your customizations include creating your own classes or relationships, always keep them in separate sealed management packs. Data warehouse extensions should also be kept in separate sealed MPs.
Console tasks, custom forms/form extensions, should generally be kept in their own management packs (sealed or unsealed).
Workflow rules, templates, and notification templates should be generally kept in their own unsealed management packs (so they can be easily modified from the console).
Since this is an extensible system, you should be doing regular backups of the Service Manager database. That way if someone messes something up really bad, you can always restore from a backup and lose maybe a day's worth of data.
Lastly, and most importantly, Service Manager is meant to be extended. Microsoft builds platforms. They don't build programs that can do everything. They build programs that can be _made_ to do everything. Every company is different..each has their
own flare for process, their own take on how a program should work. Service Manager is flexible enough to allow you to introduce your own flare and your own take on things. Instead of adapting your processes to Service Manager, you can adapt Service Manager
to your processes.
The downside, of course, is that with flexibility comes risk. Folks who extend these programs should be pretty familiar with how the underlying platform works. But if you take necessary precautions (follow the guidelines, do regular backups, etc) you can
reduce the risk significantly.
That's just my 2 cents :)

Active directory management pack and 2012 R2

I'm getting the following alert from SCOM 2012 R2:
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DCDiag shows no errors.
The error did not show up when we were running 2012 DC:s.

Resolution: Logged into the server, attempted to open Active Directory Domains and Trusts and received the message: “The configuration information describing this enterprise is not available. The server is not operational.” Debugging, rebooting the server.
After reboot the issue opening Active Directory Domains and Trusts no longer occurred. Closed the alerts generated to see if they would recur
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Applications Management and Change Management Packs Certified with EM 10gR5

Applications Management and Change Management Packs Certified with Enterprise Manager Grid Control Release 5
For more details about the new features, documentation, and patches for the latest Application Management Pack and Application Change Management Pack releases, see:
[Applications Change Management Pack 3.0 and Applications Management Pack 3.0 Now Available|http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=935145&tstart=0]
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11.5.10 with ATG_PF.H RUP5 and higher
Release 12.0.4 and higher
Release 12.1
Certified Platforms
Linux x86
Linux x86-64
Sun Solaris SPARC
HP-UX Itanium
HP-UX PA-RISC
IBM AIX Based Systems
Certification on Windows platforms is in progress.

It takes me a lof of time to comprehend the sentence you write. Cause I am a Chinese. My poor English.
I have to say "you are genius". I used to use the indesign CS2. There is no GREP function in CS2. When I get the new script, I do not know how to use it. Just when I saw the
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Web Center Management Packs Activation

We are licenced the the following enterprise manager management packs: SOA Management pack enterprise edition, Webcenter management pack and Weblogic server management pack enterprise edition.
I would like to activate Webcenter Management Pack and Weblogic Server Management Packs. To do that i have "agreed" to Oracle Fusion Middleware Management Packs from the Enterprise Manage Console. I have also deployed Agents using the Enterprise Manager Push methods i.e Add Targets Manually from the Enterprise Manager Console.
Enterprise Manager Version: Enterprise Manager 12c OMS Version 12.1.0.4.0
OMS Plug ins
oracle.sysman.emas 12.1.0.6.0
oracle.sysman.emrep 12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.beacon 12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.oh    12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.csa   12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.oh    12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.csa   12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.db    12.1.0.6.0
oracle.sysman.xa    12.1.0.6.0
oracle.sysman.emas 12.1.0.6.0
Target Host's Agent plug ins
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 4
Copyright (c) 1996, 2014 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
oracle.sysman.oh    12.1.0.4.0
oracle.sysman.xa    12.1.0.6.0
oracle.sysman.emas 12.1.0.6.0
oracle.sysman.db    12.1.0.6.0
oracle.sysman.oh    12.1.0.4.0
./emctl upload agent execute successfully to all the target hosts wich has the web logic server, http server and web center content,imaging,capture,urm installed.
Problem
From the enterprise manager console, i am not able to see the weblogic servers, web center domains, imaging,capture etc of the target/monitored hosts. i.e agent is not able to discovery the installed web center on the target servers.
What else should i enable or install?
Thanks

First, can you see the agent and host in EM? If not, then you'll need to follow these steps:
emctl secure agent
emctl start agent
emctl config agent addinternaltargets
emctl config agent listtargets
The host and agent must be "green" in EM to discover targets.   The last command listtargets will show you what the agent has "auto-discovered". Not all targets can be auto-discovered.
Did you check the Auto Discovery Results to see if the targets are waiting for promotion? If they're not there, then you might have to "manually" discover them.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/doc.121/e24473/discovery.htm#CBAEGHBH
For each target type, there could be additional pieces that you need to look for when discovering, for example for
SOA - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/install.121/e24215/disc_mon_soa.htm#GSSOA9921
IDM - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/install.121/e24215/idm_discover_config.htm#GSSOA10201

SQL Management Pack Agent Job Unit Monitors

I am trying to utilize the SQL Agent Job Monitors included with the SQL Management Pack (page 81 of the MP guide), particularly the "Last Run Status" monitor. I have set an Override for "Generate Alerts" to True. The goal
is to have an email notification sent when any SQL Agent job fails on a specific group of computers. However, I am not familiar enough with what "Last Run Status" is actually monitoring and if it will do what I am looking for. Does this monitor
check the job status of any agent job on the target group? I tried setting up a job for it to fail, which it does fail, but it does not generate an alert. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

1) For monitoring SQL server job status, you can refer to the following blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/08/05/how-to-monitor-sql-agent-jobs-using-the-sql-management-pack-and-opsmgr.aspx
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Roger
Thanks. So I enabled Agent Job discovery for the systems that I want. It discovered those objects. Now, I still cannot get the alerting to work. I can see the Health State of the job change to a Warning, indicating "Last Run Status" equals Failed, but
it is not generating an alert. I set Overrides (Generates Alert = True) on a Group that included one of the job objects, nothing. I also set the same Override directly on the job object and I still do not receive an alert. Any ideas? I
noticed someone in the comments mentioned in the blog you linked, a similar issue, except with the Job Duration monitor. However, he was able to get alerts to generate by setting the Override directly on the Job object and noted that it is not a
feasible solution due to the number of jobs he wants to monitor. Again, I tried the same, but still could not get alerts. That solution would not be acceptable for me either because of the number of jobs that I would have to set individual Overrides for.

Management pack version difference in System Center - Operations Manager 2012 R2 - Help us.

Hi,
I have SC Operation manager 2012 r2 in my environment. It has managed with multiple management servers.
I have import some unsealed MPs through Ops SDK code and by manually using Operation manager console.
Here with i tried to install higher version of MPs and upgrade its version from 1.1.0.0 to 6.0.0.0.
case 1:
After successful installation of some MPs and check Operation manager console, it showing newly upgraded version(6.0.0.0).
Then i have import that MP and checked its version inside it showing 1.1.0.0(older version).
Here the imported MP has 1.1.0.0 version and console showing its version as 6.0.0.0.
Why it showing different versions in imported MP(inside xml) and Operations manager console view?
case 2:
After that i tried to import other MPs using console. But it showing below error;
Verification failed with 1 errors:
Error 1:
Found error in 2|Monitoring.ActiveDirectory_server|6.0.0.0|Monitoring.ActiveDirectory_server|| with message:
Could not load management pack [ID=Monitoring.Base, KeyToken=9e875220a3987e0b, Version=6.0.0.0]. The management pack was not found in the store.
: Version mismatch. The management pack ([Monitoring.Base, 9e875220a3987e0b, 1.1.0.0]) requested from the database was version 6.0.0.0 but the actual version available is 1.1.0.0.
Its happened in multiple management servers scenario. So Is any possibility to happen because of multiple management servers scenario?. There is no issues in this same MPs while i tried in single management server. These same MPs are imported and working
fine in single management server scenario.
Help me to solve these 2 issues!!
Thanks,
satheesh

1) At first, you should make sure that the imported MP has correct version. I will open the XML of the imported MP and check its current version e.g.
When you open the xml file of imported MP, the version number is shown as
<Manifest>
    <Identity>
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.Component.Library.Resources</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.2</Version>
    <Identity>
    <Name>Resources library</Name>
    <References>
        <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
From the above sample, the imported MP version number is 1.0.0.2.
2) I am using operation console to import the management pack and check the version number in operations console whether it is updated to new version 1.0.0.2
3) Using operations console to export the MP which has imported in step 1) and open it to check what is the version number of MP. Make sure that the version is 1.0.0.2
4) If the above procedure provide a prefer match of version number, re-import all problematic MP.
5) At last, you may use the following SQL to check whether the correct version number of MP is stored in DB successful
select version, friendlyname from managementpackview where friendlyname like 'Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualizatio%'
Roger

How to manage your environments, going from Development (DEV) to Production (PRD) with Management Packs.

I am looking for a way to go from the development (DEV) environment to the production (PRD) environment in a controlled manner.
As I do not want to manually click around with a walk-through screen-shots document = error prone.
As I read these articles
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh519659.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/antoni/archive/2013/10/09/system-center-service-manager-operations-manager-management-pack-and-naming-convention-best-practices.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wincat/archive/2013/03/28/copying-user-roles-between-management-servers-in-service-manager-2012.aspx
http://www.netiviaconsulting.com/2012/05/10/staying-organized-with-scsm-beware-of-the-management-pack-jungle/
I still have some questions:
1. Can all MPs (un-sealed) be exported from DEV and imported to PRD without breaking things?
2. Are there any known pitfalls?
3. Do you have some tips on this matter? In other words, how do you manage this?
Regards,
Erik

Alex is spot-on. Most MPs are environment/management group independent.
But some MPs contain what I call "Environment Specific Variables". In my experience, ESVs are in:
1) Templates (such as the runbook guids)
2) Criteria blocks (like view criteria, and rule criteria)
3) Parameters (such as write action parameters, and console task parameters)
Alex already gave an example of a template ESV.
An example of a Criteria ESV might be some view that you developed that returns objects that have a specific set of values in your dev environment, but may be different for your prod environment. ie: You have a view whose criteria looks afor a specific business
service ServiceId property. Let's say "Business Service X". But "Business Service X" has a different ServiceId in your dev environment than in your prod environment. So, every time you import your view MP from dev to prod, you have to remember to change your
criteria.
A quick Parameter ESV example; you have a notification subscription (a rule+writeaction). In Dev, you've hardcoded the notification recipient to be yourself. In Prod, the recipient has to be your boss. So, every time you import your MP from Dev to Prod,
you have to remember to change the recipient parameter in the subscription's writeaction.
Like Alex said, handling ESVs by hand is error-prone and time consuming.
Alex, when you write that utility, you should make it more robust. Within an MP, allow a user to pick and configure
any ESV. Store that configuration. Then, just run the MP through the utility and have it automatically set all the configured ESVs to the appropriate environment specific value :) (It's been something I've wanted to write into TFS for
a while, but I never take the time to do it ;) ) If an ESV is missing (because it was removed or changed in such a way that it no longer resembles the configured ESV), throw a warning during conversion.

Questions on Oracle Management Packs

1. What is the difference between MANAGEMENT PACK and CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PACK (Oracle versions 10g & 11g)
2. If one uses CONFIGURATION must one also use MANAGEMENT?
3. Is there a view that tells if either of these are actually being used? (No, I dont mean using the capability in Grid Control/EM to turn them on or off)

5. Do Extent also span files(ORA files) i.e. 'Table can span across ORA files' whether it means part of a Extent may present in one Data file and other part in another data file.
A table Extents can span into multiple datafiles. But, a single extent can't span into multiple datafiles.
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** Reduced recursive space management
** Reduced contention on data dictionary tables
** No rollback generated
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