tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.comments2023-05-06T15:20:16.638+02:00Thoughts on Azure, OMS & SCOMMarnix Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487479325587450184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1567125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-39661692934471000062018-04-16T12:28:11.501+02:002018-04-16T12:28:11.501+02:00Great post Marnix. Some common sense amongst the ...Great post Marnix. Some common sense amongst the Tsunami of Azure literature!robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752947964850619550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-58051663176635143692018-04-11T21:23:45.290+02:002018-04-11T21:23:45.290+02:00This was exactly what I needed, thanks so much!This was exactly what I needed, thanks so much!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936267029552384766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-7315324349865638402018-03-23T14:43:18.068+01:002018-03-23T14:43:18.068+01:00When Microsoft released System Center 1801, they a...When Microsoft released System Center 1801, they announced that they would now use two different release channels : SAC (18/19xy) and LTSC (which could very well be named System Center 2019 to follow Windows naming).<br />cf. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/first-system-center-semi-annual-channel-release-now-available/<br /><br />I'm quite confident that the SAC version will be updated at some point to support Windows 2019 as well, the opposite would be very strange indeed!Gfouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552936926569515679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-89781266397094135432018-03-11T08:51:43.893+01:002018-03-11T08:51:43.893+01:00Hi Joe.
OMS and SCOM are different ‘beasts’. Whe...Hi Joe. <br /><br />OMS and SCOM are different ‘beasts’. When running many on premise workloaads for 5 to 10 years, SCOM is still a viable solution, moreover with SCOM 1801and the semi-annual releasy cycle (SAC). Howeverm whne runing all your workloads in the cloud, OmS could be a good replacement. When running hybrid, both solutions could work for you. Marnix Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487479325587450184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-86975778760717600702018-03-07T00:21:28.119+01:002018-03-07T00:21:28.119+01:00So, as someone who doesn't currently have SCOM...So, as someone who doesn't currently have SCOM installed, is it still pertinent to install SCOM on-prem, then connect it to OMS, or should I focus on OMS only? We have the beginnings of migration talks to Azure, but nothing really in place, besides a single website with it's database.Joe H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12958833506938182909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-16202585117180729272018-02-25T09:57:59.048+01:002018-02-25T09:57:59.048+01:00I ran into the same issue when upgrading the repor...I ran into the same issue when upgrading the report server. Searching for a solution online i found this official Microsoft article:<br />https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/deploy-upgrade-reporting-server?view=sc-om-1711<br />Re-ran the upgrade, after installing the console, and it completed succesfully.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220242683774326115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-31418615291371848322018-02-22T18:25:53.841+01:002018-02-22T18:25:53.841+01:00Hi Simen. ThanTh for the heads up. Could be that M...Hi Simen. ThanTh for the heads up. Could be that Microsoft fixed it. Not 100% sure though. Glad to hear it worked out for you Marnix Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487479325587450184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-2570240162183860472018-02-22T18:14:13.951+01:002018-02-22T18:14:13.951+01:00I'm upgrading to 1801 today, and saw this arti...I'm upgrading to 1801 today, and saw this article while waiting for the upgrade of Reporting Server :).<br /><br />I got the error the first time I ran the upgrade. Installed the 2016 RTM console and ran the upgrade gain without any problems.<br /><br />I did the "check for setup updates" and noticed it downloaded an update, so maybe they have fixed it?Simenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324930761806568560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-86508933934096658672018-02-14T04:57:36.276+01:002018-02-14T04:57:36.276+01:00Working on a blog post of my own going from 2016 t...Working on a blog post of my own going from 2016 to 1801. However, i've found a few bugs already. Upgrade media won't detect new version of the management server when trying to upgrade the reporting server. And no ok/cancel buttons on agent upgrade screen.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019344978674591597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-37958111431284560612018-02-10T11:29:59.750+01:002018-02-10T11:29:59.750+01:00Hi Kevin. Thanks for your feedback. Already I pres...Hi Kevin. Thanks for your feedback. Already I presumed that a certain UR# level is required for SCOM 2012 R2 prior to being upgraded to SCOM 1801. As a safe guard I opted for the last available UR, which is UR#14.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />MarnixMarnix Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487479325587450184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-46193696333723759022018-02-10T03:44:30.892+01:002018-02-10T03:44:30.892+01:00That page has been updated - FYI - it was a bit mi...That page has been updated - FYI - it was a bit misleading - we do not support upgrading from SCOM 2012 R2 RTM - we require SCOM 2012R2 UR12 as a minimum version.Kevin Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973517879204173561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-19325432237122025102018-01-11T17:15:55.822+01:002018-01-11T17:15:55.822+01:00Marnix, This was a great series, I thoroughly enjo...Marnix, This was a great series, I thoroughly enjoyed every piece, especially this one on SCOM. It is obvious that MS isn't investing in this product, and a shame since it is so vast and useful. In my experience, most organizations are not interested in the best available products, nor even running them in the best possible manner. They balance risk vs. benefit vs. cost, and, as we in the "engine room" understand, most holders of the purse strings do not concern themselves with how well something is run, but instead IF it runs, and how much it costs. As long as the engine is running, they pay no attention. SCOM fits that category: do we really need to put such time, money, and effort into a product that just watches the shop, especially if it is all in the cloud? Doesn't MS keep an eye on that? Relating just how important such functions are can be a challenge, when the short-term bottom line is of such high priority... especially when nothing goes wrong (thanks to us watching the shop!). It is when that engine stops running without warning that all these efforts can be appreciated... or not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629060142693856099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-51872054496870474172017-12-14T13:10:16.007+01:002017-12-14T13:10:16.007+01:00Great writeup Marnix. Agree. Although SCOM has no ...Great writeup Marnix. Agree. Although SCOM has no real replacement as an object based monitoring system, so far , it could have been much more than what it is now. Now all eyes are on OMS.Michiel Woutershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623603429909806477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-4202663814713660512017-12-13T19:44:00.550+01:002017-12-13T19:44:00.550+01:00Agree with most everything stated in this post.......Agree with most everything stated in this post....one only has to look at the number of SCOM sessions offered at the last Ignite conference (none). It still boggles my mind that it took them almost a decade to implement something as basic as scheduled maintenance mode. SCOM admins have been clamoring for that feature for ages. I also am disappointed in what they have done with the Bluestripe acquisition. Instead of integrating that application-mapping functionality into SCOM they made it into an OMS solution instead. Application-Mapping and Transaction monitoring could have really taken SCOM to the next level. Wilson328https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915740113725617512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-38980408215716596022017-12-13T12:45:22.515+01:002017-12-13T12:45:22.515+01:00Still a big advantage for SCOM is the platform it ...Still a big advantage for SCOM is the platform it self. It has huge capabilities in the management packs, altough not very simple to create, but still powerful.<br />Apart from OMS/Log Analytics probably will have richer customization down the road, i havent found any product that does object based monitoring as good as scom, and still have the extension capabilites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-21652193725050764792017-11-27T14:32:02.229+01:002017-11-27T14:32:02.229+01:00Welcome back Marnix!Welcome back Marnix!M.Mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656868981635787680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-78279389726577274182017-11-03T11:43:40.163+01:002017-11-03T11:43:40.163+01:00Beterschap.Beterschap.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219992865306400176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-88504808180355646112017-09-12T23:54:47.462+02:002017-09-12T23:54:47.462+02:00Hope you heal up soon Marnix!Hope you heal up soon Marnix!Keithkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426662142057171394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-6371941104073419102017-08-28T21:24:26.217+02:002017-08-28T21:24:26.217+02:00Sorry to hear that Marnix. Hope it heals well.Sorry to hear that Marnix. Hope it heals well.John Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02831471278699375702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-81301477521586379832017-08-28T17:09:16.977+02:002017-08-28T17:09:16.977+02:00Get well soon!Get well soon!Kevin Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973517879204173561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-28366313294797307802017-08-15T14:27:51.693+02:002017-08-15T14:27:51.693+02:00Marnix,
Microsoft is now delivering a SaaS ITSM s...Marnix,<br /><br />Microsoft is now delivering a SaaS ITSM solution together with partner Provance, see: http://www.provance.com/products/provance-itsm-for-dynamics/overview. <br /><br />This looks very promising if you ask me, and could be an alternative for other SaaS based ITSM tools.<br /><br /><br />AzureDemystifyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907094192446516756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-69091148546380968682017-07-20T19:43:15.733+02:002017-07-20T19:43:15.733+02:00One negative about SCSM that deserves mention is h...One negative about SCSM that deserves mention is how insanely difficult it is to customize forms. Dealing with the authoring tool and stack panels is extremely frustrating and has a high learning curve. Wilson328https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915740113725617512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-26258189197206942782017-07-07T10:50:29.199+02:002017-07-07T10:50:29.199+02:00Thank you so much for this info. Very helpful. Man...Thank you so much for this info. Very helpful. Managed to resolve outstanding issue for a client.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336615145013359567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-22304490343371760092017-06-16T17:06:22.025+02:002017-06-16T17:06:22.025+02:00It's too bad because the amount of work that g...It's too bad because the amount of work that goes into setting up a reliable ACS solution is a lot less than a lot of other server products, but the complexity is high. Writing a sensible filtering query solves the large DB and bloat problem right there. HA is one of the biggest problems, but again with good filtering, the cache can handle short outages (less than a couple days) with no data loss. Better and more SSRS reports would have made it really great.<br /><br />OMS suffers the same problem of huge amounts of data without filtering, so it's the same problem as ACS. However the query performance is better in that case because of the Azure infrastructure being beefy. Otherwise it's a solid solution.<br /><br />From what I've seen though, it's just deceptively really expensive. If you are putting in the work to clamp down on data to reduce your OMS costs, you could have done the same for ACS and taken the same amount of time. <br /><br />But as "Unknown" said above, the "cloud first" mantra gets in the way of customers. If ACS were developed into a more mature solution, it would be a great out of the box solution for a lot of shops. Heck, ideally, they'd have a way to collect into ACS, then push that directly into OMS for better reporting, archival, and more, if you wanted it. But Microsoft won't do that because it's all Cloud Only now, even if you have an on-prem or hybrid environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414432572587218573.post-33115950053760646382017-06-14T23:35:55.746+02:002017-06-14T23:35:55.746+02:00Excellent post!!! Thank you for the information!!!...Excellent post!!! Thank you for the information!!!Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976341609295320908noreply@blogger.com