In the last number (2006/09) of TechNet Magazine there is a couple of interesting articles about MOM

• Unlocking the Mystery of WMI Events in MOM
• Monitoring Security Events with MOM
• Essential Tools for MOM Administration
• Integrating MOM into Your Existing Infrastructure

Mass MOM rule editor x1.0 is a tool that you can use for change/update many rules at once. You can change the following values

• Enable/Disable
• Name
• Company Knowledge
• Vendor Knowledge

This will be great help if you for example want to change “Company Knowledge” in many rules at the same time.

You will find the tool here here

There is new version of “Microsoft Availability Reporting Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005” again.
Always test in a lab first

File Name: Microsoft Availability Reporting MOM 2005 MP.msi
Version: 05.0.5000.0000
Date Published: 8/31/2006
Language: English
Download Size: 1.1 MB

Microsoft Availability Reporting Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

Article 922332: How to move Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Reporting together with the MOM Reporting database to a different computer.

Article 9223322 is about moving the SystemCenterReporting database to a new machine. In general that KB is enough, but I would like to add some information.

During step 1 you should write down all permissions that you have in your reporting console. Also document all extra SQL permissions that you have setup, for example permissions to dev department. Step 1 describe how you should use RptUtil.exe to export reports. SQL 2005 is require higher XML security so most of your SQL 2000 reports will not work in SQL 2005. There is a KB about this KB919598 too. If you don’t get reports to work with the latest MP version you can call Microsoft Product Support Services and ask them to send you latest report version.

During step 4 you are told to install MOM 2005 reporting on the target machine. To make sure MOM 2005 don’t think the old machine still is the reporting server you can run the following query in the OnePoint database “SELECT * FROM reportingsettings”. If MOM 2005 thinks there is two reporting servers you will get problems when importing reports. They will be imported but never show up in reporting console.

Be sure that you export your custom made reports during step 1, you can import them in reporting console after step 8.

Don’t forget to write down all subscriptions too. If you use subscriptions you will have to setup SMTP again.

Configuring a Report Server for E-Mail Delivery

How to move Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Reporting together with the MOM Reporting database to a different computer

When you try to import a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 report file, the import process fails

Prerequisite Check Failed

When you are installating MOM 2005 Reporting Services on SQL 2005 SP1 the default settings will presumably not work. When you get to “SQL Server Reporting Services Server” there is a checkbox named “Automatically detect virtual directories”. If that box is enabled you will get the above error. Uncheck that box and fill in the input boxes with the default values, and it will work.

• Report Server Virtual Directory: ReportServer
• Report Manager Virtual Directory: Reports