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System Center 2012 | How to install and configure System Center 2012 Services Manager (SCSM2012)

Hi all,

Before You install System Center 2012 Service Manager, let's go thoe requirement first!

What's System Center Services Manager 2012?

System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1 (SCSM) is an integrated platform for automating and adapting IT Service Management best practices, such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), to your organization’s requirements. SCSM provides built-in processes for change control and incident and problem resolution. Through its configuration management database (CMDB) and process integration, Service Manager automatically connects knowledge and information from System Center Operations Manager, System Center Configuration Manager, and Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS). Service Manager delivers integration, efficiency, and business alignment for your IT services.

The hardware and software requirements described in this section are based on the following system environment and conditions:

• Up to 20,000 users, with up to 40 to 50 IT analysts providing concurrent support. Up to 50,000 users and up to 80 to 100 IT analysts can be supported if 32 gigabytes (GB) of memory is installed on the servers running Microsoft SQL Server.
• Up to 20,000 supported computers, assuming up to 10 to 12 configuration items (installed software, software updates, and hardware components) per computer. Up to 50,000 computers can be supported if 32 GB of memory is installed on the servers running SQL Server.
• 5,000 incidents per week with three months of retention, for a total of 60,000 incidents in the Service Manager database for the 20,000-computer configuration, and 2.5 times that for the 50,000-computer configuration.
• 1,000 change requests a week with three months of retention, for a total of 12,000 change requests in the Service Manager database for the 20,000-computer configuration, and 2.5 times that for the 50,000-computer configuration.

What's you need System Requirements for System Center 2012 - Service Manager ?

Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the recommended hardware requirements for the individual parts of Service Manager. These computers can be physical servers or virtual servers.

Hardware requirements table

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Software requirements table

Service Manager management server	One of the following operating systems: The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Enterprise Note Installation of the Service Manager management server on a computer running Windows Server 2003 is not supported. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1* ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 (required for the Service Manager management server). ** Windows PowerShell 2.0 Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable, which is available with the System Center 2012 – Service Manager media.
Data warehouse management server	One of the following operating systems: The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Standard or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Enterprise Note Installation of a data warehouse management server on a computer running Windows Server 2003 is not supported. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1* Windows PowerShell 2.0
Service Manager or Data warehouse databases	One of the following versions of Microsoft SQL Server Standard or Enterprise: The 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 with SP1 The 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) The 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in SQL Server 2008 with SP1, SQL Server 2008 with SP2, or SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 is required on the computer hosting the data warehouse databases.* The SQL Server collation settings must be the same for the computers hosting the Service Manager database, data warehouse database, and Reporting Services database.
Service Manager console	One of the following operating systems: The 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard or the 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise The 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard with SP2 or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with SP2 The 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise The 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Standard for the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Enterprise Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 with SP1 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate with SP1 Windows Vista Ultimate with SP2 or Windows Vista Enterprise with SP2 Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable, which is available with the System Center 2012 – Service Manager media. Windows PowerShell 1.0 or Windows PowerShell 2.0 ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2. ** Microsoft Analysis Management Objects (AMOs) Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1*
Self-Service Portal: Web Content Server	The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 with IIS 6 metabase compatibility installed A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate can be used on the IIS server that hosts the Self-Service Portal. ASP.NET 2.0 Microsoft .NET Framework 4 **** Microsoft Analysis Management Objects (AMOs)
Self-Service Portal: SharePoint Web Parts	One of the following versions of Microsoft SharePoint: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites Enterprise Software requirements for SharePoint Web Parts for the Self-Service Portal are based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 specifications. You must install the English language pack in non-English SharePoint installations so that the Self-Service Portal installs correctly.
Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010	Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010 is required for hosting dashboards for advanced analytical reports. For more information about installing and configuring Excel Services, see Configure Excel Services for a BI test environment.
Computers accessing the Self-Service Portal	The following operating systems are supported with the Self-Service Portal: Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 The following browsers are supported with the Self-Service Portal: Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Client computers accessing the Self-Service Portal through a browser require the installation of Microsoft Silverlight 4. ***
SQL Server Reporting Services	In a deployment topology where the computer hosting SSRS is not on the same computer that hosts the data warehouse management server, you have to add Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Code to the global assembly cache.

* Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 is included with the System Center 2012 – Service Manager installation media.

** For more information about the ADO.NET Data Service Update

*** To download Microsoft Silverlight 4, see Get Microsoft Silverlight.

**** To download Microsoft .NET Framework 4, see Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Web Installer).

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

To download trial software of the English versions of either Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition or SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, see SQL Server 2008.

To download SP1 for SQL Server 2008, see SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1.

To download the trial software for the English version of SQL Server 2008 R2, see SQL Server 2008 R2.

For more information about requirements for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, see SQL Server Requirements for System Center 2012 - Service Manager.

Use the following configuration with SQL Server 2008 SP1:

• SQL Server full-text search: Full-text search must be selected during installation on the computers running SQL Server that will host the Service Manager and data warehouse databases. For more information about FTS, see SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search: Internals and Enhancements.
• SQL Server configured to use case-insensitive databases.
• Service Account configured in accordance with your organization’s requirements.
• The SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) service, configured and running. For more information about how to configure the MSSQLSERVER service, see How to: Verify a Reporting Services Installation.
• For this release, make sure that you use the same collation in SQL Server on the computers that host the Service Manager database, the data warehouse database, and the Reporting Services database. For more information about SQL Server collations, see Using SQL Server Collations.

If your SQL Server installation is using the default collation (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS), a warning message appears, as shown in the following illustration.

Caution

Support for multiple languages in Service Manager is not possible when you are using the default collation (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS). If later you decide to support multiple languages using a different collation, you have to reinstall SQL Server. There are no issues with using the default collation with the English-only installations of Service Manager. For more information about language support, see Language Support for System Center 2012 - Service Manager.

You can define the collation when you install SQL Server 2008. During Setup, on the Server Configuration page, click the Collation tab, and then click Customize for both the Database Engine and Analysis Services entries.

SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL Server Analysis Services

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

The Self-Service Portal for Service Manager consists of two parts, a web content server and a SharePoint website. You must install SharePoint Web Parts on a computer that hosts SharePoint Server 2010. A link to download SharePoint Server 2010 is on the Service Manager Prerequisites page in Setup, or you can download an evaluation copy of SharePoint Server 2010 at Download Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

Important
You must install the English language pack in non-English SharePoint installations so that the Self-Service Portal installs correctly.

Windows PowerShell 2.0

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Let's GO:

In first time, download SCSM 2012 HERE 

Environnement requirements:

1 Active Directory Domain controller

1 Server for SCSM 2012

Launch Setup.exe

Click on Service management server

Accept the licence terms and click Next

Click Next

Checking for requirements in progress...

For review the complete prerequisite, click HERE

In my example, all is done except the memory parameter foro my configuration.Normaly, the minimum is 8192 Go.

Insert the SQL Server name and click Next

Insert the SQL Server name and click Next

Create the first new management group, in my example, i take SCSM2012_Admins and click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Choice and click Next (thanks help Microsoft to improve the product, accept the Customer experience improvement program)...

Select Use Microsoft update... and click Next

Click Install

Installation is done, select Open the encryption backup .... and click on Close !!!

Click Next

Click Next

Save the backup file to a location of your choice ...and click Next

Insert the password and click Next

Click Finish

Launch the shorcut to System Center Services Manager and click on Connect

Yes beautiful work to Microsoft SCSM Team !!!, System Center Services Manager is ready to use in your environment!!!

Documentation available for download:

For to know more to this great product, it's HERE

New template for Microsoft technet Library for all Microsoft product and my favorite SCCM 2012 ! ! ! (Reminder)

Hi all,

Just for you inform that the Microsoft technet Library template is updated and the result is very beautiful and useful !!!

Great work to Microsoft !!!

Click HERE for access to SCCM product library

Click Here for access to the System Center 2012 Library

NOW @ MMS 2012 Microsoft Management Summit registration open! (Reminder !!!!) The products and tracks being covered at this year's event included in this post !!!

Hi all,

Great news, You can register for the Microsoft Management Summit 2012 (MMS 2012) !!!

The products and tracks being covered at this year's event include:
 
Content focus areas

SERVER & CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
 This focus area covers how to deliver a flexible and cost effective server and cloud infrastructure using tools and solutions you are already familiar with today. Learn how to virtualize workloads, build a private cloud, scale your services through a public cloud or create an optimal mix of all three. Microsoft Server & Cloud infrastructure management solutions help you efficiently manage your datacenter today while enabling future transitions to cloud computing.



CLIENT & DEVICE MANAGEMENT
 This focus area covers how Microsoft desktop solutions enable the provisioning, securing, and maintaining of new devices over private or public networks, and via local or virtual applications. The latest solutions address critical emerging requirements such as management of user-owned devices, streamlined IT compliance processes and management of virtualized user environments. Microsoft desktop solutions greatly simplify the deployment and management of traditional and virtualized desktops as well as the increasing number of devices in corporate environments.

CONTENT TRACKS

Products and Technologies

SERVER & VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT
Microsoft’s Datacenter solution provides a comprehensive platform on which to build and run your infrastructure. Whether you want to virtualize workloads, build a private cloud, scale your services through the public cloud, or have a mix of all three, Microsoft datacenter solutions can help you better manage your datacenter today and accelerate your journey towards cloud computing.

This track will provide solution best practices and technology deep dives on Identity Management, Manageability, Virtualization, Storage, and Networking. You will understand all the tools you need to run a highly efficient and modern datacenter.

•Windows Server 2008 R2
•Windows Server 8
•Group Policy
•WSUS
•PowerShell/WMI
•System Center Advisor
•AD
•Forefront Identity Manager
 

FABRIC INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
 Whether you are transitioning to a private cloud, or managing disparate Datacenter assets, you have to configure, deploy and manage the compute, storage and networking components of your infrastructure.

 This track is designed to show you how to support the needs of self-service users, to monitor and manage resources to required service levels, and dynamically maintain resources to provide a resilient environment that adapts to changing workloads and minimizes costs.

•System Center Virtual Machine Manager
•System Center Operations Manager
•System Center Data Protection Manager
•System Center Configuration Manager
•System Center Advisor
 

SERVICE DELIVERY & AUTOMATION
 Configuring and deploying service delivery and automation with System Center 2012 is about consistently delivering self-service IT capabilities, enabling your customers to request services when desired, and allowing providers to ensure that the services they offer are supported through integrated process and systems automation.

 This track is designed show you how to monitor and operate service delivery and automation with System Center 2012, with focus on the sustained management and delivery of IT services through a consolidated view of assets and services, and the orchestration of proactive and reactive processes supporting sustained services and integrated reporting.

•System Center Service Manager Orchestrator
•Service Catalog
 


APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
 System Center 2012 provides rich and powerful capabilities for Application Management. Come learn how to deploy and configure services in a Private Cloud, deploy and manage applications on Windows Azure, and enable Application Self Service.

 This track is designed to show how System Center 2012 provides quota driven delegated access to resources, the management of application resources, and the setup and configuration of application performance monitoring. These resources are monitored and operated as services in a private cloud, with rich performance monitoring information, including deep code-level insights into how applications are performing, either in your private cloud or in Windows Azure.

•Windows Azure
•System Center Virtual Machine Manager
•System Center App Controller 2012
•Performance Management
 

CLIENT & DEVICE MANAGEMENT
 Microsoft client solutions greatly simplify the deployment and management of corporate-owned physical and virtualized PCs as well as personal devices in corporate environments to enable the flexible workstyle of today’s users.

 This track is designed to demonstrate how to plan, deploy and manage PCs and devices on Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 or 9. Sessions will help you gain deeper insights into how desktop virtualization, cloud services, and HTML5 can address your evolving business and IT requirements. Additional sessions will cover deployment and management tools including System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and the cloud-based Windows Intune solution so you can achieve a highly secure and well-managed IT environment.

•Windows 7
•Windows Intune
•System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
•System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
•WEDM
•VDI
•Cross-platform Management
•Microsoft Application
Virtualization (App-V)
•Microsoft Enterprise Desktop
Virtualization (MED-V)
•Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)
•Windows Internet Explorer 8
•Windows Internet Explorer 9
 

Agenda:

Click HERE for access to the agenda

For register click HERE

System Center 2012 – Orchestrator 2012 Component Add-ons and Extensions available for download!

Hi all,

Great news, the followingSystem Center 2012 Orchestrator 2012 Component Add-ons and Extensions are available for download !!!

System Center 2012 Orchestrator Integration Toolkit
This toolkit contains wizard-based utilities for creating new activities and integration packs for System Center 2012 - Orchestrator . It also allows developers utilizing the Orchestrator SDK to create new custom integration packs for System Center 2012 - Orchestrator .
Features:

• Rebranding, security enhancements, new generic activity icons
• Wizards can upgrade 6.3 activities and IPs to be compatible with Orchestrator
• Fixes issues with upgrading IPs multiple times
• Fixes issues with DLL / dependent file conflicts among different IPs

System Center 2012 Orchestrator Release Candidate Integration Packs
System Center 2012 RC Orchestrator Integration Packs extend the core System Center 2012 RC Orchestrator component to enable the authoring of datacenter automation using System Center 2012 Components. Also included in this download are Integration Packs for releases of Microsoft System Center products prior to System Center 2012 RC.

This download includes Integration Packs for the following System Center 2012 RC Components:

• System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center 2012 Operations Manager
• System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager
• System Center 2012 Service Manager

This download also includes Integration Packs for the following System Center product releases:

• System Center Operations Manager 2007
• System Center Service Manager 2010
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
• System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
• System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Click HERE for download

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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide available !!!

Hi all,

The System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide is available !!!

Introduction:

What is a survival guide? It’s a page we created as a pointer to the best information on the web.  You can use the information below to learn the fundamentals; increase your current knowledge; or stay current on Configuration Manager and events. 

And, if you think we missed some great article out there, please add it below!

For access to the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide, Click HERE

System Center 2012 – Service Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions are available !!! (RC)

Hi all,

Great news a new add ons and extensions for System Center 2012 - Services Manager is available!

The following System Center 2012 – Service Manager add-ons and extensions are available for download:

System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool
The System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool is a tool for customization and extension of the built-in functionality in System Center Service Manager. This release supports modifying existing Process Management Packs and creating new Management Packs that define extensions to the Service Manager database for tracking additional information, customizations of forms or new forms, and new workflows. This release is available in 10 languages.

This release is compatible with the System Center 2012 release candidate. It contains the necessary changes to ensure the Authoring Tool is compatible with System Center 2012 – Service Manager but does not contain a new feature set from prior releases.

System Center Cloud Services Process Pack
This process pack will offer a self-service experience to facilitate private cloud capacity requests from your business unit IT application owners and end users, including the flexibility to request additional capacity as business demands increase.


IT Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Process Management Pack
Microsoft System Center solutions assist medium and large organizations in managing and automating their IT GRC responsibilities; improving IT GRC program management efficiency while reducing costs; simplifying and consolidating IT GRC workloads; and increasing executive, audit, and management visibility into their GRC programs. The IT GRC Process Management Pack —combined with the IT Compliance Management Series—helps customers understand and bind complex business objectives to their Microsoft infrastructure in an operationally efficient manner.

For download,click HERE

P2V Migration Toolkit | Download the Release Candidate 2 of P2V Migration Toolkit (32 bit)-(64 bit) (RC2)

Hi all,

Big News, the release Candidate 2 (RC2) of P2V Migration Toolkit is available!!!

What's Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit?

The Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit facilitates the re-utilization of existing x64 server hardware using virtualization technologies, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V.
 
The Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit was specifically designed to assist in situations where there are remote Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site servers that need to be retained during side-by-side migration process to Configuration Manager 2012. Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit is geared to supporting P2V migrations at remote, branch offices that do not have existing onsite Virtual Machine Manager infrastructure.

Learn More about the P2V Migration Toolkit
 
Download the Release Candidate 2 of P2V Migration Toolkit (32 bit)
 
Download the Release Candidate 2 of P2V Migration Toolkit (64 bit)
 


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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate 2 (SCCM 2012 RC2) available now ! (ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 Build 7703)

Hi all,

Great news, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is available in Release Candidate 2 RC2 !!!

You can download System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate 2 RC2 HERE

You can read my post on

How to install System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SC2012CM RC- Release Candidate) and System Center 2012 EndPoint Protection (SC2012EP).

Reminder:

What's SC2012CM RC:

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining corporate compliance and control.

What's news in this release:

• Improved endpoint protection functionality, with integrated setup, management and reporting for System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.
• Improved application catalog design that provides a better, more responsive experience when requesting and downloading applications.
• New support for Windows Embedded devices, including Windows Embedded 7 SP1, POSReady 7, Windows 7 Think PC, and Windows Embedded Compact 7.
• Improved client status checks for Configuration Manager services and features.
• Improved compliance enforcement and tracking, with the ability to create dynamic collections of baseline compliance and the generation of hourly compliance summaries.
• Platform support for deep mobile device management of Nokia Symbian Belle devices. Pending a platform update by Nokia later this calendar year for these devices, customers will be able to try out the management of these Nokia devices with ConfigMgr.
• Additional scalability and performance improvements.

What's System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection :

• System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (previously known as Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012) protects client and server operating systems against the latest threats using industry-leading malware detection technologies. It is built on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, giving customers a unified infrastructure for client security and compliance management. This shared infrastructure lowers ownership costs while providing improved visibility through user-centric malware reporting and control over endpoint management and security.
  
  New features in the release candidate include:
• Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, including integrated setup, management, and reporting.
• Role-based management across security and operations.
• Improved alerting and reporting, with near real-time and user-centric data views.
• More efficient delivery of signature updates using new automatic software deployment model.

Microsoft France met à disposition toute une série de formations IT, à Paris et en Province !!! (Avec Fabrice Meillon, Stanislas Quastana et l'équipe Microsoft Technet !!!)

Salut à tous,

Super news, Microsoft France a mis en place toute une série de formations IT, à Paris et en Province !!!

Pour les inscriptions, c'est par ICI, venez nombreux !!!

Nos deux Architectes et Speaker Microsoft préférés sont de la partie, j'ai nommé Fabrice Meillon et Stanislas Quastana !   un coucou en passant d'ailleurs! 

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager certification | Exam 246, 247 : Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012 (Private Cloud certification)

Hi all,

Great news,

If you are more interested in the Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager certification, you can get your training started now by taking the

beta course from a Microsoft partner - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10747AB&Locale=en-us#tab1

• 10747A : Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
• 10747B : Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Learn more about the Private Cloud certification here: www.microsoft.com/learning/certification/cert-private-cloud.aspx

Very more exciting, for the first time, we are going to open up our beta exams for the Private Cloud to the public at the Microso

ft Management Summit (MMS).

• Exam 246: Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012
• Exam 247: Private Cloud Configuration and Deployment with System Center 2012

Beta exams will be limited, but it will be free.   Register for MMS today.

• 10747A : Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

• 10747B : Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

About Licensing and Pricing System Center 2012 Product Suite (Configuration Manager Client ML, Endpoint Protection Subscription,Client Management Suite Client ML etc...) MICROSOFT CLOUD POWER !

Hi all friend,

In this post, you find the new licensing (Licensing Managed Servers) information for System Center 2012 Product!!!

For start, you need to know that you have two versions of System Center 2012 products suite, it's under...

System Center Suite 2012 licensing models : 

System Center 2012 Standard

System Center 2012 Datacenter

For access to the others option on System Center2012 Licensing Website, it's HERE

How to install and configure System Center 2012 Operations Manager (SCOM 2012)

Hi all,

It's with a big pleasure that i explain you in this post how to install and configure System Center 2012 Operations Manager !

What's System Center 2012 Operations Manager?:

Operations Manager provides infrastructure monitoring that is flexible and cost-effective, helps ensure the predictable performance and availability of vital applications, and offers comprehensive monitoring for your datacenter and cloud, both private and public.

What's new in System Center 2012 Operations Manager?:

New Monitoring Capabilities

Performance and Scale

Improved Experience

Web Console

Operations Manager introduces a new web console that is optimized for faster load times and provides you with access to the new IT pro dashboards.

Dashboard Views

Operations Manager includes new comprehensive dashboard views that combine multiple panels of information into a single view. In Operations Manager, you can add the new dashboard views to My Workspace and the Monitoring workspace.

Creating Dashboard Views

Dashboard views have been significantly upgraded in Operations Manager from their capabilities in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, including custom layouts and nested dashboard views.

Display Dashboard Views in SharePoint

The Operations Manager web part displays specified dashboard views and can be added to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 sites. For more information, see Add a Dashboard to a SharePoint Site.

System Center 2012 - Orchestrator Replaces Connector Functionality

Connectors have been discontinued for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager and their functionality is replaced by System Center 2012 - Orchestrator. Orchestrator provides the ability to create and run automated workflows, called runbooks, made of multiple activities that each performs a distinct function. The connector functionality of enabling System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 to synchronize alerts with remote systems is achieved by creating runbooks, using activities that interact with and one or more other products. Because runbooks can include sophisticated logic and activities from any number of Integration Packs, you can implement scenarios that cannot be easily achieved with connectors. Integration Packs will be delivered for each System Center component and provide additional activities specific to a particular component.

Operations Manager Module for Windows PowerShell

Operations Manager provides a Windows PowerShell 2.0 module containing a full set of new cmdlets. The cmdlets in this module are only compatible with Operations Manager. You can recognize the Operations Manager cmdlets by the "SC" preceding the noun. For additional information about the Operations Manager cmdlets, open the Operations Manager command shell and type Get-Help about_OpsMgr_WhatsNew. For information about how the Operations Manager 2007 cmdlets map to the Operations Manager cmdlets, type Get-Help about_OpsMgr_Cmdlet_Names.

To use the Operations Manager cmdlets, you must establish a connection to an Operations Manager management group. You can establish either a persistent connection in which you can run multiple cmdlets, or a temporary connection when running a single cmdlet. For more information about connections, open the Operations Manager Shell and type Get-Help about_OpsMgr_Connections.

UNIX- and Linux-Based Computers

In Operations Manager, you can perform privileged operations on UNIX-based and Linux-based computers using unprivileged Run As accounts by combining with “sudo” elevation on the target UNIX-based and Linux-based computers. This capability avoids the need for UNIX or Linux root passwords to be known on the management server, and keeps the privilege control entirely within the domain of the UNIX or Linux administrator. Operations Manager also includes new Windows PowerShell cmdlets for performing agent maintenance functions on UNIX-based and Linux-based computers, allowing for scripting and background operations.  In addition, the resource pool feature supports computers running UNIX and Linux.  If a management server fails, another management server in the resource pool can take over the monitoring, providing high availability. For more information, see Monitoring UNIX- and Linux-Based Computers

Operations Console

You will notice some subtle changes to the Operations console. The Actions pane is now the Tasks pane, and includes a new section called Navigation Tasks that makes it easy for you to open views for a selected object. The Tasks pane offers two tabs: one for actions and one for resources and Help links. The Navigation and Tasks panes can be minimized or expanded instantly by clicking the arrow in the title bar of the pane.

 

Let's GO! for the requirements!

System Center 2012 Operations Manager :  DOWNLOAD SOURCE HERE

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper to determine hardware requirements for each System Center 2012 – Operations Manager server feature. If you want to install more than one feature on the same computer, use the higher of the recommended hardware requirements for any of the combined features.

Supported Processors, Memory, and Disk Space

Note
Operations Manager does not support installing the 32-bit agent on a 64-bit operating system. Operations Manager provides native support for x86-based computers for agents and consoles, and x64-based computers for all server features and support for agents on computers with 64-bit Itanium processors.

Minimum Software Requirements

Operations Manager server features require a supported operating system.

Note the following database considerations for Operations Manager:

• Operations Manager does not support hosting its databases or SQL Server Reporting Services on a 32-bit edition of SQL Server.
• Using a different version of SQL Server for different Operations Manager features is not supported. The same version should be used for all features.
• SQL Server collation settings for all databases must be SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS; no other collation settings are supported.
• The SQL Server Agent service must be started, and the startup type must be set to automatic.
• Side-by-side installation of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Reporting and System Center 2012 – Operations Manager Reporting on the same server is not supported.
• The db_owner role for the operational database must be a domain account. If you set the SQL Server Authentication to Mixed mode, and then try to add a local SQL Server login on the operational database, the Data Access service will not be able to start. For information about how to resolve the issue, see System Center Data Access Service Start Up Failure Due to SQL Configuration Change
• If you plan to use the Network Monitoring features of System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, you should move the tempdb database to a separate disk that has multiple spindles. For more information, see tempdb Database.

If you want to install more than one Operations Manager feature on the same computer, you must install the prerequisite software for all of the combined features.

Requirements by Feature

Management Server

• Disk space: %SYSTEMDRIVE% requires at least 1024 MB free hard disk space.
• Server Operating System: must be Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
• Processor Architecture: must be x64.
• Windows PowerShell version: Windows PowerShell version 2.0.
• Windows Remote Management: Windows Remote Management must be enabled for the management server.
• Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) version: Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0 is required for the management server.
• Both .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and .NET Framework 4 are required. For more information, see the following documents:
  
  
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 redistributable package
  • .NET Framework 4 redistributable package

Operations Console

• Microsoft Report Viewer 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.4 SP1 hotfix
• Disk space: %SYSTEMDRIVE% requires at least 512 MB free hard disk space.
• File system: %SYSTEMDRIVE% must be formatted with the NTFS file system.
• Server Operating System: must be Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
• Processor Architecture: must be x64 for servers and x64 or x86 for a client computer.
• Windows Installer version: at least Windows Installer 3.1.
• Windows PowerShell version: Windows PowerShell version 2.0.
• Both .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4 are required. For more information, see the following documents:
  
  
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 redistributable package
  • .NET Framework 4 redistributable package

Web Console

• Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
• Processor Architecture: must be x64.
• Web browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9
• Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and later versions, with the IIS Management Console and the following role services installed:
  
  
  • Static Content
  • Default Document
  • Directory Browsing
  • HTTP Errors
  • HTTP Logging
  • Request Monitor
  • Request Filtering
  • Static Content Compression
  • Web Server (IIS) Support
  • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
  • ASP.NET
  • Windows Authentication
• Selected website for web console: requires a configured http or https binding.
  
  

  Warning
  Installing the web console on a computer that has SharePoint installed is not supported.

• Both .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4 are required for Setup to run. For more information, see the following documents:
  
  
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 redistributable package
  • .NET Framework 4 redistributable package

  Sources Prerequisite

Let's GO!    for the SCOM installation!

I have take in my example:

1 Domain controller Acttive Directory (installation not detailed in this post)

1 Windows 2008 Server R2 for SCOM 2012 and Reporting rôle on the same server [but attention, normally you install the reporting role on another server, read this > Operations Manager Reporting on the same server is not supported (Microsoft information)]

With SQL 2008 SP1 R2 + CU 4 (not detail in this post bue necessary to install before scom 2012) Collation fo Database SQL = SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Have administrators Right lol 

 

Launch and decompress the install file...

Launch the Setup.exe and Click on Install

 

Click on :

Management server

Management console

Web console

Reporting server:

Attention, normally you install the reporting role on another server, read this > Operations Manager Reporting on the same server is not supported (Microsoft information)

And click Next

Click Next

That's possible that you have some parameter to activate...

In this example under, i will do configure the ISAPI and CGI restrictions for ASP.NET v4.0.3019 in IIS and configure the ram memory (for SCOM 2012, this minimum requirement is to have 4GB )

For configure the ASP.NET v4.0.3019,  open the IIS console and select the server; select ASP.NET v4.0.3019; right click on, select Allow.

And for resolve my memory requirement, i just upgrade my VM to 4Go

 

Return to the setup and select Next at this step

Select create the first Management server in a new management group and click Next (in my example, i take AdminGroup)

Approve the licence terms and click Next

Type the server name; leave the default and click Next

Type the server name; leave the default (the database creation launch automatically when the sql server is available...) and click Next

Click Next

It's necessary to configure the Sql Server Agent service with > Startup type = Automatic

Click Next

Select Use Mixed Authentification Click Next

Insert Domain user name; password; let by default other parameter and click Next

Select and participate to the SCOM 2012 improvement ; and click Next

Click On and Next

Click Install

Installation in progress...

Setup is complete, installation finish !!!

Great,your SCOM 2012 installation is ready!!!

I like very the DotNet Framework 4 for the console display, beautiful !!!  ENJOY ALL

Long life to System Center 2012 Product !!!

Reminder : Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Updated: December 1, 2011

Hi all friends,

Just a reminder for you inform that the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is updated for the December 1 2011.

Click HERE for access

TOP 10 of New changes to know for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012)

Hi Members and Geek Fan,

Let's GO for the new changes in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012)!

Changes in SCCM 2012 are numerous, allowing you to update you on changes to come with SCCM2012 you will find below the top 10 innovations/changes that is, between SCCM 2007 and SCCM 2012.

SCCM 2012 | How to import lot of computers information with CSV file option (Import Computer Information) for deploy Microsoft Windows Operating System

Hi,

I explain in this post how to import a lot of computer hostname with mac adresse or smsbiosguid for prepare to deploy operating systems (example : Windows XP, Windows 7 or Windows 8 and servers operating systems).

Let's GO !!!

For start, you do create a file (with notepad) with information indicate under, (for SMSBIOSGUID, you can add or replace by mac address informations.)

After indicate the netbios name and the mac address, you can save your files with *.csv extension. (insert add SMSBIOSGUID and Mac address, you indicate this Hostname,SMSBIOSGUID,Mac address.)

Open the SCCM 2012 console and select Assets and compliance TAB, right click on Devices and select

Import Computer Information.

Select Import Computers using a file and click Next

Browse and select the *.CSV file

Select the CSV file (in my example, my file is named import.csv

Attention: Replace the Assign as by the good setting, in my example, i use the mac address...

The information appear and you can click on Next

click on Next

Select the target collection to import the computer information and click Next

Click Next

Click on Close

All computer informations is correctly imported int he target collection (collection properties)

And all computers information is good present in the collection, so EASY, No?

Finish

You can read all others post on SCCM 2012 under (OS deployment):

Where can i download Microsoft System Center 2012 Products (Pre-Release) ? > The answers are in this post !

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012 Beta 2) and Windows 8 (Windows Developper Preview) [ it works or not, that is the question? All in this post ] PART 1

How to deploy Windows 8 (Windows Developper Preview) with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012 Beta 2) PART 2

SCCM 2012 | OSD | But where is the import computer option (Mac Address and SMBIOS GUID) ? the response is in this post, :-)

System Center 2012 Technology | How to Install and configure System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 !!!

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 | Create Bootable USB Media SCCM 2012 For deploy Windows 7 or XP