MOM 2005 Resource Kit

Stefan did say that the updated Resource Kit for MOM 2005 SP1 will be out soon and Rob Stevens (Microsoft) has mentioned it on his blog and here it is

http://www.microsoft.com/mom/downloads/2005/reskit/default.mspx 

 

A quick glance and it looks very similar to the 2000 resource kit but there are some neat new tools.

 

Alert to RSS Utility: Now subscribe to alerts via RSS!

 

A much requested feature is to be able to use AD groups. MOM 2005 does not do that but these tool looks like they will help.

Computer Group Hierarchy Utility: Now export your Computer Group Hierarchy and recreate it else where. Also supports creating Computer Groups based on AD containers and it’s hierarchy

 

Console Scope Utility: Automatically update Console Scope membership with this utility. You can also mirror AD Security Group membership to a console scope using this utility

 

Also the Operator Console Notifier should now work with SP1 so you should not need Justin’s fix.

 

I like the sound of this one.

MOM Remote Pre-requisite Checker: Check if the required services and ports are allowed to push an agent or run discovery with this stand alone utility

 

I will have to have a play with it and see if my favourite tool (Management Pack Wizard) has been updated.

 

Ian

 

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