System Center Cross Platform and Interop

Team blog for System Center Cross Platform and Interoperability - Microsoft’s manageability solutions for UNIX and Linux platforms and interoperability with third-party management systems.

In order to provide a more consistent experience with the System Center product family, we've moved...

Date: 02/14/2012

  The public beta version of Operations Manager 2012 is now available here...

Date: 07/21/2011

<plagiarizing directly from Justin Incarnato of the OpsMgr team> I’m very happy to announce...

Date: 02/01/2011

Having started on the Cross Platform & Interop team before Opalis was a part of it, I think...

Date: 11/11/2010

Cross Platform Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is now...

Date: 10/01/2010

Within any software company, it's always a struggle to come up with the right mix of functionality...

Date: 08/18/2010

Yesterday I posted an article on the Opalis blog about this topic, so I thought it only fitting that...

Date: 08/13/2010

Last week I decided to rebuild my desktop and I'm finally back to full speed again. Now that I have...

Date: 08/04/2010

This is part of a multi-part article (if you didn't gather that from the title). For easy reference,...

Date: 06/10/2010

Troubleshooting discovery and agent installation can be challenging when it comes to the cross...

Date: 06/10/2010

This is part of a multi-part article (if you didn't gather that from the title). For easy reference,...

Date: 06/10/2010

This is part of a multi-part article (if you didn't gather that from the title). For easy reference,...

Date: 06/10/2010

Originally I was going to talk about how to use sudo for installing the cross platform agent. That...

Date: 06/07/2010

I get asked a lot whether we can monitor network devices using OpsMgr, and here is a perfect example...

Date: 05/25/2010

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Date: 05/13/2010

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Date: 05/12/2010

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Date: 04/27/2010

Kristopher Bash has written some more good articles on using cross platform agents for Operations...

Date: 04/26/2010

I’m happy to announce that we have just activated a new TechCenter on Microsoft TechNet specifically...

Date: 04/15/2010

With MMS happening next week, I wanted to get the word out to everyone attending to be sure and...

Date: 04/15/2010

After writing my last article, no more than five minutes later did two people correct me on having...

Date: 04/15/2010

I answered my first Opalis question in the forums today. And sure enough, it’s something that would...

Date: 04/15/2010

Ok, so “onslaught” sounds like a harsh term. Perhaps “juggernaut”? Ok, how about the benign term...

Date: 04/14/2010

(updated 6/11/2010 with some additonal information) One of the more common questions I see is how to...

Date: 04/02/2010

A few customers have asked about our plans for supporting new versions of UNIX and Linux when they...

Date: 03/25/2010

Helpful links for System Center Cross Platform information: Top Troubleshooting Topics: Certificate...

Date: 03/17/2010

Helpful links for System Center Cross Platform information: Top Troubleshooting Topics: Certificate...

Date: 03/17/2010

I just discovered a new (to me) blogger who is writing about cross platform support in Operations...

Date: 03/17/2010

News Flash from Quest    (www.quest.com) The QMX VMware extension is now free for...

Date: 03/04/2010

Root account usage requirements are a hot topic around here. It’s not always clear why root access...

Date: 03/04/2010

BridgeWays just announced three new beta management packs: BridgeWays Management Pack for WebSphere...

Date: 03/03/2010

I was recently working with Bob Cornelissen on an issue that he was seeing with agent installation....

Date: 02/22/2010

The Cross Platform team released a new update (CU2) for Operations Manager R2 Cross Platform agents...

Date: 02/16/2010

I recently got a question in the Cross Platform Forums about an issue a customer was seeing with...

Date: 02/10/2010

From Silect’s Release: We’re pleased to announce the availability of our latest release of MP Studio...

Date: 02/10/2010

We recently released a set of PowerShell scripts for cross platform computers in Operations Manager,...

Date: 02/05/2010

Recently I was doing some tests and was trying to deploy a new Linux computer to be managed by...

Date: 02/05/2010

This question comes up often enough, and I saw another person send an email out on it today – “How...

Date: 02/04/2010

I recently saw a bug submitted to our team about CPU usage statistics being reported by the cross...

Date: 02/04/2010

I hear this same question over and over in the forums, email discussions and face to face with lots...

Date: 02/01/2010

In part 1 of this article, I talked about the basics of building a CentOS Management Pack, beginning...

Date: 01/18/2010

In part 1 of this article, I talked about the basics of building a CentOS Management Pack, beginning...

Date: 01/15/2010

A couple of weeks ago, I posted “Privileged and Non-Privileged “Run As” accounts in cross platform...

Date: 01/12/2010

I got an email the other day from a customer who asked if we were planning on supporting Red Hat...

Date: 01/11/2010

Helpful links for System Center Cross Platform information: Top Troubleshooting Topics: Certificate...

Date: 01/08/2010

UPDATE 8/27/2012 - This worked on SCOM 2007 R2 but will most likely not work on SC 2012. As part of...

Date: 01/05/2010

We are happy to announce the release of the Cross Platform Audit Collection Services for Operations...

Date: 12/17/2009

One of the initial configuration requirements (and one of the top things new users forget to do) for...

Date: 12/16/2009

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