Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Download information

Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.

Download the Cumulative Update 7 package now.

Installation information

Installation steps

To extract the files that are contained in this update, follow these steps:

1. Copy the following file to either a local folder or an available network share:

   SystemCenterOperationsManager2007-R2CU7-KB2783850-X86-X64-IA64-ENU.MSI

2. Run this file locally on each applicable computer. For example, run this file on the root management server (RMS).

3. In the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Software Update window, select the update option for the role that will be updated.

Recommended steps for applying this cumulative update to a clustered root management server

For more information about the recommended instructions for applying this cumulative update to a clustered root management server, go to the following Microsoft website:

How to apply a SCOM hotfix to a clustered RMS

Manual operations that must be performed after you update the root management server and the data warehouse

Manual operations that must be performed after you update the ACS collector

Update the Web.Config file on the Web Console server role computers

To make sure that all cookies that are created by the Web Console cannot be accessed by the client cscript, add the following configuration to the Web.Config file on the Web Console server:

<httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="true"/>However, if the Web Console is configured to run under SSL, add the following configuration to the Web.Config file instead to make sure that all cookies are encrypted:

<httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="true" requireSSL="true"/>Note Only one of these lines has to be added to the Web.Config file. To add one of these lines, scroll down in the Web.Config file until you see the <system.web> tag, and then add the appropriate new line immediately after the line that contains <system.web>.

Updated support tools that are included in this cumulative update

The following updated file in the SupportTools folder supports the upgrade from Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services to SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services and from SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services to SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services:

SRSUpgradeTool.exeNote Use the appropriate platform version of this file instead of the file that is supplied in the SupportTools folder of the Operations Manager 2007 R2 distribution media.

Advanced installation instructions at a command prompt

The installer (hotfix utility) that is downloaded from this site unpacks the bootstrapping application and necessary MSP files to install Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. It is better to run the hotfix utility on each computer and to deploy Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 by using the GUI interface that is invoked after you run the hotfix utility. However, you can avoid multiple installations of the hotfix utility by copying the unpacked directory and files to the appropriate computers. These files are unpacked to the following location by the hotfix utility:

\Program Files (x86)\System Center 2007 R2 Hotfix Utility\KB2783850\If you decide to install Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 at a command prompt, use the following command:

SetupUpdateOM.exe /x86msp:KB<#>-x86.msp /amd64msp:KB<#>-x64.msp /ia64msp:KB<#>-ia64.msp /x86locmsp:KB<#>-x86-<LOC>.msp /amd64locmsp:KB<#>-x64-<LOC>.msp /ia64locmsp:KB<#>-ia64-<LOC>.msp /UpdateAgent /Silent /norebootNote The /Silent flag is not necessary if you want to install Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 by using the GUI interface. Replace the <LOC> parameter with the appropriate language code for the update that you have downloaded. Replace the <#> parameter with the Microsoft Knowledge Base article number for this cumulative update.

For example, run the following command for the English version of Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2:

SetupUpdateOM.exe /x86msp:KB2783850-x86.msp /amd64msp:KB2783850-x64.msp /ia64msp:KB2783850-ia64.msp /x86locmsp:KB2783850-x86-ENU.msp /amd64locmsp:KB2783850-x64-ENU.msp /ia64locmsp:KB2783850-ia64-ENU.msp /UpdateAgent /Silent /noreboot

Advanced installation instruction to manually update agents

With Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, you can manually update agents without copying the full contents of the package. To deploy updates to an agent, follow these steps:

1. Install the hotfix utility by using the instructions in the "Advanced installation instructions at a command prompt" section. By default, the files that you must have to update the agent are at the following location:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\System Center 2007 R2 Hotfix Utility\KB2783850

2. Copy the appropriate .msp files to a folder of your choice (for example, C:\temp\CU7_Agent) on each computer on which you want to manually update the agent.

3. Run the following two commands at a command prompt from the folder that contains the update files. This folder is C:\temp\CU7_Agent if you follow the suggestion here. For example (x64 architecture and English language):

   msiexec.exe /p "C:\temp\CU7_Agent\KB2783850-x64-Agent.msp" REBOOT="ReallySuppress"
   
   msiexec.exe /p "C:\temp\CU7_Agent\KB2783850-x64-ENU-Agent.msp" REBOOT="ReallySuppress"

Install the Linux and UNIX management packs, and then update the Linux and UNIX agents

Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 contains new agents and management packs for all supported Linux and UNIX operating systems. To fully install Cumulative Update 7, you should follow these steps to make sure that your monitoring of Linux and UNIX computers is up to date:

1. Download and then install the updated management packs from the following Microsoft website:

   System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Monitoring Management Packs

2. Import the updated management pack for each version of Linux or UNIX that you are monitoring in your environment.

3. Use the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Discovery Wizard to rediscover the Linux and UNIX computers that you monitor. After you rediscover the computers, the agents on those computers upgrade automatically.

This update installs updated UNIX and Linux agents, and this update removes older UNIX and Linux agents in the following folder:

Program Files\System Center Operations Manager 2007\AgentManagement\UnixAgentsThe updated agents have file names that use the following format and a version number of 318:

scx-1.0.4-318-server type.server version.architecture.package typeNotes

• The placeholder server type represents the name of the UNIX or Linux server product.

• The placeholder server version represents the version number of the server type.

• The placeholder architecture represents the processor architecture of the destination computer.

• The placeholder package type represents the kind of installation file.

For example, the following is the file name format for the agent for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86):

scx-1.0.4-318-sles.10.x86.rpmThe agents that are included with Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Cumulative Update 5 have a version number of 277. All agent files for this version number are removed during the installation of this update.

The agents that are included with Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Cumulative Update 2 (hotfix 979490) have a version number of 258. All agent files for this version number are removed during the installation of this update.

The agents that are included with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Agent Update (hotfix 973583) have a version number of 252. All agent files for this version number are removed during the installation of this update.

The agents that are included with the original release of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 have a version number of 248. These files are not removed during installation. However, these files are replaced with 1 kilobyte (KB) files. You have the option of removing these 1 KB files. These files are as follows:

• scx-1.0.4-248.aix.5.ppc.lpp.gz

• scx-1.0.4-248.aix.6.ppc.lpp.gz

• scx-1.0.4-248.hpux.11iv2.ia64.depot.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.hpux.11iv2.parisc.depot.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.hpux.11iv3.ia64.depot.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.hpux.11iv3.parisc.depot.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.rhel.4.x64.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.rhel.4.x86.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.rhel.5.x64.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.rhel.5.x86.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.sles.10.x64.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.sles.10.x86.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.sles.9.x86.rpm

• scx-1.0.4-248.solaris.10.sparc.pkg.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.solaris.10.x86.pkg.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.solaris.8.sparc.pkg.Z

• scx-1.0.4-248.solaris.9.sparc.pkg.Z