SCOM 2007 R2: Worth the upgrade
I recently updated my SCOM (SystemCenter Operations Manager) 2007 installation to 2007 R2. Not only was the upgrade pleasantly smooth, easy, painless, and fast, but the results were worth it. The new administration console has features which made it worth it for me. The first, is that it no longer periodically crashes when I run it on my local PC (Vista, connected to the network over a VPN), so I do not need to work from the server’s console to use it. The other feature I love, is that I can now install management packs directly from the site within the console, and I can search for them too. Even better, there is a filter to show only the MP’s that are more recent than what I have installed. Now, I can actually keep my MP’s updated on a regular basis!
J.Ja