What's New in System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1
This topic describes some of the improvements and major changes in functionality that are included in System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
In response to customer requests and other feedback from Essentials 2007 users, several new enhancements have been added in this Service Pack.
Fixed the most common points of installation failure
Richer content in installation logs support easier troubleshooting
- Essentials 2007 SP1 supports managing computers not directly joined to the domain; for example, a Web server in the perimeter network.
Discover and monitor both SNMP v1 and SNMP v2 devices
Specify the device type during discovery
Support for using a remote SQL Server 2005 instance on a computer with a different architecture (x86 or x64) than that of the computer running the Essentials 2007 management server.
Support for running the Essentials 2007 management server, console, and agent on computers running Windows Server 2008. Management packs for Windows Server 2008 and its role will be available shortly after the release of Windows Server 2008.
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Note
Full production support of Essentials 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 is not yet available as of the release of Essentials 2007 SP1. Microsoft will announce full support for Essentials 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 within 90 days of the release of Windows Server 2008.
Multiple auto-approval rules
New options for importing catalogs of updates for Microsoft partner software and hardware
Import catalogs into Essentials 2007 from a UNC share
Installation files are not downloaded until the update is approved
Management packs have been tuned and enhanced; default alert “noise” reduced.
Script errors in Base OS, AD, Exchange, SQL Server management packs were fixed.
Reduced memory usage by Operations Manager 2007 services by approximately 70% in Essentials 2007 SP1 through tuning
Total footprint has been reduced from 1.2 GB to approximately 800 MB on a single server installation that includes SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
In Alert views, row selection is three times quicker, and Actions and Reports are fetched in the background
- Copy (Ctrl+C) is supported in the Alert details pane
Database encryption key backup and restore tool
WSUS Certificate restore tool
Arrange the nodes of a diagram and save the rearranged diagram
Drill down through virtual groups in a diagram (by double-clicking objects) to reveal the source of a problem
Export diagrams to Visio
Script support for diagnostic tasks has been added.
Specific objects are displayed in Override Summary by name (such as server1\C:)