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Microsoft.SystemCenter.UpdatesForInstalledManagementPacksAvailable (Rule)

Alert generating rule for when newer versions of installed management packs are available.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

There are one or more newer management packs available for download.

Causes

A new Microsoft management pack has been released for an MP that you have installed.

Resolutions

The link below will bring you to the management pack catalog where you can download MPs

http://www.microsoft.com/mom/managementpacks

Open the Services MMC or use another Service Control Manager utility to start the "System Center Data Access" service.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.AllManagementServersPool
CategoryCustom
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityInformation
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Updates to installed management packs are available
{0}
Event LogOperations Manager

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
Alert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.UpdatesForInstalledManagementPacksAvailable" Enabled="true" Target="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.AllManagementServersPool" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>Custom</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

      <ComputerName>.</ComputerName>

      <LogName>Operations Manager</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">2000</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">Health Service Script</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">MPUpdate</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="Alert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>0</Severity>

      <AlertName/>

      <AlertDescription/>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SystemCenter.UpdatesForInstalledManagementPacksAvailable.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Data/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/EventDescription$</SuppressionValue>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>