How do you document custom MPs? Rules/Monitors/Overrides etc I know there is non free MP Studio. This is not an option in my case. Microsoft MP documentation is quite poor as example. please, share your experience

Hi PaulD_There is a free version of MP Studio as well. As far as I know this program has the option 'One-click MP documentation'. Other solution is MPViewer to be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/boris_yanushpolsky/archive/2008/01/31/mpviewer-1-3.aspx.You can read a MP and dump all the info (rules/monitors) into a HTML file.Best regards, Marnix Wolf (http://thoughtsonopsmgr.blogspot.com/)

you could also use the free MP Viewer app http://blogs.msdn.com/boris_yanushpolsky/archive/2008/06/25/mpviewer-1-7-now-works-with-latest-e12-mp.aspxload the mp, then export to excel or html.hope this helps!Scott Moss President - System Center Virtual Users Group Vice President - Southeast Management Users Group (SMUG)

thanks both for reply. unfortunately mp lite does not support export to excel and Boris' tool create hard readable output. i wonder why MS did not provide required tool. without handy MP description we have black/magic box. Even MS documentaion of their own MPs does not stike me.

HiDepends on the number of servers you have but I findgood old Excel works up to a few hundred servers. One for overrides and one for customisations. Each broken down into worksheets. I try to get customers to do it this way as I find it "forces" them to think about what they are doing. What the target should be andComments about why they are doing this. A large number of issues I find with OpsMgr are administrators trying to do too much too quickly and often without understanding fully the changes they are making (incorrect targeting etc). Headings to include -- operator \ date \ rule (or monitor) \ target class of rule (monitor) \ override field \ old and new value \ target of override \ comments Of course everyones mileage with this approach will vary ..... but I find change management \ process management are important if you want to have an organised OpsMgr deployment.Have funGraham

Hey community. It's been long time since topic started. Does anybody have updates on approach? New examples, tools, etc?