3.5 Technical Considerations for April 2013 Patch Release

The following technical considerations or new features apply to the April 2013 Patch Release for Operations Center version 5.0:

3.5.1 Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Discontinuation Announcement

The April 2013 Patch Release for Operations Center version 5.0 is the last release to support JRE 1.6.0_21.

3.5.2 Profile Purge Dates

Profiles created with no purge date will still result in the data expiring on Jan 1, 2038. This is happening because of the Y2038 Problem.

3.5.3 Adapter Integrations

SCOM 2012 is unsupported on Windows Server running 32-bit Java.

SCOM 2012 requires Microsoft.NET 4 to be installed on the Operations Center server. If you have an existing integration to SCOM 2012, it is necessary to unregister the Scom2012IntegrationHelper.dll file and reregister it for Microsoft.NET 4.

To unregister the Scom2012IntegrationHelper.dll file:

  1. Open a command prompt and issue the following command from the \OperationsCenter_install_path\Integrations\ext\SCOM2012Integration\ directory:

    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\regAsm.exe /u Scom2012IntegrationHelper.dll

To reregister the Scom2012IntegrationHelper.dll file after Microsoft.NET 4 is installed, refer to the integration instructions, Integrating to SCOM, in the Operations Center 5.0 Adapter and Integration Guide.

3.5.4 Dashboard

The April 2013 patch introduces a new charting feature available in the Information portlet. Any currently configured Information portlets won’t automatically have the Charts tab enabled after patch install. To enable, open the preferences for each Information portlet and configure the Charts feature.

3.5.5 Event Manager

Operations Center does not support Event Manager agents running in SSL mode.