Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 agent alerts are not processed when the Ignore Missing Heartbeats option is enabled (889071)

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

905416 How to obtain the latest Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 service pack

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next MOM 2005 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes. The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   15-Dec-2004  17:11  6.0.2900.2180     117,480  Mom2005-rtm-kb889071-x86-enu.exe

MORE INFORMATION

Installation instructions

Note We recommend that you back up the MOM OnePoint database before you install this hotfix.

Install the hotfix on a server that is hosting the MOM OnePoint database. The server can be a MOM Management Server or a stand-alone server. This hotfix enables the MOM Management Server to process alerts that are received from MOM agent computers that have the Ignore Missing Heartbeats option turned on.

When you install this hotfix, only alerts generated by the following event processing rules are ignored:

MOM Agent heartbeat failure - idProcessrule = B2FC934C-BE4F-4871-AFB4-E46E6A63F8DC - RulePath = Rule Groups\Microsoft Operations Manager\Operations Manager 2005\Server\Event Rules
MOM Agentless heartbeat failure - idProcessrule = 1BA79160-621C-4035-9520-0A093C5F2F32 - RulePath = Rule Groups\Microsoft Operations Manager\Operations Manager 2005\Server\Event Rules

To install this hotfix, follow these steps:

Copy the MOM2005-RTM-KB889071X86-ENU.exe file to a local folder or to a network shared folder that can be accessed by the MOM Management Server.
Log on to the server that is hosting the MOM OnePoint database by using an account that has administrative credentials.
Stop the MOM service on the MOM Management Server. If there are multiple Management Servers in the MOM configuration group, you must also stop the MOM service on the other MOM Management servers. To do this, follow these steps:
1. On the MOM Management Server, click Start, point to Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
2. In the Services snap-in, right-click MOM service, and then click Stop.
Locate and double-click the MOM2005-RTM-KB889071X86-ENU.exe file.
In the MOM2005-RTM-KB889071X86-ENU.EXE dialog box, click Yes to accept the License Agreement dialog box.
In the MOM Update dialog box, click to select the instance of Microsoft SQL Server that is hosting the MOM OnePoint database, and then click Update to apply the changes to the MOM OnePoint database.

Note You can run the MOM2005-RTM-KB889071X86-ENU.exe file from Windows Explorer or at a command prompt.

For more information about other problems that are resolved by Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

905420 List of bugs that are fixed in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 service packs

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates