How to receive VMM 2008 Job Fails into SCOM 2007: [Engine Task Failure]

There is a rule included in VMM 2008 Managment Pack disabled by default. This rule, “Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachine.Manager.2008.Engine.TaskFailure.rule”, is in charge to generate a Warning Alert in System Center Operations Manager 2007 whenever a VMM Job fails.

The procedure to enable such rule, “Engine Task Failure”, is the following:

1.- From the Authoring view in SCOM Console expand Rules view. You can filter the rule view looking for Virtual Machine in filter box.

2.- Once you have located “Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachine.Manager.2008.Engine.TaskFailure.rule” to enable the rule right-click -> Overrides -> Override the Rule -> For all objects of type: Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Engine Server:

3.- From Override Properties parameters Check In Override box and set Override Setting to True.

4.- From Override Properties parameters select any unsealed management pack, i.e. “Default Management Pack”, or create a new one, and click on OK.

5.- And it´s ready. Good luck.