Microsoft announces availability of System Center 2012 Release Candidate Orchestrator Integration Packs

Following the release of System Center 2012 Release Candidate, Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate of the Orchestrator Integration Packs for the following System Center 2012 components:

  • System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
  • System Center 2012 Operations Manager
  • System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager
  • System Center 2012 Service Manager

In addition, Release Candidate Orchestrator Integration Packs are also available for the following legacy System Center products:

  • System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • System Center Service Manager 2010
  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
  • System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
  • System Center Configuration Manager 2007

All of the above listed Integration Packs allow customers and partners to gain better automation and integration across their datacenter and private cloud environments by standardizing IT process and systems activities to drive greater consistency and improve operational ROI.

The Release Candidate Integration Pack download is available here.

System Requirements:

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2

System Center 2012 Component Support: System Center 2012 RC Orchestrator must be installed prior to installing the System Center 2012 RC Integration Packs.

Recommended Configuration for System Center 2012 RC Orchestrator:

  • RAM – minimum 1GB recommended 2GB
  • Disk space minimum 200MB
  • CPU Dual Core or better
  • SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • NET 4.0 if you are installing Web features

Installation Instructions:

System Center 2012 RC Orchestrator Integration Packs

  • Double click on System_Center_2012_Orchestrator_Integration_Packs_RC.EXE
  • Follow the on screen prompts to extract the Integration Packs

After you extract the Integration Pack files, you must register them with the System Center 2012 RC Orchestrator management server and then deploy it to Runbook Servers and Runbook Designers. Get instructions on how to install Integration Packs here.

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Sean Christiansen

Senior Technical Product Manager
System Center Product Management