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UR9 for SCOM 2012 R2 – Step by Step
NOTE: I get this question every time we release an update rollup: ALL SCOM Update Rollups are CUMULATIVE. This means you do not need to apply them in order, you can always just apply the...
View ArticleRemoving / Migrating old Management Servers to new ones
This is a common practice for rotating old physical servers coming off lease, or when moving VM based management servers to a new operating system. There are some generic instructions on TechNet...
View ArticleEvent 18054 errors in the SQL application log – in SCOM 2012 R2 deployments
I wrote about this issue for SCOM 2007 here:...
View ArticleAlert Lifecycle Management
Sometimes – this is almost a dirty word in some companies. It is applying an ITSM process around monitoring, to ensure alerts are real, actionable, assigned, accountable, and reportable. In my...
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The impact of moving databases in SCOM
I recently had an interesting customer issue. We were deploying a new management group to do some performance testing of the impact to SCOM performance as we scale up agents. This particular...
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Windows 10 Client MP’s are available
Download here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51189 The client OS MP’s are available when you need to monitor Windows clients in your SCOM management group. These...
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Base OS MP’s have been updated – version 6.0.7303.0
***WARNING*** There are some significant issues in this release of the Base OS MP, I do not recommend applying this one until an updated version comes out. Issues: Cluster Disks on Server 2008R2...
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Exchange 2013 Addendum MP – for Exchange 2013 and 2016
The Exchange 2013 MP has been released for some time now. The current version at this writing is 15.0.666.19 which you can get HERE This MP can be used to discover and monitor Exchange Server...
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How to generate an alert and make it look like it came from someone else
This capability has been around forever, but I have never seen it documented. This is a really cool way to generate alerts as if they came from other agents, but target a different agent. Suppose a...
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How to remove OMS and Advisor management packs
When testing OMS (Previously called Advisor) with SCOM, there is one side effect: Once connected, the OMS rules import management packs into your management group with no notification or change...
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How to monitor for event logs and use a script to modify the output – a...
A common request I hear is the customer wants to monitor for events in a Windows Event log. That part is easy. We have simple event rules and monitors for that activity. However – what if the data...
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Writing events with parameters using PowerShell
When we write scripts for SCOM workflows, we often log events as the output, for general logging, debug, or for the output as events to trigger other rules for alerting. One of the common things I...
View ArticleUpdate: Automating Run As Account distribution dynamically
Just an FYI – I have updated the automatic run as account distribution script I published, to make it more reliable in large environments, limit resources used and decrease the chance of a timeout,...
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How SQL database free space monitoring works in the SQL management pack
This is based on 6.6.4.0 version of the SQL MP First – understand the SQL MP discovers the following items: SQL Database SQL DB File Group SQL DB File SQL DB Log File The Database > hosts >...
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MP Update: SCCM 2012 MP version 5.00.8239.1008
The System Center Config Mgr 2012 MP has been updated. Unfortunately – it is undocumented what was changed from the previous release. We can make some guesses, however from the supported...
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Writing a custom class for your network devices
While there is built in monitoring for network devices in SCOM – there are scenarios where we want to create custom classes for specific network device types. Perhaps you want to create your own...
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SQL MP Run As Accounts – NO LONGER REQUIRED
Over the years I have written many articles dealing with RunAs accounts. Specifically, the most common need is for monitoring with the SQL MP. I have explained the issues and...
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UR9 for SCOM 2012 R2 – Step by Step
This is an updated article replacing the original – to include the deployment of the Linux MP’s which shipped later. Since Microsoft changed blog platforms over to WordPress – it will not allow me...
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You probably have a ton of old event data in your Data Warehouse
Prior to SCOM 2012 R2 UR7, we had an issue where we did not groom out old data from the Event Parameter and Event Rule tables in the DW. This will show up as these tables growing quite large,...
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Monitoring a file hash using SCOM
I had an interesting customer request recently – to monitor for a specific system file, and make SURE it is not a modified/threat file. You can use this as a simple example of a two-state timed...
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