System Center Operations Manager
Tasty Treats for System Center Operations Manager (by Tyson Paul)
This will be my last post here
2019/06/20 This will be my last post here (MSDN). I won't have access to post/edit this blogging...
Date: 06/19/2019
How to Analyze a SCOM Property Bag
From time to time I find myself writing PowerShell scripts for custom workflows: discoveries, rules,...
Date: 08/30/2018
SCOMHelper PowerShell Module - A SCOM Admin’s Best Friend
*Note: after today (2019/06/19) I will no longer have access to update this blog. Check the...
Date: 08/06/2018
SCOM Sudoers Reference
NOTE: These example sudoers configurations are compatible with SCOM 2012 R2. There have been some...
Date: 06/14/2018
Class Viewer: An Easy Way to View Class Hierarchy and Hosting Relationships in the Operations Manager Console
Up until now there has been no easy way to get a good, visual perspective on the classes and hosting...
Date: 05/02/2018
SCOM: Export Rules, Monitors, Overrides, Settings, Effective Monitoring Configuration with PowerShell
2018.03.23: (This is a reboot of a previous post. I revised the title, script, and photos a bit.) I...
Date: 03/24/2018
Export SCOM Rule and Monitor Knowledge Articles with PowerShell
This has been baked into the SCOMHelper PowerShell module available here. Related: How to Get...
Date: 12/15/2017
SCOM Operations Manager Shell PowerShell Error When Launched as Administrator
Sometimes when the Operations Manager Shell is opened as an Administrator you will see the error in...
Date: 04/28/2017
SCOM Printer Monitoring Management Pack Supplement (Updated: Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Back in 2010 Steve Rachui posted a fantastic management pack which added support for monitoring...
Date: 04/28/2017
How to Correctly Create an Override for a SCOM Workflow
Never store overrides in the "Default Management pack". Don’t do it. In fact, rename the Default...
Date: 05/24/2016
Certificate Request from Standalone CA Certificate Authority for Operations Manager, SCOM 2012/R2
Note: Every management server (except if it is the standalone CA) and every untrusted agent or...
Date: 05/24/2016
Install Standalone CA (Certificate Authority) on Windows Server 2012 R2 for use with Operations Manager
After looking around a bit I couldn’t find a decent tutorial that addressed this specific scenario...
Date: 05/24/2016
SCOM: Windows Server Logical Disk Volume Name Added!
As you may be aware, the Windows server logical disks and mount points discoveries do not populate...
Date: 04/09/2016
How to Get Knowledge Article from a SCOM Alert with Powershell
I've had numerous requests lately for scripts to extract Knowledge Article info from alerts and...
Date: 03/31/2016
SquaredUp SQL Dashboards for ALL of your SQL Servers
Thanks to the nice folks over at SquaredUp.com I am able to test their SquaredUp addon for SCOM in...
Date: 10/08/2015
SCOM 2012: How Does an Agent Task Get Executed?
I was recently working on creating some agent Powershell tasks for a management pack project and it...
Date: 09/16/2015
URLGenie Management Pack for SCOM - An Easy, Powerful Solution for Bulk Website Monitoring
2018.12.10: Version 2.0.0.36 available. Fixed the clientcert group population. 2018.10.23 Update:...
Date: 05/04/2015
SCOM Enhanced Email Notification Script Version 2.2
SCOM Enhanced Email Notification Script Version 2.2 now supports Subscriber schedules and Address...
Date: 01/30/2015
Performance Rule for Log File Entries
Recently I had a customer request for tracking the number of specific entries in a log file every 30...
Date: 12/08/2014
HP Agentless Monitoring with SCOM 2012 R2
I recently visited a customer who wanted to implement the HP Agentless Monitoring Management Pack in...
Date: 11/07/2014
Synthetic Transaction Test Monitor
A while back when I was working with the legendary Jon Almquist, I picked up this little gem from...
Date: 08/22/2014
SCOM Enhanced Email Notification Script Version 2.1
In September of 2010 Tao Yang wrote a fantastic Powershell script (v2.0 here) for command channel...
Date: 08/04/2014
SCOM Powershell Export-SCOMEffectiveMonitoringConfiguration cmdlet Doesn't Output Complete Data
I was working on a support case recently when it was brought to my attention that this cmdlet does...
Date: 07/24/2014
Operations Manager 2012 R2 UR2 Powershell Grid Widget Effective Monitoring Configuration Dashboard
Have you ever wanted to simply click a server object and see all of the effective rule and monitor...
Date: 07/24/2014
Operations Manager 2012 SP1 Upgrade to R2 Failed, "a database upgrade is already in progress from another machine"
When I first attempted to upgrade my lab instance from Operations Manager 2012 SP1 Upgrade to R2 the...
Date: 07/16/2014
Set Primary and Failover Management Servers for Agent Managed Computers with Powershell
Here's an easy script to set the primary and secondary management servers for all agent managed...
Date: 07/14/2014
Microsoft.SystemCenter.WebApplication.UrlProbe Error Code Reference
This is just a reference page for the various error codes that you might encounter when using the...
Date: 07/03/2014
Workflow Analyzer Unhandled Exception: "The system cannot find the file specified"
Recently I borrowed a lab instance of Operations Manager 2012 R2 from a friend. I was attempting to...
Date: 07/01/2014