This is a common issue…. you have a SCOM environment with a LOT of old Management Packs, and you would like to clean it out, but how do you know which MP’s aren’t being used anymore?
The BEST practice is to ensure every MP has a representative owner in your company, and do a frequent review with the owners to determine their current monitoring needs. However, even the best companies get behind on this, and after a few years the management groups get bloated with old stuff. Below, you will find a PowerShell script to help you identify which MP’s have class definitions in them, but no discovered objects.
You call the script and pass in the management server name, and the output folder you would like to dump the CSV files to.
This will create CSV files, which you can open in Excel, and slice and dice away.
Here is the script:
#================================================================================= # SCOM Script to find all Management packs that have classes and count instances discovered # # Author: Kevin Holman # v1.0 #================================================================================= param([Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$MSName,[string]$OutputFolder) # Manual Testing section - put stuff here for manually testing script - typically parameters: #================================================================================= # $MSName = "scom2.opsmgr.net" # $OutputFolder = "C:\temp" #================================================================================= # Constants section - modify stuff here: #================================================================================= # Assign script name variable for use in event logging. # ScriptName should be the same as the ID of the module that the script is contained in $ScriptName = "SCOM.FindUnusedMPs.ps1" $EventID = "911" #================================================================================= # Starting Script section - All scripts get this #================================================================================= # Gather the start time of the script $StartTime = Get-Date #Set variable to be used in logging events $whoami = whoami # Load MOMScript API $momapi = New-Object -comObject MOM.ScriptAPI #Log script event that we are starting task $momapi.LogScriptEvent($ScriptName,$EventID,0,"`nScript is starting. `nRunning as ($whoami).") #================================================================================= # Connect to SCOM Management Group Section #================================================================================= # I have found this to be the most reliable method to load SCOM modules for scripts running on Management Servers # Clear any previous errors $Error.Clear() # Import the OperationsManager module and connect to the management group $SCOMPowerShellKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\System Center Operations Manager\12\Setup\Powershell\V2" $SCOMModulePath = Join-Path (Get-ItemProperty $SCOMPowerShellKey).InstallDirectory "OperationsManager" Import-module $SCOMModulePath TRY { New-DefaultManagementGroupConnection -managementServerName $MSName } CATCH { IF ($Error) { $momapi.LogScriptEvent($ScriptName,$EventID,1,"`n FATAL ERROR: Unable to load OperationsManager module or unable to connect to Management Server. `n Terminating script. `n Error is: ($Error).") EXIT } } #================================================================================= # Begin MAIN script section #================================================================================= $AllMPs = Get-SCOMManagementPack | Sort-Object # Add filtered MP's here that you dont want examined such as default SCOM MP's override MP's etc. $FilteredMPs = $AllMPs | where {($_.name -notlike "System.*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.2007") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.ACS.Internal") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Advisor*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Apm.*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.ApplicationMonitoring.*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.ClientMonitoring.*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Data*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.GTM.Summary.Dashboard.Template") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Image.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.InstanceGroup.Library") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Internal*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Network*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Notifications*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.NTService.Library") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.O365*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.OperationsManager.*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.ProcessMonitoring.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Reports.Deployment") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.RuleTemplates") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceDesigner.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.SyntheticTransactions.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.TaskTemplates") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.*") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.SystemCenter.WebApplication*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.WorkflowFoundation.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.SystemCenter.WSManagement.Library") ` -and ($_.name -notlike "Microsoft.Unix.*") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.Windows.Image.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.Windows.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.Windows.Server.Library") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkDiscovery") ` -and ($_.name -ne "Microsoft.Windows.Server.Reports") ` -and ($_.name -ne "ODR") ` } IF (!($OutputFolder)) { $OutputFolder = "C:\temp" IF (!(Test-Path $OutputFolder)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $OutputFolder } } ELSE { $OutputFolder = $OutputFolder.TrimEnd("\") } $MG = Get-SCOMManagementGroup [string]$MGName = $MG.Name $MPArr = @() $MPClassSum = @() $MPSum = @() FOREACH ($mp in $FilteredMPs) { [string]$MPName = $mp.Name Write-Host "Examining MP:"$MPName $MParr = @() [int]$MPInstancesCount = 0 #Get all non-singleton Classes $Classes = $mp | Get-SCOMClass | Where {($_.Singleton -eq $false) -and ($_.Abstract -eq $false)} [int]$ClassCount = $Classes.Count IF ($ClassCount -ge 1) { Write-Host "Found Class count:"$ClassCount #This MP has class definitions FOREACH ($Class in $Classes) { $ClassArr = @() [string]$ClassName = $Class.Name Write-Host "Examining Class:"$ClassName #This MP has a class that is not a singleton and will be included in the output $MPObj = "" $Instances = $Class | Get-SCOMClassInstance [int]$InstancesCount = $Instances.Count Write-Host "Found Instance count:"$InstancesCount #Create a PowerShell Object to assign properties $MPObj = New-Object PSObject $MPObj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -Name 'MPName' -Value $MPName $MPObj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -Name 'ClassName' -Value $ClassName $MPObj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -Name 'Instances' -Value $InstancesCount $ClassArr += $MPObj $MPArr += $ClassArr $MPInstancesCount = ($MPArr.Instances | Measure-Object -Sum).Sum } Write-Host "Found MP Total Instance count:"$MPInstancesCount #Create a PowerShell Object to assign properties $MPSumObj = New-Object PSObject $MPSumObj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -Name 'MPName' -Value $MPName $MPSumObj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -Name 'Instances' -Value $MPInstancesCount $MPSum += $MPSumObj } ELSE { Write-Host "No classes found" } $MPClassSum += $MPArr } #Sort $MPClassSum = $MPClassSum | Sort-Object -Property @{Expression = "MPName"; Descending = $False}, @{Expression = "Instances"; Descending = $True} $MPSum = $MPSum | Sort-Object -Property @{Expression = "Instances"; Descending = $True},@{Expression = "MPName"; Descending = $False} Write-Host "Exporting to CSV....." $MPSum | Export-Csv $OutputFolder\MPInstanceCount_$MGName.csv -NoTypeInformation $MPClassSum | Export-Csv $OutputFolder\MPClassInstanceCount_$MGName.csv -NoTypeInformation
Hi Kevin,
thank you for this Script, it works very well.
Do you know a way to delete all unused Management Pacs with one action ?
thank you
adam
Very cool idea and a great way to get a rough estimate of unused management packs. But then I would suggest to have a closer look at each MP marked as unused. In some rare circumstances, an MP can define classes and discoveries with zero discovered instance (which this script is after), but also defines monitors and rules targeting class instances from other management packs, where instance count is non-zero. Say, for instance, I can define a new monitor for Windows Operation system in my MP, and also define a class and discovery, which finds no instances. It’s not to the best practices, of cause not, but may happen.
Hi Kevin,
In above excel How to identify unused management packs ? Do you mean Instances shows “0” are un used MP ?
It means the MP did not discover any instances of that class defined in the MP.