QuickDownload: https://github.com/thekevinholman/GetRunAsAccountsAndProfiles This script will document your SCOM RunAs accounts, and any profiles they are associated to. It will output as a CSV file. This is handy for collecting data for change management, making sure multiple management groups have the same configuration, and ensuring you have documented accounts…
Quick Download: https://github.com/thekevinholman/UnsealedMPBackup This MP has been tested in SCOM 2012 through SCOM 2019. This is a management pack that I use in every customer environment. You *NEED* to backup your unsealed MP’s. This will allow you to quickly recover from a mistake, without having to restore your databases…
Just like previous versions of Operations Manager, all SCOM deployments are installed as “Evaluation Version” which is a 180 trial. You DON’T want to forget about this and have your production and lab deployments time-bomb on you down the road. To see your current license, in PowerShell on a…
This is probably the single biggest issue I find in 100% of customer environments. YOU ARE IMPACTED. Trust me. This article applies to SCOM 2016 and 2019. Quick download: thekevinholman/SCOM.AgentThresholds: SCOM Agent threshold and alerting Management Pack (github.com) SCOM monitors itself to ensure we aren’t using too…
This will be a simple walk through of installing two Windows Server 2016 Core servers, then installing SQL 2016, and setting up SQL Always On replication between them. This is meant for lab testing and getting familiar with the scenario. This setup is incredibly simple and straightforward, and fast. …
First – let me warn you. The way SCOM monitors Processor time is complicated. If you don’t like it – there is *NOTHING* wrong with nuking this from orbit (disable via override) and just create your own very simple consecutive samples (or average) monitor. That said, while complicated and…
Quick Download: https://github.com/thekevinholman/SCOM.Management This is a Management Pack that eases the administrative burdens in SCOM. It allows you to have a lot of handy discovered properties, and includes tasks that allow you to delegate administrative actions to your users. It also serves as a good example MP on how…
Silect MP Author Professional just added support for Visual studio fragments. If you didn’t get to attend the webinar on this – here is the recording. MP Authoring just got really easy, and really FAST. Check out the video and see how using MP fragments can take your SCOM environment…
This is for SCOM 2012 through SCOM 2019. The default setting for new SCOM agents is that Agent Proxy is disabled. You can enable this agent by agent, or for specific agents with script automations. I find this to be a clumsy task, and more and more management…
This applies to SCOM 2016 and later. I will start with what people want most – the “list”: These are the most common changes and settings I recommend to adjust on SCOM management servers. Simply run these from an elevated command prompt on all your management servers. reg add…