A new tool is available to quickly help you test scripts out of SCOM management packs. https://www.scom2k7.com/quickly-fix-scom-scripts-from-exported-management-packs-with-transform-tool/ This will remove or “unescape” the special characters that are not allowed in XML, back to the original characters so the script can be run, quick and simple.
Quick Download: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Get-All-SCOM-Rules-853ecfde This is a script that will generate a list of all Rule and Monitors in a SCOM deployment. It will also gather important information, like if the workflows generates an alert or not, and the details of the alert like default priority and severity. Rules: DisplayName…
Just publishing some common PowerShell agent and Gateway assignment commands I use on a frequent basis for SCOM: A common issue I find in customer environments, is that they do not set their agents to be able to fail over to multiple Gateways, or they do not set their…
Quick download: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/SCOM-MultiHome-management-557aba93 I have written solutions that include tasks to add and remove management group assignments to SCOM agents before: https://kevinholman.com/2017/05/09/scom-management-mp-making-a-scom-admins-life-a-little-easier/ But, what if you are doing a side by side SCOM migration to a new management group, and you have thousands of agents to move? There…
Quicklinks: Download Script Download Management Pack This is a requirement that I see is picking up steam with customers. Customers are getting told by their security teams that they need to support their application and database servers using TLS 1.2 only, and no previous protocols enabled for SCHANNEL…
First, I have to begin with a disclaimer – Microsoft does not support customers manually editing the database, unless under the guidance of a Microsoft support engineer with a support case. However, I have seen several blogs now “leaking” this guidance I send out or use from time to…
We have management packs for Active Directory Certificate Services on Windows 2012R2 and Windows 2016. WS 2012 and 2012R2: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34765 WS 2016: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56671 However, there is an issue with the recently released ADCS MP for WS 2016. A change was made in the library MP which modified some class…
When we work with getting data out of SCOM via PowerShell, or building automations, something that can really help speed things up are Hashtables. I was recently working with a customer to build a discovery for a new class, and get properties from other existing classes. I had…
System Center Visual Studio Authoring Extensions (VSAE) has been updated for VS2017 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30169 Read more about it here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/momteam/2017/12/01/system-center-visual-studio-authoring-extensionvsae-support-for-visual-studio-2017/ You voted. Microsoft responded. This had over 700 votes on Uservoice: https://systemcenterom.uservoice.com/forums/293064-general-operations-manager-feedback/suggestions/18560653-updated-vsae-to-support-visual-studio-2017 Version 1.3.0.0 is released on 11/29/2017.
KB Article for OpsMgr: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4024942/update-rollup-14-for-system-center-2012-r2-operations-manager Download catalog site: http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4024942 UNIX/Linux Management Packs: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29696 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…