If you use domain service accounts in SCOM with passwords, on occasion you may be forced to change those passwords. This will be a step by step guide on updating those passwords. High level overview: Stop the SCOM services on all SCOM servers and delete the HealthService cache (Optional)…
KB Article for OpsMgr Download Update Rollup from the Catalog Download the NEW Simplified Management Server Update EXE Download Updated UNIX/Linux Management Packs Recommended hotfix page New Features: Discover Azure Migrate, generate Business Case and Assessment through SCOM Console Key fixes: See the KB article. There are too many…
KB Article for OpsMgr List of New Features Download Update Rollup from the Catalog Download the NEW Simplified Management Server Update EXE Download Updated UNIX/Linux Management Packs Recommended hotfix page New Features: Discover Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (preview) from Operations Manager console Telemetry capability enhancements for Notification channels and…
One thing I find in a lot of customer environments, is empty folders. Every time a MP is created in the console, SCOM creates a folder for that MP. These folders are often not used, empty, and just clog up the console. You can delete these manually and I recommend…
Quick Download: https://github.com/thekevinholman/MCM The old System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM) Management Pack is no longer available. Customers often used this to monitor current branch, and it still works well for the most part. Now that it was pulled, there is a gap for customers who don’t have that old…
KB Article for OpsMgr List of New Features Download Update Rollup from the Catalog Download the NEW Simplified Management Server Update EXE Download Updated UNIX/Linux Management Packs Recommended hotfix page New Features: Support for SQL 2022 Key fixes: See the KB article. There are too many fixes to list here.…
High Level Overview: Import Management Packs Create a resource pool for monitoring Unix/Linux servers Configure the Xplat certificates (export/import) for each management server in the pool. Create and Configure Run As accounts for Unix/Linux. Configure the sudoers file Discover and deploy the agents Import Management Packs: The core…
Quick Download: https://github.com/thekevinholman/Microsoft.KMS Many customers still use KMS activation for on-prem deployments. This management pack will discover and monitor your KMS servers. This MP supports KMS on Windows Server 2012 and later Discovers and Monitors: KMS Servers Key Monitoring Scenarios: KMS Service Idle Minutes Count…
One of the new features in SCOM 2019 and later is HTML based emails. This is great – because they are much more attractive and configurable over the previous plain text. SCOM 2016 and earlier alerts: Has plain text email like this: This same email in…
When you deploy SCOM into a SQL Always On scenario, there are some post-installation procedures that must be configured. When you install SCOM, you will provide the SQL Always On Availability Group Listener (name,port) during setup. That will install the SCOM databases on whichever node is Primary at that time.…