Quick Download: https://github.com/thekevinholman/MaintenanceModeDSTFixScript Maintenance Mode Schedules are a new feature since SCOM 2016. However, one of the challenges with these schedules, is that they run one hour off their intended schedule time, after a Daylight Savings Time change. For instance, if you look at an existing schedule, you can…
KB Article for OpsMgr: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4533415/update-rollup-1-for-system-center-operations-manager-2019 Download catalog site: http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4533415 Download for the NEW Simplified Management Server Update: HERE Updated UNIX/Linux Management Packs: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58208 Recommended hotfix page: https://kevinholman.com/2009/01/27/which-scom-hotfixes-should-i-apply/ New Features: Support for using Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA). LINK Simplified management server patching – a new management server update process…
You might remember I wrote about this many years ago, on how to exclude discovery and monitoring of Express editions of SQL using the “ExcludeList” property of the SQL discovery: https://kevinholman.com/2010/02/13/stop-monitoring-sql-express-and-windows-internal-database/ That was cool…. but really did not go as far as we needed it to. Excluding SQL Engine…
You can watch my session and all the sessions presented at this link: https://www.silect.com/mp-university-nov2019-replay/ Previous sessions available at: https://kevinholman.com/2019/07/15/advanced-mp-authoring-mpu-may-2019/
KB Article for OpsMgr: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4514877/update-rollup-8-for-system-center-2016-operations-manager Download catalog site: http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=4514877 Updated UNIX/Linux Management Packs: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29696 Recommended hotfix page: https://kevinholman.com/2009/01/27/which-scom-hotfixes-should-i-apply/ Key fixes: Fixed: CPU Spike issues because of workflows running on all agents at the same time is addressed through script optimization and removing the sync time. Fixed: Maintenance mode state…
Most of the time I subscribe to the KISS principle when it comes to authoring and SCOM. I rarely recommend customers developing related class hierarchies in their own MP’s. While making visualizations and routing of alerts far more functional, these complex relationships between classes can create much more complex MP’s…
There are times when an application installs a Windows Service that uses inconsistent naming. There might be a scenario where the Computer Name is inserted into the service name, or where random characters get generated in the service name. I wrote about this previously here: https://kevinholman.com/2011/01/20/how-to-monitor-a-service-with-unique-names-across-multiple-computers-using-a-wildcard/ Now, I have…
Quick Download: https://github.com/thekevinholman/MaintenanceModeFromSCCMWindow This MP was an idea from Jason Daggett. I have simply modified his work in a few ways, which I will explain below. This solution includes a Management Pack, a PowerShell script, and the MP guide. The Management pack primarily contains a rule that looks for…
When creating rules and monitors in SCOM, we need a good, specific class for targeting. Often times, a customer will come to you and say “I just wanted to monitor for three services on those 5 computers” In SCOM – doing something that sounds so easy, actually isn’t. What customers…
I ran into this recently when migrating to a new lab Hyper-V server running Windows Server 2019. I noticed after the migration of my VM’s from a Hyper-V 2016 to 2019 server, only half of the CPU’s were being used by my VM’s: I hit up a friend who knows…