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November 12, 2019November 19, 2020 Tyson Paul15 commentsAuthoring Management Packs Powershell SCOM 2012 SCOM 2016

SCOMHelper PowerShell Module – A SCOM Admin’s Best Friend

(installation instructions at bottom)Update: 2020.11.19: v1.31 – Improved Update-SCOMComputerGroupUpdate: 2020.09.22: v1.28 – Added Get-SCOMRunningWorkflowsUpdate: 2020.08.19: Added Update-SCOMComputerGroupUpdate: 2020.08.12: Added New-SCOMComputerGroupUpdate: 2020.05.13: Added Export-SCOMOverrides, Deploy-SCOMAgent Get-SCOMRunningWorkflows – Will return an object that represents detailed task results for agent task: ‘Microsoft.SystemCenter.GetAllRunningWorkflows’Update-SCOMComputerGroup – Will overwrite an existing instance group or computer group containing Windows Computers [Microsoft.Windows.Computer] objects and …. Read More

October 14, 2020October 29, 2020 Tyson Paul0 commentsAuthoring Management Packs Powershell SCOM 2016export management pack powershell scomhelper sealed unsealed management pack

Keep Your Management Pack Files Organized

Easily organize and keep track of your management pack file versions.

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 Brian Zoucha2 commentsManagement Packs SCOM 2016office 365 powershell scom

vNext Office 365 Supplemental Management Pack

Hey Y’all, I wanted to take a minute today to provide an update regarding future versions of the Office 365 Supplemental Management Pack. Over the last 3 years Taylour Blackwell and myself have been working with a variety of customers implementing v2 of the MP. During this time we’ve collected and compiled an enormous amount …. Read More

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Tyson Paul0 commentsSCOM 2016powershell scom scomhelper workflows

SCOM Get-SCOMRunningWorkflows Tool

Easily reveal details about workflows running on your agent.

September 1, 2020November 13, 2020 Tyson Paul0 commentsSCOM 2016

Protected: Implementing gMSA in SCOM 2019 UR1 (coming soon)

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August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Tyson Paul1 commentsPowershell SCOM 2012 SCOM 2016 SCOM 2019Certificates cross platform import linux scxcertconfig.exe unix xplat

Easily Configure SCOM Cross-Platform Management Server Certificates

One of the more annoying tasks when configuring monitoring for nix/xplat agents is exporting management server certificates, then importing those certificates on all other members of the designated cross-platform resource pool. When you deploy a nix agent, the agent will automatically trust only the management server which performed the certificate signing procedure during the agent …. Read More

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Tyson Paul0 commentsSCOM 20190x800700b7 500.19 Internal Server Error SCOM 2019 Web Console

SCOM 2019 Web Console – 0x800700b7 Internal Server Error 500.19

The ‘name’ entry is defined in two places; eliminate one.

July 30, 2020November 18, 2020 Tyson Paul10 commentsManagement Packs Powershell SCOM 2012 SCOM 2016 SCOM 2019automation maintenance mode powershell

Control SCOM Maintenance Mode from the Agent with SCOMAgentHelper Management Pack

This management pack will provide every agent-managed computer with a set of PowerShell commands to control and verify maintenance mode for the Windows Computer object.

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Tyson Paul1 commentsSCOM 2016

SCOM Export-SCOMOverrides Report

Export-SCOMOverrides Available here: SCOMHelper PowerShell Module Export all overrides in mgmt group. Example Reports Here More examples:

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Tyson Paul0 commentsSCOM 2016

SCOM Export-SCOMKnowledge Report

Export-SCOMKnowledge Available here: SCOMHelper PowerShell Module This function will get all rule and monitor knowledge article content and output the information to separate files (Rules.html and Monitors.html) in the output folder path specified. In the example above the variable will be assigned a collection of all management pack objects with “.AD.” in the name.That subset/collection of …. Read More

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Tyson Paul1 commentsPowershell SCOM 2012 SCOM 2016 SCOM 2019Configuration Report Effective Configuration powershell SCOM Configuration scomhelper

SCOM Effective Monitoring Configuration Report

Export-SCOMEffectiveMonitoringConfigurationReport Available here: SCOMHelper PowerShell Module Report contains these columns: AlertPriorityAlertSeverityClassIdClassNameDescriptionEnabledEntityIdEntityNameGeneratesAlertIndexOverriddenOverridesParametersPathWorkflowDisplayNameWorkflowIdWorkflowMPNameWorkflowNameWorkflowType*Note: “Overrides” column does not include customizations settings for the standard overrideable parameters: AlertPriority, AlertSeverity, Enabled. However, the values shown in these columns are the actual effective values and are accurate. Example 1: Single Windows Computer – CSV Will create a complete/full report CSV file …. Read More

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