How to Analyze a SCOM Property Bag
From time to time I find myself writing PowerShell scripts for custom workflows: rules, monitors, tasks, etc. Often times the project at hand requires a property bag full of juicy data to be used in the workflow. There are a handful of other blogs that describe what a property bag is but here I’ll show …. Read More
Visual Studio ‘Failed to verify module reference’ Authoring SCOM Management Pack, VSAE
Today I’m writing about an elusive problem with a management pack that I was authoring recently. I was writing a generic datasource for a registry discovery; that is a discovery that will instantiate a class based on the existence of a registry key on the Target machine, and generic because I will use a single …. Read More
Export SCOM Rule and Monitor Knowledge Articles with PowerShell
This has been baked into the SCOMHelper PowerShell module available here. Related: How to Get Knowledge Article from a SCOM Alert with Powershell This will output workflow information (including Knowledge Article content) to an HTML report or CSV file. Script accepts one or more (or all) management pack objects as input. Can export from SCOM using …. Read More
SCOM Printer Monitoring Management Pack Supplement (Updated: Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Back in 2010 Steve Rachui posted a fantastic management pack which added support for monitoring Windows 2003 and 2008 print servers. The original post is located here so you can read all about the functionality: In summary: “Printer MP Supplement The focus for building out this MP supplement was to offer individualized printer monitoring. Further, …. Read More
How to Get Knowledge Article from a SCOM Alert with Powershell
See SCOMHelper here: https://monitoringguys.com/2019/11/12/scomhelper/
