M365 Services Supplemental Monitoring Management Pack v2
Hey Everyone! We are excited to announce that v2 of the M365 Services Supplemental MP is now available for download! We have continued to improve the flexibility and deliver a streamlined easy to implement monitoring solution for your organization. We have added additional real-time service test Console tasks to ease the pain of troubleshooting and …. Read More
Verify SQL Server Securables with SCOM Agent Task
This management pack contains two tasks as shown in the screenshot below.(Or run the scripts manually, see here.) History: 2022.01.07.1719 – v1.0.0.12 – Added ‘msdb.dbo.SQLAGENT_SUSER_SNAME’ per Hugh Scott’s suggestion.
Verify SQL Server Securables with PowerShell
Display the access configuration status of SQL Server Database securables on Windows.(There’s also a management pack with agents tasks located here.) DBEngine Securables Database Securables
SCOM – Trace Workflow Agent Task
Launch a task, see what the agent is doing. It’s that easy. This post is going to be short and sweet, right to the point with brief instructions on how to get agent trace data in front of your eyeballs as fast as possible. There are basically two types of SCOM traces:1) General – Capture …. Read More
Keep Your Management Pack Files Organized
Easily organize and keep track of your management pack file versions.
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
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.
SCOM Effective Monitoring Configuration Report
Download: This function is included in the SCOMHelper PowerShell Module. Export-SCOMEffectiveMonitoringConfigurationReport 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 …. Read More
SCOM On Demand Discovery Example
A little known feature within SCOM is the ability to trigger a discovery manually, sometimes referred to as “on demand”. “This is not to be confused with OnDemandDetection which is an optional component of most monitor types and is also what makes the “Recalculate” feature work in the Health Explorer window.” – Some SCOM Nerd …. Read More
Install Root Certificate Authority (Standalone) Windows Server 2016, Create SCOM Certificate Template
READ this first: KB5005413: Mitigating NTLM Relay Attacks on Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) On the server where you want to install the Certificate Authority role: open PowerShell (as Administrator): *Did you know:You can highlight specific text to execute, then press F8. This will execute only the highlighted text.You can place the curser anywhere …. Read More