Protected Users Security Group – SCOM Installation
This will be a short post. Hopefully this will save others some headache. Summary: The user account performing the SCOM 2019 installation was a member of the Protected Users Security Group. This caused installation failure/blockage during the SCOM 2019 Reporting component at the mgmt server screen. Scenario:User account is local Administrator on: mgmt server(s), SQL …. Read More
Automated Linux Agent Deployment for SCOM
I wrote this script some years back so forgive me if I’m a little hazy on the details. I believe this was tested with SCOM 2016. It was originally designed to be used with System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH) however you can run it directly on the SCOM management server as well. The script is commented …. 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
Graphs for SCOM Classes
I generated graphs for all of the classes in my lab (as of 7/3/2020)(I used SCOMHelper to generate these graphs) Master list HERE.
Request CA Certificate and Client Certificate from Web Enrollment CA for SCOM
Note: This post is similar in nature from my previous post here, however this post is somewhat more streamlined and hopefully should be easier to follow. It it assumed that you have the following in place: Root Certificate:Every mgmt server*, every gateway, every untrusted (or non-domain) agent/machine will require installation of the ROOT CA certificate. …. 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
Office 365 Supplemental Management Pack
This version has been retired. Please find the current version (M365 Services Supplemental Management Pack) from the home page. The Office 365 Supplemental Management Pack v2 includes synthetic transactions that provide an increased level of visibility into the health of the Office 365 environment. For customers that don’t have an on-premises monitoring solution, they are …. Read More
Windows Clusters – Discover Multiple Virtual Servers
I ran into a situation last month where my customer noticed that there were numerous Windows Failover Cluster role server names (aka ‘network name’ aka ‘virtual name’) that were not getting discovered by SCOM.
SCOMHelper PowerShell Module – A SCOM Admin’s Best Friend
There are a number of cool scripts that I’ve collected, borrowed, and written in my travels as a SCOM field engineer and PowerShell enthusiast. I decided to put them all together into one module for easier maintenance and use.
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