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Operations Manager 2012 SP1 Upgrade to R2 Failed, “a database upgrade is already in progress from another machine”

  When I first attempted to upgrade my lab instance from Operations Manager 2012 SP1 Upgrade to R2 the process failed and initiated a rollback.  I found that my path to the Setup.exe was entirely too long due to folder nesting. The Setup.exe was located in:  C:\SCOM_INSTALL\System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager (x86 and x64) – ….  Read More

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Set Primary and Failover Management Servers for Agent Managed Computers with Powershell

Here’s an easy script to set the primary and secondary management servers for all agent managed computers in your management group. Just run this on any management server: *Note: this script works well for agents that have never been assigned parent/failover with PowerShell. Once you use PowerShell to assign parents, it becomes problematic to assign ….  Read More

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Microsoft.SystemCenter.WebApplication.UrlProbe Error Code Reference

  This is just a reference page for the various error codes that you might encounter when using the URLProbe in Operations Manager workflows.   Error code Status or Value 100 HTTP_STATUS_CONTINUE 101 HTTP_STATUS_SWITCH_PROTOCOLS 200 HTTP_STATUS_OK 201 HTTP_STATUS_CREATED 202 HTTP_STATUS_ACCEPTED 203 HTTP_STATUS_PARTIAL 204 HTTP_STATUS_NO_CONTENT 205 HTTP_STATUS_RESET_CONTENT 206 HTTP_STATUS_PARTIAL_CONTENT 207 HTTP_STATUS_WEBDAV_MULTI_STATUS 300 HTTP_STATUS_AMBIGUOUS 301 HTTP_STATUS_MOVED 302 ….  Read More

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Workflow Analyzer Unhandled Exception: “The system cannot find the file specified”

UPDATE: 2021.06.10Workflow Analyzer has been reborn! See here for more details. https://monitoringguys.com/2021/02/05/workflow-analyzer-for-scom-is-back/ Recently I borrowed a lab instance of Operations Manager 2012 R2 from a friend. I was attempting to troubleshoot a discovery in a management pack that I’ve been working on when I encountered some trouble with the Workflow Analyzer (wfanalyzer.exe). The WFA is a ….  Read More