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
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
SCOM On Demand Discovery Example
This is something that I’ve struggled with in the past because it can be a bit tricky so here’s a quick explanation of how you can trigger On Demand discovery. The Trigger On Demand Discovery task includes the Target ID of the target class ( Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService ) but don’t let this fool you. The task …. Read More
Graphs for SCOM Classes
I generated graphs for all of the classes in my lab (as of 7/3/2020)Master list HERE.
Install Root Certificate Authority (Standalone) Windows Server 2016, Create SCOM Certificate Template
On the server where you want to install the Certificate Authority role: PowerShell (as Administrator): Get-WindowsFeature | Out-GridView -PassThru | Add-WindowsFeature -Verbose *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 on any line, press F8, and the entire line …. Read More
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
Install Standalone CA (Certificate Authority) on Windows Server 2012 R2 for use with Operations Manager
After looking around a bit I couldn’t find a decent tutorial that addressed this specific scenario (not one that demonstrated Powershell anyway). I ended up writing this for a client who didn’t have their PKI infrastructure sorted out yet. I prefer to use Powershell as it is much faster and efficient for these steps. (Just …. Read More