Quick post A client had an existing monitoring system and exported the subscriber address list to CSV. They wanted some names updated to reflect the DC and existing name, also some subscribers had multiple addresses in the form of an array so I had to get a little creative with
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Set Agent Proxy Default setting – SCOM 2012 R2
Run this on any server that has the SCOM Console installed. add-pssnapin “Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client”; new-managementGroupConnection -ConnectionString:scomserver.domain.com; set-location “OperationsManagerMonitoring::”; Set-DefaultSetting -Name HealthService\ProxyingEnabled -Value True Totally stole this from the SCOM aficionado – Kevin Holman. His post is here Cheers’ Dan
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – Moving the operationsmanager DB from SQL server to new SQL Cluster
Moving SCOM 2012 R2 operationsdatabase to SQL Cluster. Process derived from this TechNet article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/hh278848.aspx Quick overview of the environment Versioning of my environment: System Center Operations Manger 2012 R2 w/ Update Rollup 4 SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU8 Windows Server 2012 R2 Existing servers and role: OM01 – Management Server OM02
Read moreWAP Usage does not work. Last ID never changes. SQL Named instances.
This is a fast publish! We were working with WAP and had an issue on one of our deployments not getting usage information. Never had this issue in previous deployments but identified that our SCOM DW SQL is on a Named Instance on this deployment. The fix that worked
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – Custom Monitor and Alert (WMI Leak)
Recently had a client request to monitor for WMI leaks and receive alerts when the WMI process starts to consume resources. Obviously there are other methods for monitoring and/or reporting on this, but in environments without access to these tools or the freedom to apply hotfixes (Yes, I have a
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – WMI Leak Collection Rule
Create a rule to view the memory usage of WMI process in Windows 2008/2008 R2 (and 2012/2012 R2) agent managed computers. As described here by Kevin Holman, there is a known WMI (KB981314) leak in 2008 R2 and Win 7 operating systems. For those who want a to
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – Enable Agent Proxy
Just a quick note on how to enable agent proxy via PowerShell Assumptions in this scenario: SCOM 2012 R2 – UR3 Using Operations Manager Shell You want all Agents with proxy enabled Some basics: Get-SCOMAgent Let’s limit our scope.. Get-SCOMAgent | where {$_.ProxyingEnabled -match $False} Let’s enable the proxy for all
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