So use this wisely… This script will use Out-Gridview to prompt the operator for the management pack to disable the alerts for and the override management pack to save those overrides in. Enjoy! Dan First, the script to do this for all monitors: Import-module operationsmanager $SCOMServer = “<SCOMServerName>” New-SCOMManagementGroupConnection -ComputerName
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Create empty overrides Management Pack for SCOM via PowerShell
Along the same line as this post, the below will create an empty overrides management pack based on a source management pack and client number These are meant for the SCOM operators to use for consistent management pack naming. Enjoy Dan! $ManagementServer = “SCOM01” $orgmanagementpackname = read-host “Enter Search Criteria”
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Found this one in my toolkit recently and thought I’d share. It’s a little old so the code could do with some optimizing.. What it does: Prompts the script runner for a client number and then asks them to confirm the name for new management pack. If the operator types
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – Moving the operationsmanager DB from SQL server to new SQL Cluster
Moving SCOM 2012 R2 operationsdatabase to SQL Cluster. Process derived from this TechNet article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/hh278848.aspx Quick overview of the environment Versioning of my environment: System Center Operations Manger 2012 R2 w/ Update Rollup 4 SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU8 Windows Server 2012 R2 Existing servers and role: OM01 – Management Server OM02
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – Custom Monitor and Alert (WMI Leak)
Recently had a client request to monitor for WMI leaks and receive alerts when the WMI process starts to consume resources. Obviously there are other methods for monitoring and/or reporting on this, but in environments without access to these tools or the freedom to apply hotfixes (Yes, I have a
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – WMI Leak Collection Rule
Create a rule to view the memory usage of WMI process in Windows 2008/2008 R2 (and 2012/2012 R2) agent managed computers. As described here by Kevin Holman, there is a known WMI (KB981314) leak in 2008 R2 and Win 7 operating systems. For those who want a to
Read moreSCOM 2012 R2 – Enable Agent Proxy
Just a quick note on how to enable agent proxy via PowerShell Assumptions in this scenario: SCOM 2012 R2 – UR3 Using Operations Manager Shell You want all Agents with proxy enabled Some basics: Get-SCOMAgent Let’s limit our scope.. Get-SCOMAgent | where {$_.ProxyingEnabled -match $False} Let’s enable the proxy for all
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