We posted a great document on OpsManJam a couple years ago entitled “Regular Expression Support in SCOM 2007”. I believe this document was originally authored by our very own Dan Rogers. I have referenced this document more times than I can...

This post isn’t directly related to Operations Manager, but I thought it might be useful to those running lab environments and looking for ways to optimize their hardware resources.  Windows 2008 Core is one way to reduce the footprint of the OS...

I took some time today to find something new to add to my Command Shell examples table.  I thought this one was kind of neat.  For those of you who like to use the CLI, this is an alternative to get quick info as opposed to using the console...

Here’s an easy fix for you! This issue has come a couple times from customers, and I’ve seen several threads in the forums about this.  I’m hoping a blog post with the error in the title will help others find this easy solution if they run into this...

I was authoring some reports today and thought I would take a screenshot and jot down some notes for the SCOM community. This is only the model.  There is a lot more we can do inside the actual query to pull the data we need to build our report. ...

In previous posts, I demonstrated how to create a group of Windows Computer objects and how to create a group of any type of instance .  These are the building blocks for creating even more sophisticated groups using expression filters, as I’ll demonstrate...

I recently had a case where we needed to rebuild a lab environment. The customer did not want to wipe the servers clean for this, and just wanted to uninstall the server roles and database to start with a pristine Management Group. However, when they...

We’ve all seen little nuances with some alerts that just don’t quite provide the information we’d expect to see.  One element that displays in an alert that we all want to display consistently is Source.  When possible, Source should always...

As we all know, SCOM is integrated into Active Directory, which means we have many more features available to us.  Not only does this offer some security related features, like User Roles, and Run As Accounts and Profiles, but also how we configure...

Microsoft recently migrated blogs.technet.com and blogs.msdn.com to an updated platform.  So you’ll notice a lot of changes to everyone’s blog since Monday afternoon.  We all probably look the same, with the vanilla theme.  I suppose it...

I was helping someone out in a Technet Forum thread recently, and learned something new about filtering objects with a NULL NoteProperty using the Command Shell –Criteria expression filter. Initially, I was thinking in terms of Where-Object, which works...

This question has come up in more than a few conversations and threads, and in this particular thread I promised that I’d write a post to cover this. I think the fundamental reason why many are bewildered by the fact that we “cannot”...

I’ve seen this question come up more than a few times in the forums and from customers, so I thought I’d do a quick post on when and why we should use –Criteria expression rather than a Where-Object clause in our Command Shell scripts. First, the –Criteria...

I was having a blast with XPath today, and discovered an interesting little tidbit.  I was working on a custom write action which writes event data to the Application log.  Then another alert rule monitored for this event, and generating an...

I recently posted an walk-thru about how to create a computer group , so I figured a demonstration on how to create an instance group was in order. I mentioned that it is a best practice to create at least one computer group in your management pack in...

First, a best practice tip. Every management pack should have a group containing instances of Windows Computer objects.  This group should contain all Windows Computers that host some component of the application you are monitoring.  We use...

In part 1 of this two-part series, I covered some of the more eluding points that are not addressed in the SLD guide, like where to host the SLD components, and accounts required for installation and configuration. This is the second installment of the...

I’ve had some questions around installing and configuring Service Level Dashboard 2.0 recently, and decided to supplement our official documentation with a more visual step by step article. Before diving into the installation steps, I think it’s imperative...

This usually indicates a security issue with SLD or WSS configuration. The SLD site was working, but the Service Level Dashboard page element in SharePoint is generating an error. By examining the SLD logs, located under %ProgramFiles%\Service Level Dashboard...

One of the Management Pack Templates in the Operations Console offers a TCP Port check capability.  This template creates a monitor which uses the Microsoft.SystemCenter.SyntheticTransactions.TCPPortCheckProbe probe action module type from the Microsoft...

The Operations Manager 2007 security model incorporates Active Directory and the SDK to secure objects and workflows, and is prevalent in all areas of SCOM, including the Operations Console, the reporting UI, and the discovery and monitoring workflows...

This one is a modification of what you can find here .  The main difference is we can select specific Management Packs with this script.  Replace the parameters with your criteria.  To find management pack system name, you can run get-managementpack...

A little troubleshooting tip for you here. You likely will not see this alert unless you’re authoring a management pack and didn’t get the alert description parameters quite right. If you see this alert generated by a sealed vendor management...

get-agent | where {$_.name -match " [computer name] "} | select @{name="Primary";expression={$_.getPrimaryManagementServer().name}}, @{name="FailoverList";expression={$_.getFailoverManagementServers() | foreach-object {$_...

Two questions for you… Are you getting this Warning alert? Operational Data Reporting Alert Do you have Operational Data Reports set to “No”? Privacy settings If you have answered yes to the above questions, you can safely disable the ...