Recently I got a mail of a user stating he’s not receiving his reports anymore via mail. They were created way back and normally these reports are in my category “set it and forget it”… When I checked the schedule reports pane instantly I noticed that all the reports are showing an error as shown …
Read moreOne of the most common frustration I face (and I’m sure I’m not alone) is the fact that from time to time there are things saved in the default management pack. It’s so easy to forget to change the destination management pack while creating rules / monitors and just click next. We all know once …
Read moreJust recently I needed to connect SCOM to an in-house written Problem Management system. There was not a connector available and it was also not possible to generate tickets directly in the system itself. The only way the system is receiving input is via mail through specific keywords. Most of the keywords could be mapped …
Read moreJust recently I had an issue at a client where there was a need to rethink the notification possibilities due to various issues. I’ve developed a powershell script to gain more control over the notification process. Case: My Client is using an in-house developed and maintained problem management system installed on a mainframe platform. The …
Read moreSometimes it’s necessary to launch a custom script or other action after an alert is detected. This can be all executable scripts or programs. In my particular case I’m using this to launch scripts when an alert is detected to properly escalate the alert and perform additional tasks on the alert. So how do you …
Read moreSometimes it’s useful to make your own Custom Alert Resolution States to further classify your alerts in the console and use these states to trigger different actions using various scripts. I’ll be posting some scripts which are going to use this custom alert resolution state so therefore I’m documenting here how to configure them. Open …
Read moreMost of the time the prerequisite checker when installing SCOM 2007 is right that there’s a prerequisite not met to install the specific role or specific item of SCOM 2007. However If you are 100% sure everything is there you can bypass the prerequisite checker by running the install with the following command: MSIEXEC /i …
Read moreI’ve installed SCVMM 2012 beta in my test lab. I thought I ‘d share the different steps involved. Preparations: “By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail” Benjamin Franklin. First of all: Get the eval files. You can get them here in different forms: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg671824.aspx I’m using the files and not the pre prepped …
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