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Useful MOM 2005 SQL queries
SCDW/DTS: Primary 6 tables that SCDW data is retained in: SC_AlertFact_Table SC_AlertHistoryFact_Table SC_AlertToEventFact_Table SC_EventFact_Table SC_EventParameterFact_Table...
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How grooming and auto-resolution work in the OpsMgr 2007 Operational database
How Grooming and Auto-Resolution works in the OpsMgr 2007 Operations DB Warning – don’t read this if you are bored easily. In a simplified view to groom alerts….. Grooming of the ops DB is...
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Moving the Data Warehouse and ACS databases in OpsMgr 2007
Moving the Data Warehouse and ACS databases in OpsMgr 2007 Instructions for how to move the data warehouse database, and ACS database – have been published. The Operations Manager 2007 Backup and...
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Failed tasks aren't groomed from the Operational Database
This appears to be present up to RC-SP1 version, build 6.0.6246.0 In the Task Status console view - I noticed an old failed task from 2 months ago..... however, my task grooming is set to 7 days....
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Print Server management pack fills the Operational DB with TONS of perf data
This is something I have noticed in MOM 2005, and seems to be the same in the conversion MP for OpsMgr 2007. (Version 6.0.5000.0 of the Microsoft.Windows.Server.Printserver (Converted) MP). When you...
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Grooming process in the Operations Database
This is a continuation of my other post, on general alert grooming: How grooming and auto-resolution work in the OpsMgr 2007 Operational database Grooming of the OpsDB is called once per day at...
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What SQL maintenance should I perform on my OpsMgr databases?
This question comes up a lot. The answer is really - not what maintenance you should be performing... but what maintenance you should be *excluding*.... or when. Here is why: Most SQL DBA's will set...
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Event ID 2115 A Bind Data Source in Management Group
I see this event a lot in customer environments. I am not an expert on troubleshooting this here... but saw this post in the MS newsgroups and felt it was worth capturing.... My experience has been...
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DBcreatewizard or just run good old SetupOM.exe - which should I use to...
There has always been a bit of confusion on when to run the DBCreateWizard.exe tool, or when to just use SetupOM.exe to create the Operational DB or Data Warehouse DB. Historically.... in MOM 2005, we...
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Agent Pending Actions can get out of synch between the Console, and the database
When you look at your agent pending actions in the Administration pane of the console.... you will see pending actions for things like approving a manual agent install, agent installation in progress,...
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Does your OpsDB keep growing? Is your localizedtext table using all the space?
This post is about an issue in OpsMgr SP1 AND R2 – where the localizedtext table in the database may fill and consume large amounts of space. OpsMgr 2007 no longer has a hard database limit of 30GB...
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Boosting OpsMgr performance - by reducing the OpsDB data retention
Here is a little tip I often advise my customers on..... The default data retention in OpsMgr is 7 days for most data types: These are default settings which work well for a large cross section of...
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Populating groups from a SQL server CMDB – step by step
Boris wrote a cool article HERE on how to populate a group of computers in OpsMgr, from an external source…. such as active directory. In his published example – you run an LDAP query to AD, to return...
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Maintenance mode – tying the text of the category to the database
I havent seen this discussed before – so I figured I would post this. In the OpsDB and DWDB – we keep some tables names MaintenanceMode and MaintenanceModeHistory. When you place an object into...
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Understanding and modifying Data Warehouse retention and grooming
You will likely find that the default retention in the OpsMgr data warehouse will need to be adjusted for your environment. I often find customers are reluctant to adjust these – because they don't...
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Installing SQL 2008 into a Windows 2008R2 failover cluster? Slipstream SP1...
Today I was setting up a new lab server for SQL 2008 x64 on a new Windows 2008R2 x64 failover cluster. It wasn't exactly what I would call fun. :-) I imagine this is because Server 2008R2 released...
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Management group checkup – a database perspective
Attached you will find a PowerPoint slide deck that I used to present to the System Center Virtual Users Group meeting on June 11th. This discussion was looking at your management group overall health...
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Why do I have duplicate SQL databases or logical disks in the console after a...
This is a rare but interesting scenario… which can cause you to see and monitor duplicate objects (and get duplicate alerts) for specific types of discovered hosted objects that have a parent class...
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Moving the Data Warehouse Database and Reporting server to new hardware–my...
The time has come to move my Warehouse Database and OpsMgr Reporting Server role to a new server in my lab. Today – both roles are installed on a single server (named OMDW). This server is running...
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Moving the Operations Database–My Experience
The time has come to move my Operations Database Server role to a new server in my lab. Today – this is installed on a single server (named OMDB). This server is running Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86,...
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