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The 31552 event, or “why is my data warehouse server consuming so much CPU?”
A very common customer scenario – is where all of a sudden you start getting these 31552 events on the RMS, every 10 minutes. This drives a monitor state and generates an alert when the monitor goes...
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After moving your OperationsManager Database–you might find event 18054...
I recently wrote about My Experience Moving the Operations Database to New Hardware. Something I noticed today – is that the application event log on the SQL server was full of 18054 events, such as...
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How to collect performance data for SQL databases (multi-instance objects)
I have had several blog posts in the past discussing how to write rules and monitors against multi-instance objects. Special care must always be taken when writing workflows against classes where an...
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If you are using SQL 2008 R2 for OpsMgr DB’s, you need SQL 2008R2 CU5
There is an issue where your SQL server hosting the OperationsManager database might consume large amounts of CPU for extended periods. This is due to a security cache issue when a non-sysadmin...
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System Center Universe is coming – January 19th!
REGISTER NOW HERE: http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/ Read Cameron Fuller’s blog post on this here:...
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UR8 for SCOM 2012 R2 – Step by Step
NOTE: I get this question every time we release an update rollup: ALL SCOM Update Rollups are CUMULATIVE. This means you do not need to apply them in order, you can always just apply the latest...
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Writing a service recovery script – Cluster service example
I had a customer request the ability to monitor the cluster service on clusters, and ONLY alert when a recovery attempt failed. This is a fairly standard request for service monitoring when we use...
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UR9 for SCOM 2012 R2 – Step by Step
NOTE: I get this question every time we release an update rollup: ALL SCOM Update Rollups are CUMULATIVE. This means you do not need to apply them in order, you can always just apply the...
View ArticleRemoving / Migrating old Management Servers to new ones
This is a common practice for rotating old physical servers coming off lease, or when moving VM based management servers to a new operating system. There are some generic instructions on TechNet...
View ArticleEvent 18054 errors in the SQL application log – in SCOM 2012 R2 deployments
I wrote about this issue for SCOM 2007 here:...
View ArticleAlert Lifecycle Management
Sometimes – this is almost a dirty word in some companies. It is applying an ITSM process around monitoring, to ensure alerts are real, actionable, assigned, accountable, and reportable. In my...
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The impact of moving databases in SCOM
I recently had an interesting customer issue. We were deploying a new management group to do some performance testing of the impact to SCOM performance as we scale up agents. This particular...
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Windows 10 Client MP’s are available
Download here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51189 The client OS MP’s are available when you need to monitor Windows clients in your SCOM management group. These...
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Base OS MP’s have been updated – version 6.0.7303.0
***WARNING*** There are some significant issues in this release of the Base OS MP, I do not recommend applying this one until an updated version comes out. Issues: Cluster Disks on Server 2008R2...
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Exchange 2013 Addendum MP – for Exchange 2013 and 2016
The Exchange 2013 MP has been released for some time now. The current version at this writing is 15.0.666.19 which you can get HERE This MP can be used to discover and monitor Exchange Server...
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How to generate an alert and make it look like it came from someone else
This capability has been around forever, but I have never seen it documented. This is a really cool way to generate alerts as if they came from other agents, but target a different agent. Suppose a...
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How to remove OMS and Advisor management packs
When testing OMS (Previously called Advisor) with SCOM, there is one side effect: Once connected, the OMS rules import management packs into your management group with no notification or change...
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How to monitor for event logs and use a script to modify the output – a...
A common request I hear is the customer wants to monitor for events in a Windows Event log. That part is easy. We have simple event rules and monitors for that activity. However – what if the data...
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Writing events with parameters using PowerShell
When we write scripts for SCOM workflows, we often log events as the output, for general logging, debug, or for the output as events to trigger other rules for alerting. One of the common things I...
View ArticleUpdate: Automating Run As Account distribution dynamically
Just an FYI – I have updated the automatic run as account distribution script I published, to make it more reliable in large environments, limit resources used and decrease the chance of a timeout,...
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