Having fun with scomskills.com
I’m working on a new page here. This is just me testing out some hobby web authoring and imaging experience. All comments and suggestions are welcome.
List of all current SCOM management pack guides
If you’ve ever dealt with pinpoint.com, then you know how frustrating it can be to find the latest management pack and guide. So, I was elated when I found this url. I hope these pages are updated for years to come.
Health Service Heartbeat Failure
I’ve seen plenty of questions come up in the forums and from customers regarding the Health Service Heartbeat Failure monitor, and its associated diagnostics and recoveries. I spent a little time digging further into these workflows and thought I’d share what I found here. Hope this helps those curious about what’s happening under the hood. [...]
SCOM SPN’s
There’s a lot of confusion about SPN’s (service principal name) when it comes to OpsMgr. How are SPN’s registered? When are SPN’s registered? Why aren’t SPN’s registering? The purpose of this post is to give a snapshot of all the SPN’s that should be in your environment so you know you’ve get them all right. [...]
SCOM–seal a management pack
Sealing a Management Pack is easy. Although, it can be frustrating the first time through. It’s a process that requires a few different pieces to interact, so preparation is key. Going through some simple steps now will save time in the future. Create a directory somewhere on a workstation where you’ll be sealing MP’s. For [...]
How to Create a Simple Dashboard in Service Level Dashboard
In this example, we’ll create a dashboard that show health of all critical disks for Application X. Create group Create dashboard by adding SLO’s Scope to group Create SLO’s Disk Space SLO Disk Queue Length SLO Disk Seconds Per Transfer SLO Results
Move the Health Service State directory on the RMS
1. Ensure the destination volume is formatting to 64k allocation unit size for best performance.To partition a drive: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722475.aspx 2. If the Health Service State directory will not be located at the root of the new volume, create the destination folder that will host it.Note: The Health Service State folder will be automatically created [...]
Move RMS
· In my case, I had a clean install of Windows 2008 Enterprise. I installed the prereq’s, including POSH, and ran the installation wizard to install a new management server role. You’ll need: o MSAA and SDK credentials o SDK account is local administrator o Current user is local administrator, member of SCOM Admins, [...]
SCOM Verbose Tracing
Capture verbose tracing for an Agent or Management Server This section describes how to capture the trace on the Agent or Management Server. Prepare for tracing Logon to the Agent computer or Management Server Open a command prompt and navigate to the Operations Manager “tools” directory. Usually located in “%ProgramFiles%\System Center Operations Manager 2007\Tools” Enter [...]
Group health rollup–increase RMS performance
Disable computer group health rollup across the board Override Target Context Parameter Default Value Override Value Scope Management Pack Object Type Enforced Target Override Management Pack Target Management Pack Override Target Management Pack Computer Security Health Rollup Computer Group Enabled TRUE FALSE Class Monitor *FALSE Computer Group System Center Core Monitoring (overrides) System Center Core [...]
