SCOM stands for System Center Operations Manager, a system monitoring tool which uses management packs to define monitoring states and knowledge base information regarding errors and issues.
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Monitor message queues
I'm looking for a simple way to monitor RabbitMQ queues from SCOM. In particular, I want to be notified when a particular queue (one we use for "dead letters") is not empty.
RabbitMQ has a RESTful ...
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In SCOM, can I allow overriding of the recurring schedule for missing event detection?
I'm creating a rule to look for a missing event in a windows log using SCOM and I need to override the rule for different groups of servers to set different timings.
For example server A needs to ...
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How do I create a Dynamic SCOM group that includes HP servers with a certain name
I'd like to select servers that are HP servers and start with NYCEX*. I looked at the following HP group and the query appears like this:
<Expression>
<Contains>
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PSEXEC from powershell
I have been struggling getting powershell to run Psexec. It works fine for single line commands. but i need to call SCOM to put the server in maintenance mode through Psexec...
$output = ...
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Lync Pool discovery issue in SCOM 2007 R2
Trying to get my Lync topology to show up in the SCOM 2007 R2 console.
So far, I've done the following:
Deployed the SCOM agent to the Lync servers
Enabled Agent Proxy on all Front End servers in ...
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Whats the overhead on Systems Center Operations Manager(from Microsoft)?
Whats the overhead on the client that runs and publishes data for the Systems Center Operations Manager? Most of the data that I want are the perfmon counters. In general, I don't worry to much about ...
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How to get admins to actually use SCOM? [closed]
We implemented SCOM in our internal infrastructure. However, I have the impression that is isn't used as it could be.
For example: we have had regular incidents in our production (and other) ...
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What are practical uses for the Custom fields within an alert in Microsoft SCOM?
How are people in the real world using custom fields in Microsoft System Operations Manager 2007? Are they useful? How do you interact with them?
So far, I've only found this link but I'm looking for ...
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Viewing SCOM email alerts via a Blackberry
Does anyone know if there is a way to permit Blackberry users to view / edit the URL that is sent in the alert email message?
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Monitor one server with two separate SCOM (opsmgr) consoles
We have a situation where we have two independently deployed and managed SCOM consoles in our organization; both consoles are interested in collecting data from the same servers.
To the best of my ...
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Monitoring OpenMQ in SCOM via JMX
Is there a way to connect SCOM to OpenMQ via JMX to monitor it? I've found an app named BridgeWays Java Attributes that can apparently do this but it is right now in beta. I was wondering if SCOM has ...
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Confusing DNS config monitor
Can someone help me understand a particular monitor in SCOM '07r2...
MP: Microsoft Windows DNS 2008/R2 Server
Name: DNS 2008/R2 Correct Server IP Addresses And Interfaces Monitor
This is one of ...
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What resources are helpful to a SCOM Administrator [closed]
What websites and resources are helpful for a SCOM administrator?
Based on my own research I found the following links helpful:
Software: Quest Extensions Manager
Community site/Blob: Everything ...
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How can I chang the port used by the Sun SUNWsscs process ssserver?
SUNWsscs is the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service. Part of this package runs the binary /usr/sbin/ssserver (note: “ssserver” is not the correct program if you're googling for it), and there’s also a ...
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SCOM 2007 Active Directory attribute discovery
I am trying to create a group in SCOM 2007 R2 based on the AD attribute DS_managedBy from a WMI query. I currently have a discovery that returns a list of all computer objects and the "managed by" ...
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Monitoring Network Devices Across Multiple Subnets with SCOM 2007 R2
SCOM will only discover and monitor network devices on the same subnet as the management server. SCOM is able to discover and monitor servers and clients on different subnets. SNMP and ACLs are ...
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Monitoring applications within Appfabric via SCOM
After installing app fabric management module for use with systems center operations management (SCOM), it only monitors the AppFabric product itself and not the applications we have deployed to it, ...
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Create group in SCOM 2007 R2 that targets windows computer but is populated based on an installed service
I am trying to create a group in SCOM 2007 R2 that targets the Windows Computer class but is populated based on a certain service being installed. I want the group to be populated dynamically based on ...
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Two-state script monitor not auto-resolving in SCOM
This script runs, and if it returns 'erro' an alert is generated in SCOM. The alert is set to resolve when the monitor returns to healthy state. I have tested the script with cscript and it returns ...
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Disks not being monitored on DPM server - SCOM
We have two DPM 2010 servers that are being monitored in SCOM. On one of the servers the disks are being monitored and on the other they are not. I don't see a difference between the settings of the ...
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SCOM, Powershell and SMTP
I have created a Powershell script that emulates a telnet connection to an SMTP Server, the purpose of this is to check our SMTP gateway server to see if there is issue with sending mail. The script ...
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Managing VMware Host through SCOM via SCVMM
I have a mixed demo environment of Hyper-V and VMware host, but I am centrally managing them all via SCVMM.
I got SCOM to see the SCVMM and Hyper-V host, but it doesn't want to pick up my VMware host ...
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Migrated SCOM 2007 R2 Databases and Got 31551 event log errors - Old reports inacessible
I've moved all SQL databases and Reporting Services from a SQL 2005 to another SQL 2005 server, and started to get this errors on Event Viewer:
Replaced the login and domain names.
Event Type: ...
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Simulate DOS/High Workload on IIS
I want to simulate a DOS attack, or a very high workload on a simple IIS web site. The purpose is testing SCOM responses with IIS.
Any suggestions for a tool and/or script?
Thanks!
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Migrate SCOM 2007 R2 Databases to SQL 2008 R2 (change server)
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I have a SCOM 2007 R2 server that uses a sql 2005 server.
Machine 1: SCOM (SCOM 2007 R2 - W2K3)
Machine 2: SQL2005 (SQL 2005 SP2 - W2K3)
SQL Cluster: SQLCLUSTER (SQL 2008 R2 on Cluster - ...
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Problems with Sharepoint 2010, Visio Data Provider and Operations Manager 2007 R2
I'm in the process of setting up rack diagrams using Visio 2010 Premium pulling in data from System Centre Operations Manager 2007 R2 using the add in. I'm trying to publish the diagram to a ...
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SCOM Timed Monitor Two State Script Not Working
I have a two state script I've added to Monitoring that checks the state of a service on two servers and reports if it's running on both or none (should only run on one). It runs fine interactively ...
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Can Windows Server intercept SNMP and write to the event log?
We have a software package that can speak SNMP when things go awry. Currently, we're using Tivoli to monitor SNMP and send out alerts as needed. We've been informed that our Tivoli installation is ...
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How to use SCOM 2007 R2 to see AD Computer last logon?
Can I use SCOM 2007 R2 to see Computers last logon from Active Directory?
I have 4 domain controllers that need to be replicated.
I know that I can use other programs like ...
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SCOM 2007 - SQL Server Monitoring
I've been tasked with comparing the monitoring capabilities in SCOM 2007 with the established SQL products such as Spotlight, SQLSentry, etc.
I'm pretty sure that SCOM can't do some of the more ...
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How to migrate SCCM and SCOM's databases from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008?
I need to migrate databases (including reporting services) applications System Center Operations Manager and System Center Configuration Manager to a single SQL Server 2008. Currently each of the ...
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Dell Management Packs in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2?
I recently set up SCOM in a small business network environment. The root management server is a Dell Poweredge 2950, and I'd like to use SCOM to monitor it using Dell's management packs. I've imported ...
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System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2: Send notification emails to a non-anonymous account
I would like to send emails to an already established service account, but it's an account that requires a login name and password. I don't understand why SCOM only has two options: Anonymous and ...
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system center operations manager (SCOM) role combinations
We are evaluating system center operations manager 2007 R2 product, and would like to know what all roles can be combined onto single server.
Like root management server and reporting servers can be ...
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Is Sql Server 2008 R2 unsupported by Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2?
I'm performing a test configuration of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, on a system prepared with Sql Server 2008 R2. Unfortunately, the Scom 2007 R2 prerequisites verification program seems ...
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System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 install problem
While installing SCOM 07 R2 Database component on our DB server I get this error...
I've gotten the same error on the following configurations.
Windows Server 2003 & SQL Server 2008 SP1
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Why don't SCOM R2 web console performance views load?
When I select any performance view via my SCOM R2 web console, I get the following error:
Unexpected error
There was an error displaying the page you requested.
... and some suggestions about ...
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The OpsMgr Health Service service terminated with service-specific error 2148073487 (0x8009000F)
I'm using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and I'm having some problems getting the client installed on a couple of servers. They are Windows 2008 (not R2) SP1. (I'm going to try ...
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Systems Center Operations Manager on Dual-Homed Server
I am attempting to start playing with SCOM 2007 but I've run into a brick wall.
The box SCOM 2007 is installed on is a dual NIC machine, one network connected to the public Internet and the other ...
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Custom rules in SCOM 2007
Our networking department uses Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager 2007 (formerly MOM) to monitor servers. We want to check if a particular SQL Server database is being updated (basically if ...
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How to target SCOM 2007 R2 monitor to monitor only one server
This might be basic, but hopefully someone can help me:
We have a well-working SCOM 2007 R2 implementation monitoring our Microsoft infrastructure. Now, on one of these servers there's an event ...
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SCOM 2007, Sql Audit event
I'm new to SCOM 2007. Im trying to setup alerts and views for failed SQL login attempts.
I've been on the internet for hours without any luck.
My test case is trying to connect to SQL server on the ...
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SCOM, Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008
I'm trying to setup SCOM(System Center Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM) – Platform Monitoring) on my Server 2008 machine using SQL Server 2008 running on the same machine. When I check my prerequisites ...
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How is Win32_DefragAnalysis FilePercentFragmentation Calculated
SCOM 2007 R2 added a fragmentation analsysis health check that is producing warnings on many of my servers. To try to understand how SCOM is determines the fragmentation level, I created the following ...
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Correct settings for tempdb to avoid significant changes in free space
Every two to three days we are getting the following SCOM error:
The database tempdb in SQL instance
MSSQLSERVER on computer
sqlserver has
experienced a significant change in
free space
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SCOM 2007 versus Zenoss (or other open source)
I've taken the liberty to test both SCOM 2007 and Zenoss and found the following:
SCOM 2007
Pros:
Great MS Windows server monitoring and reporting
In-depth configuration and easily integrates into ...
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Where to download SCOM 2007 R2?
I'm browsing the MSDN subscriber downloads and they only have up to SCOM 2007 SP1. Searching Microsoft downloads has the R2 evaluation edition, but that's not what I need.
The R2 release has been ...
