We ran into an interesting issue when we attempted to fail over our OperationsManager database from one node to the other node in an Always On SQL 2012 configuration. Operations Manager was functioning correctly when the database was on the primary node, but when it was moved to the other node we started to receive…
Savision did a series of interviews with a variety of MVP’s (including Robert Butler, Kevin Greene, Ahmed Nabil Mahmoud, Rick Heiges, Steve Buchanan, Colin Smith and myself) asking some good questions about System Center, Security, and the future of IT. There are some interesting answers and discussions here on the topics of: System Center &…
There were a couple of items which I included in the Road to the Cloud webinar that I had not included in the whitepaper which I think will be helpful to the community when it comes to Operations Manager and Azure monitoring. This blog post will cover: How to monitor Azure in Operations Manager What…
The following is a look into the Advisor integration in Operations Manager 2012 R2 in terms of what it adds to Operations Manager for the following: Management Packs Classes Monitors Rules Views Alerts Where is Advisor information stored in the registry? Management Packs: The Advisor management packs are easy to identify using the keyword "Microsoft…
Are you looking for a way to quickly remove all management packs that you added on a specific day? The following is what we put together to remove all of the management packs loaded on a specific day. The first PowerShell script lists all management packs which were added on a specific day (7/18/2014…
If you are looking for management packs, there are three ways available to get to them: Use the Operations Manager console, Administration pane, Management Packs and install new management packs. Use the System Center online catalog (available at http://tinyurl.com/OMMPS) Use the MP wiki (available at http://tinyurl.com/OMMPWIKI) However, each of these approaches only provides the current…
Welcome to Part 6 on how to do crazy stuff for Operations Manager using SQL, XML and PowerShell. In the next part of this blog series we will look into reports in Operations Manager. In Part 1 we covered places where Operations Manager could store data and used unique search stings to see what that…
Are you looking for quick ways to see what is in maintenance mode and get them back out of maintenance mode? This blog post goes through the following: What is currently in maintenance mode? Removing all objects from maintenance mode What is currently in maintenance mode? To see what is currently in maintenance mode…
Microsoft announced today "Microsoft’s Unified Technology Event for Enterprises": http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TechEd/SavetheDateMay4 and also discussed at http://blogs.office.com/2014/07/21/microsofts-unified-technology-event-for-enterprises/. "If you’ve attended TechEd or Microsoft Management Summit, this the place for you to be. It’s everything you’ve come to know and love and more. You’ll find what you’re familiar with and you’ll learn more about Lync, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft…
Are you looking for a way to put objects other than computers into maintenance mode in Operations Manager 2012 R2? The PowerShell scripts are different for these between Operations Manager 2007 and 2012. The following are what we put together to put various items into maintenance mode. These include starting maintenance mode for the following…
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