Operating Operations Manager
Some notes and ideas from the field around Operations Manager
This blog is dead - long live the blog "GERMANageability"
This will probably my last post in this blog. Do I stop blogging? Quite the contrary! My colleagues...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 02/24/2016
SCOM Certificate Monitoring – does the Health Service really use the correct Certificate?
Unfortunately this blog has been quite for a while due to Christmas time and a lot of other tasks I...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 02/16/2016
PowerShell function testing if a SCOM ETL trace is running
The other day I needed a function which tells me if a SCOM ETL trace is currently running or not. I...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 11/10/2015
How I do it: SCOM Override handling
Summary for the impatientThis post describes why and how to implement a certain naming convention...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 11/05/2015
Quick note: new SQL MP 6.6.2.0 with fixes around dashboards available -> Fix 6.6.3.0 available
IMPORTANT NOTE (13.11.2015): An updated version 6.6.3.0 is now available which fixes the previous...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 10/15/2015
How I do it: SCOM alert handling/management
This week I had a discussion with some colleagues about SCOM alert handling/management. When do I...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 09/22/2015
Reporting RunAsAccount usage information in a SCOM 2012 (R2) Management Group
A few days ago I was asked if I had a script to list all RunAsAccounts in a SCOM Management Group...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 07/19/2015
New SCOM dashboard gems available with SQL MP 6.6.0.0
This is just a short post to point everybody to the new SQL MP 6.6.0.0 released last week. This MP...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 07/06/2015
How are GUIDs in SCOM and SCSM calculated?
Quite some time ago I discussed with Raphael Burri how GUIDs for SCOM elements are getting...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 06/11/2015
An approach to automate SCOM service account password change – part 3/3: the script in action
This is part three of my little blog series on how to automate SCOM service account password...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 05/23/2015
An approach to automate SCOM service account password change – part 2/3: prerequisites and execution steps
This is part two of my little blog series about how to change SCOM service accounts. In part one I...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 05/23/2015
An approach to automate SCOM service account password change – part 1/3: background and process
Changing SCOM Service account passwords can be challenging and complex. MVP Marnix Wolf has written...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 05/23/2015
Quick note from the field: SDK/DAS Service account needs SCOM admin role membership
Configuring a high secure SCOM Management Group with the least amount of privileges possible can be...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 05/13/2015
Quick note from the field: Access rights for set-scomlicense
Just in case you try to set a license for a SCOM Management Group with set-scomlicense and the...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 05/13/2015
Quick note from the field: AD integrated SCOM agent might temporarily lose Management Group information
A few days ago I stumbled upon an issue which might be interesting for you:In a SCOM environment...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 05/13/2015
OpsMgr MP version number format – issue with mpseal.exe
Today I tried to seal a MP but got a strange error from mpseal.exe:Attempting to seal ManagementPack...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 04/23/2015
The book I always wanted to write
As my blog title “Operating Operations Manager” says, I focus on giving hints and tips...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 04/22/2015
Analyzing running workflows on a SCOM Agent (HealthService)
Today I was asked: How do I get a usable list of all workflows running on a SCOM Agent? That’s...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 03/09/2015
How to verify that all Management Packs in a SCOM Management Group are up-to-date?
Have you checked your Management Groups lately if they contain the most current sealed Management...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 02/14/2015
Removing SCOM workflows via PowerShell and SDK
This is just a short post about how to remove SCOM workflows (Rules,Monitors and Overrides) via...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 01/20/2015
Creating your own MP store – Part 2: Getting the latest Management Packs
This is part two of my little “MP store” series. Part 1 can be found here. In this post...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 12/14/2014
Creating your own MP store – Part 1: Fundamental thoughts
Foreword: Recently there have been several blog posts on the topic of creating a personal Management...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 12/14/2014
An approach of collecting and analyzing SCOM 2012 SDK connections
Knowing WHO logged on to SCOM WHEN, from WHERE and HOW LONG this session lasted can be very helpful...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 10/15/2014
The importance of the Event ID 15003
Sometimes events, which seems to be unimportant can be really important: The OpsMgr Event ID 15003...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 09/04/2014
Analyzing SCOM 2012 Alert logging latency
Periodically having multiple Alerts in the SCOM database with latency above 1 minute is usually a...
Author: Dirk Brinkmann Date: 08/19/2014