SCOM 2012 web console prompts for username and password
I have seen this issue several times, but as I always forget it after I’ve fixed it, I decided to make a blog post about it. As far as I have learned this issue is due to a Kerberos double-hop. But, fear not! The solution is pretty simple: Open IIS Manager, go to Operations [...]
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UNIX/Linux Run As profile association error event detected
Today at a costumer I was installing some Linux agents, when I got the UNIX/Linux Run As profile association error event detected alerts. This one told me that: The account for the UNIX/Linux Action Run As profile associated with the workflow "Microsoft.Linux.SLES.11.LogFile.Syslog.SU.Command.Root.Failure.Alert", running for instance "XXX" with ID {D05E3B02-02D8-E272-5A05-E74CC1EB6B90} is not defined. The [...]
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Create a rule to collect Scheduled Task event log entries in SCOM 2012
One of the biggest advantages of SCOM is how easy it is to pick up event from the event log and how flexible this can be. Simply go to Event Viewer, choose between the logs and find the event ID you want to alert upon. But what about Scheduled Tasks? The status of [...]
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The Web Recorder tab is gone when recording a browser session in SCOM 2012
I was going to create a quite simple browser session for a customer today, but when IE opened the Web Recorder tab wasn’t present. As usual I minimize the 32 bit version and open the 64 bit version of IE instead, but with same result. I also made sure the “Enable third-party browser extensions*” was checked [...]
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Consolidate several performance counter objects to one in a performance rule in SCOM
Creating a performance counter rule is fairly easy using the Select button to get the object and counter. However, some “systems” create a new performance counter for each of a given object. One of these systems is SQL and the Buffer Manager object. This object is created for each instance you are running [...]
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SCOM 2012: Coretech Intruder Alert – Custom Widget Development Example
Get our Widget that we demoed at NIC 2013 !
Including source code!
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Advanced Operations Manager Training–Level 300/400
The new instructor led training are ready and scheduled. I have scheduled training in both US, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. So please contact me or one of the training centers about this training. If you have questions to the content or want more information – please send me an email. kra@coretech.dk And exactly as on [...]
Category: Operations Manager 2012, SCOM | 1 Comment
Running Tasks with PowerShell and $ID$
Whenever you want to run a Task against an Alert, its so easy to use the $ID$ variable: Create the powershell script c:\scripts\UpdAlert.ps1 with at least the following lines: Param($ID) Import-module OperationsManager GET-SCOMAlert –id “$ID” | SET-SCOMAlert –TicketID ‘100’ –ResolutionState 249 And create the following Task: Stay on one of your Alerts and Run the [...]
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Both True and False is enforced on a rule/monitor – who wins?
Got this question today: A rule/monitor is created and disabled by default The rule/monitor is overridden and enforced to False for a class The rule/monitor is then overridden and enforced to True for a specific object of the class Will the rule be True or False? I created a rule and disabled it by default. [...]
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Install a SCOM 2012 agent – silent
As a part of a script, I wanted to install the SCOM agent on several servers. All these servers are in workgroup/dmz/other domains, which means I had to do a manual installation. Now, there’s a lot of guides on how to install an agent using a command line, the official one from Microsoft: Install [...]
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