Q ? Hopefully something else popped into your mind, not Star Trek – The Next Generation How about monitoring a message queue? This will help you monitor specifically Exchange 2013-2016 queue changes (state or message count beyond a value) Just specify the queue and encapsulate into a monitor OR… download the MP Fragment here ############################################################ […]
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Exchange 2013 monitoring Addendum
This is a good source for additional Exchange Server 2013+ monitoring, brought to my attention from Exchange PFE Dave Groll! See Volkan Coskun’s blog post here Update 30 Nov 2018 NOTE this content is no longer available – posted Volkun’s custom extension pack on TechNet Gallery here This will help provide additional visibility to […]
PowerShell Monitor Fragment with Run As
Stop! Ever need to run a PowerShell command (or script) as a specific ID? Maybe you need to know when the command fails to catch degraded application health? Let’s work into the scenario with a MP Fragment Download the latest fragments here
Load Test MP fragment
Shout to Tyson Paul for his initial MP with 2016, catch his blog here! This should help speed up building the MP if you have Visual Studio 2013 or 2015 with Visual Studio Authoring Extensions (VSAE). Read Kevin Holman’s blog if this is new Download the latest fragments here Quicker method To […]
Load Test MP with Report
Read below if you want a specific MP for load testing I don’t know about you, but I’ve come across the situation where you need to compare performance. This MP should help validate performance, whether to validate physical versus virtual, or a new Server Farm, storage performance between environments, etc. Shout to […]
Have a lot of SCOM subscriptions?
You logged into SCOM because someone said they didn’t get a notification Looked at subscriptions and it’s blank Do you know if you backed up your subscriptions? Hopefully, you read this and back up your management packs Hope you read this blog, and it saved your life! For those who love the […]
Subscription set up guide
Thought it funny when asking a child ‘what is a subscription?’ and the response isn’t that for movies, videos, streaming and such!? My first thought was a magazine or newspaper. …Anyways! Somewhere in the middle of a Service and product, you need to know vital information To set up a new subscription for the […]
Get to know your monitor
Ever need to disable a specific monitor? I know I get tired of clicking through the console, maybe you do too? Do you know the Monitor name and class? If yes, then you can enable/disable monitors from PowerShell So let’s get started. From your management server, you can run SCOM commands as your ID […]
PowerShell Rule and Monitor Template packs MP including fragments
Hit the easy button! For all those diehard SCOM Console MP authoring folks, don’t forget about Wei Lim’s blogs to help add PowerShell script functionality into rules and monitors. PowerShell Rules Blog https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wei_out_there_with_system_center/2015/09/28/opsmgr-new-sample-powershell-collection-rule-wizards-in-the-ops-console/ PowerShell Monitor blog https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wei_out_there_with_system_center/2015/07/09/opsmgr-new-sample-wizard-to-create-powershell-monitors-in-the-ops-console/ Performance Data blog https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wei_out_there_with_system_center/2015/10/03/opsmgr-collecting-performance-data-using-a-powershell-script-collection-rule-created-from-a-wizard/ Download Rule https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Sample-Management-Pack-e48040f7 Download Monitor https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Sample-Management-Pack-17b76379 If authoring with Visual […]