Operational monitoring tools including System Center, Azure Monitor
Hey guys, don’t forget python as pre-req for agent install! Came across this again, where the docs site doesn’t mention python-ctypes as pre-req for agent install. Let’s flip to GitHub for the agent. GitHub lists the python pre-req here. Otherwise, it’s Openssl 1.1.0 is only supported on x86_64 platforms (64-bit). Let’s begin …
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Updated 14 Mar 2019 If you get these exceptions like me, the issue has been raised, with a deliverable targeted for SCOM2019UR1. Disable the rule to reduce noise. Are you using Service Map Management pack, and getting errors? This alert is based on the 46651/46652 event ID in …
I blogged about this last year here As best practice, the Upgrade Analytics script checks for far more than just injecting the workspace key and telemetry value. FYI – This could also be managed in an SCCM Compliance setting. Paul Fitzgerald – Platform PFE blogged about a non SCCM method here …
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Golden Oldies – always popular (tools vs music) Old Holman blog that’s still relevant, even more powerful than EventLog Explorer Basically anyone who wants to test fire events off a SCOM MP should use this tool. Event Create, write-eventlog all have limitations (certain event sources that can be used to create events, or event ID number …
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Sometimes we forget about tools that can make things easier. Time to talk about EventLog Explorer. Need to repro and test events for an installed program, to see what SCOM will handle? Read this old mom team blog, courtesy of Kevin Holman blog I wanted to try it to test fire some …
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FYI – Updated 17 July 2020 This idea sprung from a discussion with Sr. PFE Brian Barrington, and it got me wondering… FYI – If you’re running a SCOM agent, 2016 or above, various Log Analytics solutions may have pre-reqs. OMS Gateway requires Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) (agent version – 8.0.10900.0 or …
GUI install option, see blog Pre-reqs to build out an install script/package MMA agent executable Workspace ID Workspace Primary Key Download MMA agent Click on Windows Servers from Connected Sources to download Windows Agent Click on Linux Servers from Connected Sources to download Linux Agent Obtain WorkspaceID From …
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Look for 6400 Event ID’s in the Operations Manager log on the management server if you do not have the correct information Event ID 6400 in Operations Manager log helps show what’s missing with Azure AD error events Follow steps outlined in the ‘Set up Azure Service Principal’ blog here Sample …
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Things that make you go hmmm…. Ran across a scenario where we were trying to connect Azure Cross-platform (Linux) VM’s and MMA/SCOM agents to SCOM management group. Management group was 2012R2, discovery wizard from SCOM console, failed to install agent, certificate errors. Researching, found this article first Windows Azure VM monitoring …
Running Service Map SCOM management pack and getting errors? Gotta love holidays Good family time Not at work if we’re lucky. When you come back, do you have to go investigate some new/weird errors? This was one of those holidays for me 🙂 Figured I’d document SCOM errors, …