{"id":20522,"date":"2025-01-15T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/?p=20522"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:29:17","slug":"os-addendum-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/os-addendum-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"OS Addendum updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20523\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/attention.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/attention.jpg\" alt=\"OS Addendum updates - Can I get your attention please!?\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can I get your attention please!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More updates for your monitoring pleasure with OS addendum updates!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>OS Addendum updates<\/h3>\n<p>Been busy in the monitoring &#8216;bat&#8217; cave crafting up new ways to simplify things, automating recoveries, top process finds, STIG compliance, automatic services logic, and PowerShell transcription checks.<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/theKevinJustin\/2016ServerAgnostic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/theKevinJustin\/2016ServerAgnostic\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Automatic Services &#8211; monitors services with automatic service type, and includes built in recovery when monitor unhealthy<\/p>\n<p>PowerShell transcription &#8211; be compliant for STIG V-257502 and V-257503, also includes Daily report (runs daily Monday-Friday)<\/p>\n<p>Sets multiple overrides to reduce extraneous OS workflows that most customers never use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Change\/revision history<\/h3>\n<p>v1.0.7.6 13 Jan 2025 Updated EnableTranscription Report variables<br \/>\nv1.0.7.5 8 Nov 2024 Added additional services into excluded services, uncommented ServiceName variable<br \/>\nv1.0.7.4 7 Nov 2024 Updated ExcludedServices in AutomaticServices monitor DS<br \/>\nv1.0.7.3 21 Oct 2024 Logical Disk rollup disable, hourly monitor setting changes, event and perf collection rule disabled<br \/>\nv1.0.7.2 21 Oct 2024 Updated AutomaticServices DS\/WA workflows<br \/>\nv1.0.7.1 18 Oct 2024 Updated Excluded Services array with additional services, updated AutomaticServices DS\/WA workflows.<br \/>\nv1.0.7.0 17 Oct 2024 Updated AutomaticServices monitor timeout from 240 to 600 for OpsMgr event ID 22404<br \/>\nv1.0.6.8 16 Oct 2024 Updated Storport Timed Out Monitor from 5 to 10 events per hour<br \/>\nv1.0.6.8 11 Oct 2024 Additional EnableTranscription workflows &#8211; reports, report cleanup, transcription log cleanup<br \/>\nv1.0.6.7 11 Apr 2024 New weekly PowerShell Enable Transcription monitor for STIG V-257502 and V-257503, and new weekly report<br \/>\nv1.0.6.5 10 Apr 2024 Updated recovery logic for AutomaticServices DS\/WA<br \/>\nv1.0.6.4 9 Apr 2024 Updated AutomaticServices DS\/WA logic change, ServiceName variable change to Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; More updates for your monitoring pleasure with OS addendum updates! &nbsp; OS Addendum updates Been busy in the monitoring &#8216;bat&#8217; cave crafting up new ways to simplify things, automating recoveries, top process finds, STIG compliance, automatic services logic, and PowerShell transcription checks. 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