How to move the Operations Manager 2007 Reporting Server
The download able pdf has the complete steps that I took to perform a successful move of our opsmgr reporting server to a new server separate from the Data Warehouse.
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How to move the OperationsManager Data Warehouse Database to a new SQL server
I am currently testing with moving the OperationsManger database, OperationsMangerDW database, and the reporting services role to new servers.
the two databases will be moved to a new SQL server under a new name. And the reporting services role will be moved to its own server serperate from the SQL server. I will post all three manuals that I have created out of this here.
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How to move the OperationsManager DataBase to a new SQL server
I am currently testing with moving the OperationsManger database, OperationsMangerDW database, and the reporting services role to new servers.
the two databases will be moved to a new SQL server under a new name. And the reporting services role will be moved to its own server serperate from the SQL server. I will post all three manuals that I have created out of this here.
how-to-move-the-operationsmanager-database-to-a-new-sql-server
How to create a SCOM Windows Events Monitor and alert on the Description field
When creating a monitor that alerts on event logs you may want to be able to monitor based on key words in the description field. This is not a default parmater and needs a few extra steps. But is still very easy to accomplish once you now the steps.
here are the two variables you will be adding to the monitor
parameter name: EventDescription
Alert description: $Data/EventDescription$
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Deploying SCOM Gateway server
- Put a change request into the Network group to open TCP port 5723 both ways from the Gateway server to the MS server
- Certificates need to be deployed (2 types of certificates)
- The root CA needs to be installed on all management servers
- A custom cert template needs to be created on the issuing CA for OpsMGR
- The Custom OpsMgr cert needs to be installed on all management servers
- Run the momcertimport on all management server after the certs have been installed. This makes some specific registry changes for scom to help pick the correct cert.
- Approve gateway server on RMS using a approval tool.
- Manual install of agents on servers to be monitored
- Approve agents in SCOM console
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Windows server 2000 and 2003: Time configuration for MaxPosPhaseCorrection and MaxNegPhaseCorrection
The Windows Time service by default in Windows 2000 and 2003 allows for a positive or negative time correction of any amount for domain controllers. This can cause serious problems in a forest should a dramatic time shift occur. This can even occur when synchronizing with other authoritative sources as hardware problems, software problems or human error can cause them to provide the wrong time. Some of the problems that can occur from a dramatic time change are Windows Server 2003 based domain controllers may be quarantined, deleted objects may be prematurely purged before end-to-end replication of the deletion is fully replicated (causing lingering objects), user and computer passwords may expire unexpectedly, and trust passwords becoming out of sync. The amount of effort to recover from a dramatic time change can be significant. The registry key(s) are different depending upon the operating system version.
How to create a Recovery task in SCOM on a windows service.
When you have the requirement to monitor a windows service through Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manger and have it restarted automatically you can not use the management pack templates. The reason for this is that the templates are stored in locked MP’s that you do not have access too.
Follow the following steps to monitor a service and have it restarted automatically by SCOM if it fails.
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GPO - Change Event Viewer Log size and retention period
The default of the event viewer log size is 512kb. As well to make this dangerous the logs will overwrite events older then 7 days only. So what happens when you logs fill up in two days from a critical error? You start loosing critical information to help trouble shoot the problem. With today’s availability of disk here is a better way to set these settings using a GPO to automate the process on all of your servers/desktops…
Force a user GPO on a computer OU in Microsoft Active Directory
I needed to apply a blank screen saver to all of our servers. Of course I wanted this to be done based on Server and not the logged in user/administrator. The location in the GPO for setting a screen saver is located in… (Click below to read the rest)
Modify NTFS permissions without replacing ACLs with Xcalcs.exe
Xcacls is used to modify NTFS permissions without replacing existing ACLs. This allows you to hit individual files, folders, or entire directories. The tool is very easy and can do all this with a single line of code.
While I was at a clients I came across some user folders that never had the proper NTFS rights assigned at setup. Subsequently they all had the default local users group assigned to them with read and execute. This effectively gave all users access to all folder. To make this even harder to resolve, someone had also removed the inheritance check mark and copied all the permissions. This now means that the only way to remove the ACL from the GUI is by removing it individually on each folder and file. Not a good solution considering there are over 4000 users. So time to use a script.
First you will need to download Xcacls.
Search Google for Xcacls, or for KB825751, or click on the link below