SCOM – How to Create an override
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Open the OpsMgrConsole, in the right pane select Monitoring and navigate to active alerts.
- Right click on the alert you want to set an override for and select Overrides\Override the Rule
- You will have the choice of who or what the override is applied too.
- The current object as a whole. (For example, when you choose the Computer object, Operations Manager disables or overrides the rule for all computers).
- A particular group.
- A specific object of the current type (for Example, a specific computer on the network).
- All objects of another type (such as Agent).
- You will have the choice of who or what the override is applied too.
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.
how-to-move-the-operations-manager-2007-reporting-server
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.
how-to-move-the-operationsmanager-data-warehouse-database-to-a-new-sql-server
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
Download the PDF deploying-scom-gateway-server2
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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How to Remove Management Pack Dependencies
When you create an override and don’t save it to a custom Management Pack it will by default save to the Microsoft.SystemCenter.OperationsManager.DefaultUser.xml management pack. This will later on bite you in the ass when you want to remove the effected management pack. To avoid this of coarse you should always save changes to a custom management pack…..
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ASP.net causes reporting services and prerequisite to fail
It appears that if IIS is installed before ASP then there are possible challenges with either the initial install of OpsMgr and/or the setup of reporting services. I have had two occasions where this has happened. In both cases I performed the exact same fix to resolve this.
Promoting MS to RMS : USE WITH CAUTION!!
If you haven’t had the pleasure of testing the promotion of a management server (MS) to be a root management server (RMS) and then back again in the event of a RMS failure then this is a must read.
After I implementing Microsoft’s System Center Operation’s Manager 2007 (SCOM) into our environment I wanted to test the disaster recovery process. Our design is using an RMS and one MS. The test was meant to be simple and I of course didn’t think to create another test environment for this. *what an idiot*
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To prove that the steps provided by Microsoft worked I unplugged the RMS and prompted the MS server. Hey this worked like a charm. It was the next step that really got ugly, the next step of course was when I brought the RMS back on-line. Because that is the goal in the end right. To restore the original server. Somewhere I missed a step. And before you know it I was rebuilding the entire environment. I was fairly sure that I hadn’t really missed anything. But I screw up so often who really knows for sure? I then created that test environment that ignored the first time and tried it again. Hey what do you know I had the same results. Then for the third test I opened up a Microsoft support call and had them help me do it right, and again the same results. The Microsoft support tech confessed to me that in there training they only test the promotion . They didn’t actually try to go back to the original solid state.
After a couple of days he for-wards me an internal email from Microsoft that talks about the process and how to avoid this issue.
Read on to see the risk assessment and the detailed steps of how to demote and promote