Recovering a SCOM management server
It should be a rare occurrence to completely lose a SCOM Management server. Normally you would restore from a backup, or recover a VM snapshot in order to quickly recover a lost/damaged/corrupted...
View ArticleAdjusting Alert Storm thresholds on SCOM Agents
One of the features that has existed since SCOM 2007R2, is the ability to adjust Alert Storm thresholds on an agent by agent basis. The default is any agent that generates 50 alerts, in a 60 second...
View ArticleUR6 for SCOM 2016 – Step by Step
KB Article for OpsMgr: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4459897/update-rollup-6-for-system-center-2016-operations-manager Download catalog site:...
View ArticleMonitor an agent – but run response on a Management Server
This is a concept that I have seen several examples of, but realize not everyone knows of this capability. You can create a rule, that targets a class hosted by an agent (such as Windows Server...
View ArticleHow to discover and monitor a clustered application
Monitoring clustered applications can be a little tricky. Clusters contains virtual, abstract objects, that could be hosted by one or more nodes. We need to ensure we always monitor the clustered...
View ArticleMy blog is moving – final post here
My blog is moving to a new home: https://kevinholman.com/ This will be my last post here. Most of my previous posts should redirect you to the same content on the new site. Please use the contact...
View Article