The SCOM 2016 Maintenance Mode Scheduler application makes enabling and scheduling maintenance mode simple for all users. Your IT staff will no longer have a reason why a server wasn’t…
SCOM
Blog
SCOM
SCOM 2016 Scheduled Maintenance Mode won’t run if you picked a different database name during install
There is a bug in SCOM 2016 where if you choose a different Operations Manager Database Name during install, schedule maintenance mode won’t work! The Jobs will run but nothing…
SCOM
SCOM 2016 UR2 has been released to the Update Catalog
SCOM 2016 UR2 has been released to the Update Catalog Link: http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=3209591 KB article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3209591/update-rollup-2-for-system-center-2016-operations-manager
SCOM
Identify SCOM Agent Version from the file system on SCOM 2012 R2 and SCOM 2016 Agents
When writing my SCOM Agent Update MP I needed a way to get the SCOM Agent version from the file system. There is one file that gets updated in every…
SCOM
Install and Uninstall SCOM 2012 R2 UR11 agent updates from a command line
A customer was building a SCCM package to update SCOM Agents. They needed the command lines to install and uninstall UR11. Patch Install command msiexec.exe /p “C:\temp\KB3183990-AMD64-Agent.msp” /qn Patch Uninstall Command…
SCOM Tips
Stop the madness of having outdated SCOM Agents in your environment
I have seen many SCOM environments where it takes multiple teams to update a single SCOM Agent to the latest Update Rollup. Often it takes months or even years…
SCOM Tips
Automatic Alert Resolution in SCOM
One of the more confusing screens in SCOM is the Automatic Alert Resolution settings screen. The text is very vague as to what is does. Kevin Holman recently updated his blog…
SCOM
How to Delete SCOM 2012 R2 Managed Computers using PowerShell
Usage DeleteSCOMAgents.ps1 -MSServer “zOM01.scom2k12.com” -AgentComputerName “xSP01.scom2k12.com”, “xDV02.scom2k12.com” Download Script: Link Script: Param( [string[]]$AgentComputerName, [string]$MSServer ) [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load(“Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35”) [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load(“Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35”) function New-Collection ( [type] $type ) {…
SCOM
How I re-build my laptop in minutes vs hours using PowerShell and Chocolatey
I re-build my laptop about every 3 to 4 months. The old way was to Install Windows 10, then eventually install software I had missing as I needed it. I…
SCOM
SCOM 2012 Maintenance Mode Scheduler Version 8
New Features in Version 8 STOP Maintenance Early – Now if you have a maintenance window that is completed early. You can stop the job early by going to the manage page…