Category: SCOM

System Center Operations Manager 2012 Release Candidate is now available for download here.  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27974 It’s got a slick new look.  Check it out!

  *Note prerequisites may change when SCOM 2012 RTMs I need the Web Server (IIS) role with the follow server role services:  According to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh205990.aspx#BKMK_RBF_WebConsole Static Content Default Document Directory…

  MP2XMLPRO is a GUI based tool I created to export MP files to XML. Currently you can do this with Boris’s PowerShell script or the MPDumper tool.  I only…

  There have been a few scripts and programs for doing this in the community but none were officially supported.  Now we finally have a supported method! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2626670

Russ Slaten is an MP authoring expert and that created a custom URL monitoring solution.  This is my favorite solution as it addresses one of the most common issues that…

The Bulk URL Editor was introduced in SCOM 2007 R2.  I don’t often see this tool used as most customers don’t even know it exists or don’t understand the benefits…

This is the most common way to monitor URLs.  If you only have a few websites to monitor then this solution works fine. But most organizations have a ton of…

There are three different ways to monitor a website with operations manager in SCOM.  Each of the different ways has its own pros and cons. Web Application Management Pack Template…

  I recently ran into this error. “The report server has encountered a configuration error. Logon failed for the unattended execution account.”    A couple weeks ago I changed the…

Download: Link The System Center Operation Manager 2007 Administration Resource Kit provides the following features to aid in management group administration: Scheduled Maintenance Mode – Ability to schedule and manage…