A quick Google search didn’t yield a quick explanation of this, so I’ll quickly describe the difference. Alert Generating Rule: A rule setup that generates an alert that shows up in the active alerts. It stays in a “New” state until it’s modified by a script or manually closed. Collection Rules: A rule setup that […]
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Here is a simple python script to use the REST code in the ISY (http://universal-devices.com) to control devices that are linked. I’m designing this script to be used inside a script for xbmc. here’s the first part of it. I recommend using scenes for the devicedim, deviceoff, and deviceon array, however you can use the […]
Found a nice article about how to script a URL (or web application) into maintenance mode. This was a little bit of a challenge to find so I’m reposting it to hopefully get some more attention. I’ve also posted the modified version of the script that allows for multiple watcher hosts. Usage: http://www.scom2k7.com/schedule-a-into-url-maintenance-mode/
Testing out the new phone. Been a while since the last post. Looks pretty neat to be able to write a post while mobile.
This article is still under construction. There are several options for disaster recovery and high availability. There’s host based solutions, array based solutions, and virtualization solutions. Which to pick? We’re going through a pretty crazy test of products, but we have the same problem as everyone else, we have tons of different storage vendors. So […]
Some of you may have found that there are no graphs in your emails (scheduled reports) from SCOM 2007. I posted this up on the MSMOM email distro and Kevin Holman pointed me to a KB article. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972821 Just add this to your ReportingServicesService.exe.config file in the ReportServerbin Place this between the tags:
Have you run into setting up permissions/privileges for your administrators within the scom console. This can be quite confusion. You often run into cryptic areas where certain functions don’t react as they should and you run into the error “The user domainuser does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation”. Some important information here:
Note: FilerView is depreciated on 8.0 and 8.1 versions of Data OnTap 7-Mode. OnCommand System Manager 2.x is now required to manage 7-Mode systems. Take a look at filerview. Not much different here except the branding.
Always a good tidbit of information to keep around: To perform a remote shutdown: 1. Open Computer Management (Local) 2. In the console tree, right-click Computer Management (Local), and then click Connect to another computer. 3. In the Select Computer dialog box, click Another computer, type the name of the computer that you want to […]
I spent a while searching around for this gem. Basically the domain controllers don’t trust the local system account so you have to run the HSLockdown.exe tool. I found this blog article that explains: http://scug.be/blogs/scom/archive/2008/08/18/opsmgr-agent-greyed-out-on-domain-controller.aspx