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SCOM: Common sense, keep your Management Packs up to date.
Something I’ve noticed, being exposed to a variety of SCOM deployments, is that in quite a few cases Management Packs are installed and never looked at again. Generally this seems to stem from either...
View ArticleSCOM: Troubleshooting Flow For Slow SCOM 2012x Consoles
A while ago I had an issue at a customer where their SCOM console would experience huge performance degradation at random intervals. This is a slow and complex situation to troubleshoot which is why I...
View ArticleSCOM 2012: Survival Guide
I came across a great article on TechNet which is essentially a compilation of useful SCOM information, it includes everything from the basics and key concepts, to deployment guidelines and information...
View ArticleSCOM: Caution with management packs in large environments
Kevin Holman recently published a great article about the inherent pitfalls of importing a management pack into an environment without understanding the intended scope, scalability, and any...
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SCOM: Agent health and you
I often find it interesting, particularly among younger engineers how little emphasis is placed on this icon , discussions usually center around phrases like “it’s only one grey agent” and there is...
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SCOM: Supercharge console performance
I came across a recent article by Marnix Wolf and S.Carrilho regarding a little known SQL setting known as Max Degree of Parallelism (MDoP) When SQL Server runs on a computer with more than one...
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SCOM: Objects, Classes, Targeting and You
This posting will be part of my SCOM basics series and covers the key concepts of Objects and Classes. Objects An object is the basic unit of management in Operations Manager. An object typically...
View ArticleXPost: Recommended registry tweaks for SCOM 2016 management servers
Kevin Holman recently published an article on some recommended registry tweaks for SCOM 2016 environments. This is an important read to prevent potential future issues.
View ArticleSCOM 2016: Don’t forget those Antivirus Exclusions!
Something that I find is often missed with a SCOM deployment is putting in place the recommended AV exclusions. Not having these in place can cause issues in your environment. Note: Paths are examples,...
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