Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager
Moving to a new blog space
Hi everyone. Just wanted to inform anyone that currently subscribes to this blog to add a new blog...
Date: 02/02/2012
Management Group Performance Evaluation and Tuning Reports
I created a small management pack a couple years ago to help identify performance bottlenecks in an...
Date: 01/28/2012
How to install Operations Manager 2012 single server configuration from the command prompt
I was reading the Operations Manager 2012 RC documentation today and thought this was interesting...
Date: 01/19/2012
Cookdown example - between two or more workflows
Thought I would do something useful while sitting on the airplane today and write up a cookdown...
Date: 11/17/2011
Cookdown
I recently did a presentation in which the scenario was cooking down a data source. I ended up...
Date: 11/08/2011
Pulling back groups for use in a report drop-down list (group picker)
There are a couple different ways to include a group picker list in your custom report. One way is...
Date: 09/23/2011
Solving the problem of automated distribution of credentials (literal expression)
This is a continuation of a previous post. The only difference is this accepts a literal expression,...
Date: 08/05/2011
Solving the problem of automated distribution of credentials (group criteria)
It’s possible to leverage a powershell script in a composite write action to distribute...
Date: 08/05/2011
Return all dirty aggregations in last X days
/Return all dirty aggregations in last X days/ DECLARE @Days AS int SET @Days = 1 --number of days...
Date: 08/05/2011
Count dirty aggregations in last X days
/Count dirty aggregations in last X days/ DECLARE @Days AS int SET @Days = 1 --number of days to...
Date: 08/05/2011
Transport latency impacted - 99th percentile of messages not meeting SLA over last 30 min - Red(>90)
New article in the Exchange 2010 MP online library recently. Read more about it here:...
Date: 08/04/2011
Set management server list for agent
Noticed I didn’t have an agent-specific one to reference – here it is. #Assign agents a management...
Date: 08/03/2011
Can the SCOM databases share a SQL instance with other databases?
Just wanted to answer this question here as a pointer for later reference. But before I continue, I...
Date: 08/01/2011
Why is my custom report displaying deleted objects or groups?
Here’s a fairly common stumbling block when creating custom reports, so I wanted to share this quick...
Date: 07/16/2011
Windows Service Monitoring (reduce false alerts…part 2)
Shortly after posting the sample Windows service monitoring library, I realized a...
Date: 06/24/2011
Microsoft.SystemCenter.WebApplication.WebApplicationData (URL Probe Runtime Output)
I was recently working with the Microsoft.SystemCenter.WebApplication.UrlProbe module and wanted to...
Date: 06/22/2011
Windows Service Monitoring (reduce false alerts with consecutive sample module)
Sometimes customers need to create their own Windows service monitors. This usually leads them to...
Date: 06/21/2011
Monitoring all services on all computers (service outage report)
Occasionally customers will ask how we can monitor all services that are configured to automatically...
Date: 06/11/2011
Heartbeat Failure and Failed to Connect Alerts with Duration
I find this especially useful in determining out of box heartbeat settings, since the default 3...
Date: 05/13/2011
Powershell Scripts - Illegal Variable Name
Just figured out this annoying issue I have seen come up many times while saving Powershell script...
Date: 05/06/2011
Now translated to 34 different languages!
Since we migrated to a new platform in May, 2010, there are more options for us as bloggers to...
Date: 04/30/2011
The threshold for the Logical DiskAvg. Disk sec/Transfer performance counter has been exceeded
If you see these alerts generated by your Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 servers with unusually...
Date: 04/26/2011
Root Management Server Unavailable History with Reason
/* RMS Unavailable History with Reason https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/ 04-19-2011...
Date: 04/19/2011
Inventory and Configuration Reports
Someone asked today if there was a way to generate a report displaying inventory/configuration of...
Date: 04/12/2011
Report Dataset Samples
Putting this list of reporting dataset samples out here for your custom reporting needs or just to...
Date: 04/09/2011
Number of Events Collected Per Day (Report Dataset)
/*Number of events collected per day (trending) Jonathan Almquist...
Date: 04/08/2011
Number of State Change Events Per Day (Report Dataset)
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Date: 04/08/2011
Number of Performance Samples Per Day (Report Dataset)
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Date: 04/08/2011
Top Performance Samples Collected (Report Dataset)
/*Top performance samples collected Jonathan Almquist (https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/)...
Date: 04/08/2011
Top Active Repeating Alerts (Report Dataset)
/*Top active repeating alerts Jonathan Almquist (https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/)...
Date: 04/08/2011
Top events collected (Report Dataset)
/*Top events collected Jonathan Almquist (https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/) 04-08-2011...
Date: 04/08/2011
Top Monitor Generated Alerts (Report Dataset)
/*Top monitor generated alerts Jonathan Almquist (https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/)...
Date: 04/08/2011
Top Rule Generated Alerts (Report Dataset)
/*Top rule generated alerts report dataset Jonathan Almquist...
Date: 04/08/2011
Gray Agents With Reason
/* Gray agents with reason https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/ 02-26-2011 */ SELECT...
Date: 04/08/2011
Management Pack Authoring Links
Just wanted to post this management pack authoring link list for easy reference. I’ll add new...
Date: 04/07/2011
Don’t sweat the small stuff
I attempted to open the Health Explorer and received the following message. The state of this object...
Date: 01/29/2011
Manually removing computers by editing the database
We received an important reminder today from the product group about manually editing the database,...
Date: 01/21/2011
My plan to move the Report Server to a new computer
This procedure is fully documented on Technet, but it spans across two different articles, which...
Date: 01/21/2011
Vote for what content would you like to see most?
Sorry, but I had to remove the voting widget I had on the main page. It was causing some...
Date: 01/12/2011
TCP Port Connection Time Report
Let’s say you created a TCP Port monitor using the management pack template wizard and you want to...
Date: 01/07/2011
Exchange 2010 Management Pack – CHM file available for download
Just wanted to send a quick note out to the community that we have published a CHM file for the E14...
Date: 01/07/2011
Custom Report Authoring for Beginners
Let’s face it. Operations Manager collects a lot of data. If we cannot generate reports about...
Date: 01/03/2011
How does the ‘Total CPU Utilization Percentage’ monitor work?
I wanted to start this year off right with wishes to everyone for a happy, healthy and prosperous...
Date: 01/01/2011
Trending growth where there is no registered data source
Have you ever needed to trend the growth of ‘something’, but no registered data source existed that...
Date: 12/01/2010
Rebuild a management group (disaster recovery)
Occasionally an Operations Manager 2007 management group might need to be completely recovered for...
Date: 10/24/2010
Another post about how to create a group of Windows Computer and associated Health Service Watcher objects
The main purpose of this type of group is to enable us to create subscriptions that will not only...
Date: 10/22/2010
Data Protection Manager 2010 management pack (service and health models)
In additional to some guidance I posted here about the DPM 2010 management pack, I decided to map...
Date: 10/21/2010
Data Protection Manager 2010 management pack just released – Things you need to know!
Download the management pack I recently had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with the...
Date: 10/21/2010
When was the last time this agent inserted data and what was the latency?
This is one way to check whether a particular agent is communicating with the management...
Date: 10/17/2010