Wei Out There with System Center & OMS
OpsMgr: Additional Information on Configuring the Contextual Performance Widget Template
The Contextual Performance Widget Template allows the user to create custom contextual performance...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/16/2015
OpsMgr: Sample Contextual Performance Widget Template
This blog post features a sample management pack that consist of a widget template that allows the...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/11/2015
OpsMgr: Sample Dashboard with Auto Select & Scroll Capabilities
This article features a sample dashboard that is configured to randomly scroll through and select an...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 08/08/2015
OpsMgr: Using a Scriptblock in a PowerShell Monitor Created in the Ops Console
The sample management pack that provides a wizard to create PowerShell script based monitors in the...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 08/01/2015
OpsMgr: New Sample Wizard to Create PowerShell Monitors in the Ops Console
This is an update to the sample management pack that provides a wizard to create PowerShell script...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 07/09/2015
OpsMgr: Sample Object Health Dashboard with “RAINBOW Bar” Columns
This article features another sample dashboard that consist of a state widget with Rainbow Bar...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 07/05/2015
OpsMgr: Sample Alert Widget Template with Logical Expression Filtering Capabilities
This article features a sample management pack that includes a widget template that allows the user...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 06/07/2015
OpsMgr: Sample OS Summary Dashboard with “Blue Bar” Columns
This article features a sample summary dashboard for the server OS with custom - “Blue Bar” columns...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 06/01/2015
OpsMgr: Enabling a Linked Report for a Collection Rule Created with Silect MPAuthor SP4
Silect recently released MP Author SP4. This tool is targeted at the IT Pros and allows them to...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 05/19/2015
OpsMgr: Enabling a Performance View for a Collection Rule Created with Silect MPAuthor SP4
Silect recently released MP Author SP4. This tool is targeted at the IT Pros and allows them to...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 05/19/2015
OpsMgr: Using PSGW to display Unhealthy Agents of Instances of a Specific Class
In this post, I would like to demonstrate an example of a PowerShell Grid Widget that can be...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 04/14/2015
Azure OpInsights: Collecting Text Log Files with a custom PowerShell Script
This post demonstrates a way to collect text log files to Microsoft Azure Operational Insights...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 03/16/2015
Azure OpInsights: Enabling Collection of Azure Diagnostics Data from Storage Account
This post demonstrates how specific diagnostic data in storage accounts of an Azure Cloud Service...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 03/16/2015
OpsMgr: Sample OS Summary Dashboard for Server Processor & Memory
This article features an example of a dashboard, the Sample OS Summary Dashboard for Processor and...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 02/08/2015
OpsMgr: Sample Dashboard with In-Place Navigation/Drill-in Capabilities
This article features a sample summary dashboard that consist of a sequence of sub-dashboards (or...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 02/06/2015
Microsoft Azure: Configuring Azure PowerShell for OpsMgr to Monitor Azure Subscriptions & Services
The goal here is to allow the SCOM agent to be able to run a PowerShell script (with a run-as...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 01/30/2015
OpsMgr: Extending a Dashboard with the PowerShell Web Browser Widget & Using Static Maps
The PowerShell Web Browser Widget was among the new widgets included in Update Rollup 2 for System...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 12/26/2014
OpsMgr: Sample Dashboard with Contextual Monitor State Tiles
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Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/17/2014
OpsMgr: Sample Dashboard with Contextual Image Widget - 2
This article features a sample summary dashboard with a Contextual Image Widget, a Header Widget and...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/15/2014
OpsMgr: Sample Dashboard with Contextual Image Widget - 1
Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager (UR2) was released back in April 2014....
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/14/2014
OpsMgr: Creating a PowerShell script based monitor with Silect MP Author SP2
Silect recently released Silect MP Author SP2. This tool is targeted at the IT Pros and allows them...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/26/2014
OpsMgr: Updates to Sample Dashboard Management Packs using the Performance Tile Component
The Visualization Component Extensions Library Management Pack...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/17/2014
WP8: The Logos, Splash Screen & Background Image of the OM12 Sizing Helper App
The OM12 Sizing Helper is a Windows Phone 8.1 App version of the OpsMgr 2012 Sizing Helper tool....
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/13/2014
OpsMgr: Hierarchical Page Structures of the OM12 Sizing Helper App
The OM12 Sizing Helper is a Windows Phone 8.1 App version of the OpsMgr 2012 Sizing Helper tool....
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/10/2014
OpsMgr: Key Features of the OM12 Sizing Helper App
The OM12 Sizing Helper is a Windows Phone App version of the OpsMgr 2012 Sizing Helper tool – an...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/08/2014
OpsMgr: Introducing the OM12 Sizing Helper App for Windows Phone
The OM12 Sizing Helper is a Windows Phone App version of the OpsMgr 2012 Sizing Helper tool – an...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 09/08/2014
OpsMgr: Sample 7-Cell Layout for an OM12 Dashboard
You may not have noticed but, there are no options available in the New Dashboard and Widget Wizard...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 07/15/2014
OpsMgr: Monitoring Windows Services based on StartUp Type & State with a PowerShell-based Monitor
This example uses the PowerShell-based monitor type and wizard to run a PowerShell script that scans...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 05/04/2014
OpsMgr: Sample Template for a SQL Server 2008 Database Summary Dashboard
This post features a sample management pack that includes a dashboard template that I have put...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 04/21/2014
OpsMgr: Sample Customizable SQL Server 2008 Databases Summary Dashboard
The SQL Server 2012 Presentation Management Pack was released together with the September 2013...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 03/17/2014
OpsMgr: Creating a PowerShell script Collection Rule with Silect MP Author SP1
In this post, I would like to briefly demonstrate how a PowerShell script collection rule can be...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 03/13/2014
OpsMgr: Creating a PowerShell script based monitor with Silect MP Author SP1
Silect recently announced the availability of the latest version of MP Author – Silect MP Author...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 03/12/2014
OpsMgr: Customizing the SNMP Trap Collection Rule for all SNMP version Traps
This post demonstrates how a SNMP Trap Collection Rule created in the Operations Console can be...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 02/14/2014
OpsMgr: Creating a Powershell script Collection Rule with the MP Author tool
In this post, I would like to demonstrate how a Powershell script collection rule can be configured...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 01/15/2014
OpsMgr: Creating a Powershell script based monitor with the MP Author tool
Silect has just released a tool called MP Author targeted at IT Pros and allows them to easily build...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 01/15/2014
OpsMgr: Troubleshooting Performance Widget Permissions Issue Post 2012 R2 Upgrade
This is an issue that occurred after upgrading a System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 11/02/2013
OpsMgr: SUHMP2012R2 – Upgrading a Distributed Management Group from 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2 – Scenario 2
This post demonstrates how the Sample Upgrade Helper MP for Operations Manager 2012 SP1 –> 2012...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/25/2013
OpsMgr: SUHMP2012R2 – Upgrading a Distributed Management Group from 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2 – Scenario 1
This post demonstrates how the Sample Upgrade Helper MP for Operations Manager 2012 SP1 –> 2012...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/25/2013
OpsMgr: SUHMP2012R2 – Upgrading a Single Server Management Group from 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2
This post demonstrates how the Sample Upgrade Helper MP for Operations Manager 2012 SP1 –> 2012...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/24/2013
OpsMgr: Sample Upgrade Helper MP for 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2 (SUHMP2012R2)
As System Center 2012 R2 has reached General Availability (GA), I have expanded on the idea of the...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/22/2013
OpsMgr: Monitoring File Content with a Powershell-based Monitor
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Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/16/2013
OpsMgr: Monitoring Closed Monitor Alerts with a Powershell-based Monitor
"HEY!! You have monitors in a degraded state but their alerts MAY have been closed...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/14/2013
OpsMgr: Monitoring Certificate Expiry with a Powershell-based Monitor
This post focuses on the Powershell-based monitor created in my first post to find and alert on...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/03/2013
OpsMgr: Using Wizards to create Powershell-based Monitors
In System Center Operations Manager, wizard-based monitoring involves creation of single management...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 10/02/2013
OpsMgr: Alerting on agents without a failover MS with a Powershell-based Rule
Creating a custom Powershell script based rule to alert on agents without a failover management...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 08/01/2013
OpsMgr: Creating a Powershell-based data source module for Rules
Creating a data source module that will allow any Powershell script to be included in a custom...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 07/31/2013
OpsMgr: Restricting SSRS Report Access & Scope for a Custom User Role
In Operations Manager, a user role that is based on the Report Operator Profile grants members the...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 07/05/2013
OpsMgr: Adjusting the Size of Health State Icons on Visio Add-in Diagrams
The Visio Add-in for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager enables diagrams to show health states...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 06/30/2013
OpsMgr: Testing the Logical Disk Free Space Rate-Of-Change Monitor
(Note: This article was written back in 2011 for OpsMgr 2007 R2 and is now being recreated in OpsMgr...
Author: Wei H Lim Date: 03/29/2013