ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASSOC Change file extension associations
ASSOCIAT One step file association
AT Schedule a command to run at a later time
ATTRIB Change file attributes

BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings
BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info

CACLS Change file permissions

CALL Call one batch program from another
CD Change Directory – move to a specific Folder
CHANGE Change Terminal Server Session properties
CHKDSK Check Disk – check and repair disk problems
CHKNTFS Check the NTFS file system
CHOICE Accept keyboard input to a batch file
CIPHER Encrypt or Decrypt files/folders
CleanMgr Automated cleanup of Temp files, recycle bin
CLEARMEM Clear memory leaks
CLIP Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard.
CLS Clear the screen
CLUSTER Windows Clustering
CMD Start a new CMD shell
COLOR Change colors of the CMD window
COMP Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
COMPACT Compress files or folders on an NTFS partition
COMPRESS Compress individual files on an NTFS partition
CON2PRT Connect or disconnect a Printer
CONVERT Convert a FAT drive to NTFS.
COPY Copy one or more files to another location
CSVDE Import or Export Active Directory data

DATE Display or set the date
Dcomcnfg DCOM Configuration Utility
DEFRAG Defragment hard drive
DEL Delete one or more files
DELPROF Delete NT user profiles
DELTREE Delete a folder and all subfolders
DevCon Device Manager Command Line Utility
DIR Display a list of files and folders
DIRUSE Display disk usage
DISKCOMP Compare the contents of two floppy disks
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another
DNSSTAT DNS Statistics
DOSKEY Edit command line, recall commands, and create macros
DSADD Add user (computer, group..) to active directory
DSQUERY List items in active directory
DSMOD Modify user (computer, group..) in active directory

ECHO Display message on screen
ENDLOCAL End localisation of environment changes in a batch file
ERASE Delete one or more files
EXIT Quit the CMD shell
EXPAND Uncompress files
EXTRACT Uncompress CAB files

FC Compare two files
FDISK Disk Format and partition
FIND Search for a text string in a file
FINDSTR Search for strings in files
FOR /F Loop command: against a set of files
FOR /F Loop command: against the results of another command
FOR Loop command: all options Files, Directory, List
FORFILES Batch process multiple files
FORMAT Format a disk
FREEDISK Check free disk space (in bytes)
FSUTIL File and Volume utilities
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTYPE Display or modify file types used in file extension associations

GLOBAL Display membership of global groups
GOTO Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line

HELP Online Help
HFNETCHK Network Security Hotfix Checker

IF Conditionally perform a command
IFMEMBER Is the current user in an NT Workgroup
IPCONFIG Configure IP

KILL Remove a program from memory

LABEL Edit a disk label
LOCAL Display membership of local groups
LOGEVENT Write text to the NT event viewer.
LOGOFF Log a user off
LOGTIME Log the date and time in a file

MAPISEND Send email from the command line
MEM Display memory usage
MD Create new folders
MODE Configure a system device
MORE Display output, one screen at a time
MOUNTVOL Manage a volume mount point
MOVE Move files from one folder to another
MOVEUSER Move a user from one domain to another
MSG Send a message
MSIEXEC Microsoft Windows Installer
MSINFO Windows NT diagnostics
MSTSC Terminal Server Connection (Remote Desktop Protocol)
MUNGE Find and Replace text within file(s)
MV Copy in-use files

NET Manage network resources
NETDOM Domain Manager
NETSH Configure network protocols
NETSVC Command-line Service Controller
NBTSTAT Display networking statistics (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)
NETSTAT Display networking statistics (TCP/IP)
NOW Display the current Date and Time
NSLOOKUP Name server lookup
NTBACKUP Backup folders to tape
NTRIGHTS Edit user account rights

PATH Display or set a search path for executable files
PATHPING Trace route plus network latency and packet loss
PAUSE Suspend processing of a batch file and display a message
PERMS Show permissions for a user
PERFMON Performance Monitor
PING Test a network connection
POPD Restore the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD
PORTQRY Display the status of ports and services
PRINT Print a text file
PRNCNFG Display, configure or rename a printer
PRNMNGR Add, delete, list printers set the default printer
PROMPT Change the command prompt
PsExec Execute process remotely
PsFile Show files opened remotely
PsGetSid Display the SID of a computer or a user
PsInfo List information about a system
PsKill Kill processes by name or process ID
PsList List detailed information about processes
PsLoggedOn Who’s logged on (locally or via resource sharing)
PsLogList Event log records
PsPasswd Change account password
PsService View and control services
PsShutdown Shutdown or reboot a computer
PsSuspend Suspend processes
PUSHD Save and then change the current directory

QGREP Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern.

RASDIAL Manage RAS connections
RASPHONE Manage RAS connections
RECOVER Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.
REG Read, Set or Delete registry keys and values
REGEDIT Import or export registry settings
REGSVR32 Register or unregister a DLL
REGINI Change Registry Permissions
REM Record comments (remarks) in a batch file
REN Rename a file or files.
REPLACE Replace or update one file with another
RD Delete folder(s)
RDISK Create a Recovery Disk
RMTSHARE Share a folder or a printer
ROBOCOPY Robust File and Folder Copy
ROUTE Manipulate network routing tables
RUNAS Execute a program under a different user account
RUNDLL32 Run a DLL command (add/remove print connections)

SC Service Control
SCHTASKS Create or Edit Scheduled Tasks
SCLIST Display NT Services
ScriptIt Control GUI applications
SET Display, set, or remove environment variables
SETLOCAL Control the visibility of environment variables
SETX Set environment variables permanently
SHARE List or edit a file share or print share
SHIFT Shift the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file
SHORTCUT Create a windows shortcut (.LNK file)
SHOWGRPS List the NT Workgroups a user has joined
SHOWMBRS List the Users who are members of a Workgroup
SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer
SLEEP Wait for x seconds
SOON Schedule a command to run in the near future
SORT Sort input
START Start a separate window to run a specified program or command
SU Switch User
SUBINACL Edit file and folder Permissions, Ownership and Domain
SUBST Associate a path with a drive letter
SYSTEMINFO List system configuration

TASKLIST List running applications and services
TIME Display or set the system time
TIMEOUT Delay processing of a batch file
TITLE Set the window title for a CMD.EXE session
TOUCH Change file timestamps
TRACERT Trace route to a remote host
TREE Graphical display of folder structure
TYPE Display the contents of a text file

USRSTAT List domain usernames and last login

VER Display version information
VERIFY Verify that files have been saved
VOL Display a disk label

WHERE Locate and display files in a directory tree
WHOAMI Output the current UserName and domain
WINDIFF Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
WINMSD Windows system diagnostics
WINMSDP Windows system diagnostics II
WMIC WMI Commands

XCACLS Change file permissions
XCOPY Copy files and folders

Generally this error occurs because the Database Services are not running. Check the Services Console on the database server and make sure that they are indeed started.

Sure you can drop the firewall and install the agent that way, but that’s weaking your security too much. Instead, open up these Inbound connections in your firewall.

File and Printer Sharing (SMB-In)
Windows Management Instrumentation (DCOM-In)
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI-In)

If you’d prefer to use the command prompt you can use the netsh command with WinRM

winrs –r:yourservername netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name=”File and Printer Sharing (SMB-In)” dir=in profile=any new enable=yes
winrs –r:yourservername netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name=”Windows Management Instrumentation (DCOM-In)” dir=in profile=any new enable=yes
winrs –r:yourservername netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name=”Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI-In)” dir=in profile=any new enable=yes

Note: I actually got this information from the “Discovery and Agents” video from Winstructor’s SCOM 2007 R2 Training Videos. Thanks Guys for the great tips.

What does this mean?

Well, it means that you haven’t loaded the Business Critical Monitors themselves. When you added the Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 Management Packs from the console it may not have added the XML files required for Business Critical Monitoring.

So how can you fix this?

Download the “Windows Client OS Operations Manager 2007 MP” MSI file and install it. This will extract a bunch of files to your hard disk. Amongst these files will be 3 new files, XML files that are the business critical ones you need.

In the SCOM Operators Console, import these 3 files. “Go to Administration, choose Import. Click Add from Disk and find those XML Files and import them”.

Now try and double click the Business Critical Groups in the “Authoring” view. The error is gone and they will now allow you to add client machines to the Explicit Members Tab.

Add the names of the computers you wish to monitor to this tab and you’re golden.

Failed to create process due to error 0x8007010b :
The directory name is invalid, this workflow will be unloaded.
Command executed: "C:\Program Files\Support Tools\NETDOM.EXE" query fsmo
Working Directory: C:\Program Files\Support Tools\
One or more workflows were affected by this.

The problem is that the working directory is incorrect. This task is expecting to find the “NETDOM” command (in this example) in the C:\Program Files\Support Tools folder. However on Windows 2008 Server for example, it’s found in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

The solution is to override the value: Click “Override” and set the Support Tools Install Dir to the real folder where the task command is to be found.

Very easy to do and now it will run just fine.

We’re basically talking the same script as yesterday. See if you can spot the difference.

$MC = get-monitoringclass -name "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Agent"
$MO = Get-MonitoringObject -monitoringclass:$MC | where {$_.IsAvailable -eq $true}
$MO | select DisplayName

Well here’s how you can locate those unknown agents using the PowerShell.

$MC = get-monitoringclass -name "Microsoft.SystemCenter.Agent"
$MO = Get-MonitoringObject -monitoringclass:$MC | where {$_.IsAvailable -eq $false}
$MO | select DisplayName

Let’s run our first command:

repadmin.exe /replsummary

This /replsummary command will identify Domain Controllers that are failing replication (inbound or outbound) and summerize the results in a report. This report can be the basis of your Active Directory replication troubleshooting actions.

If one of your Domain Controllers is failing replication we can use repadmin.exe to force synchronization immediately. We’d run the following command:

repadmin.exe /syncall DCName dc=domain,dc=tld

Where DCName is the name of the replication-incapable Domain Controller and the domain and top-level domainname (tld) specify the Active Directory Naming Context to synchronize.

Of course, when you have a serious Active Directory replication problem, trying to force replication like this will only show more errors, pointing you in the direction of targeting specific Domain Controllers and/or objects.

Another repadmin.exe command of particular use it the command to stop and/or start inbound and/or outbound replication immediately for a specific Domain Controller. This is useful in scenarios where you want to make changes to a Domain Controller, but don’t want them replicated to other Domain Controllers. The commands are easy:

repadmin /options DCName +DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL
repadmin /options DCName -DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL
repadmin /options DCName +DISABLE_INBOUND_REPL
repadmin /options DCName -DISABLE_INBOUND_REPL

Of course, many Microsoft schema updates and preparations have checks for disabled inbound and/or outbound replication. Thus, you can’t always use the above commands in these scenarios.

And this gem: Checking whether an Active Directory infrastructure successfully prepared the domain and forest for Windows Server 2003. And checking whether the changes have been replicated to all Domain Controllers:

 repadmin /showobjmeta * "CN=Windows2003Update,
 CN=ForestUpdates,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=tld"

 repadmin /showobjmeta * "CN=Windows2003Update,
 CN=DomainUpdates,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=tld"

Any Domain Controller, not returning it has the object, has not yet replicated the Active Directory preparation. Until you’ve replicated the object to all Domain Controllers, it would be ill-advised to continue and promote the first Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller.

If you’d like to learn more about Active Directory, I’d recommend that you get hold of these Active Directory Training Videos. If you truly want to Learn Active Directory you won’t find better training than this.

Well, the answer is simple. If you’re using the GUI, you can’t do it as the “Export Management Pack” option will be unavailable. But you can do it from the Command Shell though. Try this:

This will require you to have a folder called “C:\Backups” to store the exported management packs so make sure you create the folder first.

$mps = get-managementpack | where {$_.sealed –eq $true}
foreach($mp in $mps)
{export-managementpack -managementpack $mp -path "C:\backups"}

If you want to export “All” management packs and not just the sealed ones, then you can run this modified and shorter version.

$mps = get-managementpack
foreach($mp in $mps)
{export-managementpack -managementpack $mp -path "C:\backups"}

Give that a shot.

When you attempt to start the Health Service, you may receive error messages similar to the followings:

Could not start the OpsMgr Health Service service on local computer
error 0×80004005: Unspecified error

To resolve this issue, apply System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1.