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01 Jul Posted by tim in SCOM | Comments

Finding Known SCOM Agents using PowerShell

Finding Known SCOM Agents using PowerShell

Yesterday I showed you how to find those pesky agents in an "Unknown" state. Today, since a couple of people have asked, I'll show you how to find the known ones. We're basically talking the same script as yesterday. See if you can spot the difference.

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30 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | Comments

Finding Unknown SCOM Agents using PowerShell

Finding Unknown SCOM Agents using PowerShell

Don't you hate looking for Agents that are in the "Unknown State"? Those are the guys that have the Grey Icon. Well here's how you can locate those unknown agents using the PowerShell.

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29 Jun Posted by tim in Active Directory | Comments

Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication on Windows 2008 DC’s

Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication on Windows 2008 DC’s

In Windows 2008, we use repadmin.exe to troubleshoot Active Directory replication. Repadmin allows you to dig deep into replication, down to the level of the replication metadata and the up-to-dateness vector. You can specify Password Replication Policies (PRPs) with Read-only Domain Controllers and enable/disable replication for a given Domain Controller and manually configure a replication topology.

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26 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | 3 comments

Exporting Sealed Management Packs

Exporting Sealed Management Packs

How can you export a Sealed Management Pack? Well, here's how you can.

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25 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | Comments

error 0×80004005 Health Service won’t Start

error 0×80004005 Health Service won’t Start

Could not start the OpsMgr Health Service service on local computer error 0x80004005: Unspecified error

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22 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | 1 comment

Errors installing SCOM 2007?

Errors installing SCOM 2007?

Errors installing SCOM 2007? Did you add the "Agent Action Account" to the Local Administrators Group on the RMS Server and the Operations Database Server?

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22 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | 3 comments

SCOM CPU Percentage Utilization Monitors don’t work on Windows 2003 server

SCOM CPU Percentage Utilization Monitors don’t work on Windows 2003 server

The CPU Percentage Utilization Monitors don't work on Windows 2003 server

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21 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | Comments

SCOM 2007 Cluster Management Pack may cause high CPU usage

SCOM 2007 Cluster Management Pack may cause high CPU usage

SCOM 2007 Cluster Management Pack may cause high CPU usage

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20 Jun Posted by tim in SCOM | 1 comment

Gateway server is not working properly after installation

Gateway server is not working properly after installation

The server status is always displayed as “not monitored” in SCOM administrator console -> Administration -> manage servers. Here’s the problem: The gateway server is detected as an “Agent” instead of a server with an incorrect gateway server installation method. If we install the gateway server before we register the gateway server in SCOM database,...

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01 Jun Posted by tim in Networking, Networking | Comments

Port Numbers and Names

Port Numbers and Names

Port Numbers and Names

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