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Troubleshooting the SCOM Management Server
A short intro on this blog series This is Part 3 of my troubleshooting series for System Center Operations Manager. After covering Windows and Linux/UNIX agents, this article focuses on the most critical server-side role in any management group: the SCOM management…
SCOM 2019 → 2022 In-Place Upgrade fails with SQL 10345 (“assembly hash is already trusted”) – root cause & fix
Table of Contents Introduction Environment & context Symptom (Setup fails, rollback) Setup log excerpts Why this happens (CLR strict security + Trusted Assemblies) Repro (high level) The fix (idempotent trust logic) Step-by-step: verify & remediate Optional:…
Recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for the 9th Year in a Row
I’m happy to share that Microsoft has once again honored me with the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the category of Cloud and Datacenter Management. This marks the ninth consecutive year I’ve received this recognition—an achievement that’s meaningful…
Your Voice Matters: How SCOM Users Can Shape the Future of the Product
Why This Post? Normally, I focus my writing on deep technical content, practical how-tos, or field experiences with Microsoft infrastructure technologies. But this time, I want to step briefly out of that usual lane. I felt compelled to write this article—not to share…
Comprehensive Troubleshooting Guide for SCOM Linux/UNIX Agents
Table of Contents Introduction Common Troubleshooting Issues Certificate Errors Agent Discovery Failures Agent Communication Problems Heartbeat Failure Troubleshooting Validating Agent & Management Server Communication Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques Verbose…
Mastering Microsoft System Center 2022: A Comprehensive Review of Dujon Walsham’s Latest Book
Introduction For IT professionals aiming to master Microsoft System Center 2022, Dujon Walsham’s latest book is a key resource. As a renowned technical specialist and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Dujon brings huge of expertise to the table. His…
POHN IT-Consulting GmbH: Proud Sponsor of Experts Live India
We are excited to announce our active participation in Experts Live India 2025, an extraordinary community-driven conference that brings together IT professionals, developers, and industry leaders to exchange ideas, share knowledge, and encourage innovation in the…
Join Stoyan Chalakov from POHN IT-Consulting GmbH at Experts Live India 2025: Empowering Tech Professionals Worldwide
We are pleased to announce our participation in Experts Live India 2025, a remarkable community-driven conference uniting IT professionals, developers, and industry leaders to share ideas, exchange knowledge, and foster innovation within the Microsoft technology…
Disabling All Rules and Monitors in a System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Pack with PowerShell
In this post, I’ll walk you through a PowerShell script I created to quickly disable all rules and monitors from a source SCOM Management Pack, saving the overrides in a separate target Management Pack. I developed this script to address an issue I encountered…
Active Directory
“Basic Active Directory User Monitoring with PowerShell” @Experts Live India 2024
“Basic Active Directory User Monitoring with PowerShell” @Experts Live India 2024 by Stoyan Chalakov, Microsoft MVP, Senior Principal Consultant and Partner at POHN IT-Consulting GmbH In the dynamic landscape of Enterprise IT, Stoyan Chalakov, Partner at POHN…
Monitoring Active Directory User Account Expiration using SCOM and PowerShell (Step by Step Guide)
The Task A couple of weeks ago a customer of mine asked if there is a way to monitor expiring Active Directory User account passwords, using System Center Operations Manager. Since I have not done this with SCOM so far, I did some research to see what is out there. As…
Stoyan Chalakov speaking at the SCOMathon 2021 – the virtual SCOM conference for Microsoft MVPs, SCOM experts, and SCOM customers
On 08 and 09 June 2021, one of the largest SCOM-related events will take place. It is called “SCOMathon.” This year, SCOMathon will be a virtual conference spanning not one, but two days, across multiple time zones – from Australia to the West Coast of the United…
WinRM, Powershell-Remoting, Server Manager und HTTPS
Im heutigen Blogbeitrag möchte ich über tückische Zusammenhänge der im Titel genannten Features berichten: Man beauftragte mich in einer Umgebung bestehend aus Windows Servern der Generationen W2K8 bis W2K12 Powershell-Remoting einzuführen. Eine Vorgabe besagte, das…
Der falsche Anmeldeserver und Netlogon 5719
Ausgangssituation Active Directory Umgebung mit einem zentralen (Hub) Standort und mehreren Aussenstandorten (Spoke). Domänenfunktionsebene: Windows Server 2008 R2 Domänencontroller: Windows Server 2012 Clients: Windows 7 x86 SP1 Problembeschreibung Der…
Azure
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: General Availability and Extended Capabilities
If, like me, you are using Microsoft-based tools for your monitoring. It’s highly likely that you are already familiar with some aspects of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. This project’s main objective was to take a big step toward improving…
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: General Availability and Extended Capabilities
If, like me, you are using Microsoft-based tools for your monitoring. It’s highly likely that you are already familiar with some aspects of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. This project’s main objective was to take a big step toward improving…
Events & Workshops
POHN IT-Consulting GmbH: Proud Sponsor of Experts Live India
We are excited to announce our active participation in Experts Live India 2025, an extraordinary community-driven conference that brings together IT professionals, developers, and industry leaders to exchange ideas, share knowledge, and encourage innovation in the…
Join Stoyan Chalakov from POHN IT-Consulting GmbH at Experts Live India 2025: Empowering Tech Professionals Worldwide
We are pleased to announce our participation in Experts Live India 2025, a remarkable community-driven conference uniting IT professionals, developers, and industry leaders to share ideas, exchange knowledge, and foster innovation within the Microsoft technology…
We’re Excited to Announce: Stoyan Chalakov at MP University 2024!
We are excited to share that our experienced and highly skilled Senior Principal Consultant and Microsoft MVP, Stoyan Chalakov, will be speaking at MP University 2024! Stoyan is a veteran participant and a leading expert in his field, known for his deep knowledge and…
“Basic Active Directory User Monitoring with PowerShell” @Experts Live India 2024
“Basic Active Directory User Monitoring with PowerShell” @Experts Live India 2024 by Stoyan Chalakov, Microsoft MVP, Senior Principal Consultant and Partner at POHN IT-Consulting GmbH In the dynamic landscape of Enterprise IT, Stoyan Chalakov, Partner at POHN…
SCOMathon 2023, Keynote Speaker Stoyan Chalakov
Wir sind stolz darauf, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass unser erfahrener und hochkompetenter Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov erneut als Keynote-Speaker beim SCOMathon 2023 dabei sein wird. Stoyan ist ein langjähriger Teilnehmer und gehört…
HackaSCOM 2022, Stoyan Chalakov in the jury
HackaSCOM returns this year again for the ultimate Management Pack authoring showdown. HackaSCOM 2022 combines a conventional hackathon with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to bring together some of the greatest SCOM experts in a super existing 24-hour…
SCOMathon 2022, registrieren Sie sich jetzt für den 10. Mai
Unser Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov wird der APAC-Keynote-Sprecher beim SCOMathon 2022 sein und das Thema „The place of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in today’s monitoring world“ behandeln. Welchen Platz hat…
Skyrocket your SCOM Performance – Part 2
We have another exciting announce to make: next week, on 30th of September Stoyan and Bob, both renowned for their SCOM expertise, will discuss System Center Operations Manager architecture related optimizations and general best practices, when designing a SCOM…
Deep dive into a SCOM Administrator’s Toolbox, starring Stoyan and Bruce from Cookdown
Our Senior Principal Consultant and 5 time MVP Stoyan Chalakov and Bruce Cullen from Cookdown will do a deep dive into a #SCOM Administrator’s toolbox. They will review some of the free tools that are widely used and are helping customers be successful with…
News
Your Voice Matters: How SCOM Users Can Shape the Future of the Product
Why This Post? Normally, I focus my writing on deep technical content, practical how-tos, or field experiences with Microsoft infrastructure technologies. But this time, I want to step briefly out of that usual lane. I felt compelled to write this article—not to share…
We’re Excited to Announce: Stoyan Chalakov at MP University 2024!
We are excited to share that our experienced and highly skilled Senior Principal Consultant and Microsoft MVP, Stoyan Chalakov, will be speaking at MP University 2024! Stoyan is a veteran participant and a leading expert in his field, known for his deep knowledge and…
SCOMathon 2023, Keynote Speaker Stoyan Chalakov
Wir sind stolz darauf, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass unser erfahrener und hochkompetenter Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov erneut als Keynote-Speaker beim SCOMathon 2023 dabei sein wird. Stoyan ist ein langjähriger Teilnehmer und gehört…
HackaSCOM 2022, Stoyan Chalakov in the jury
HackaSCOM returns this year again for the ultimate Management Pack authoring showdown. HackaSCOM 2022 combines a conventional hackathon with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to bring together some of the greatest SCOM experts in a super existing 24-hour…
SCOMathon 2022, registrieren Sie sich jetzt für den 10. Mai
Unser Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov wird der APAC-Keynote-Sprecher beim SCOMathon 2022 sein und das Thema „The place of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in today’s monitoring world“ behandeln. Welchen Platz hat…
Skyrocket your SCOM Performance – Part 2
We have another exciting announce to make: next week, on 30th of September Stoyan and Bob, both renowned for their SCOM expertise, will discuss System Center Operations Manager architecture related optimizations and general best practices, when designing a SCOM…
Deep dive into a SCOM Administrator’s Toolbox, starring Stoyan and Bruce from Cookdown
Our Senior Principal Consultant and 5 time MVP Stoyan Chalakov and Bruce Cullen from Cookdown will do a deep dive into a #SCOM Administrator’s toolbox. They will review some of the free tools that are widely used and are helping customers be successful with…
Stoyan Chalakov speaking at the SCOMathon 2021 – the virtual SCOM conference for Microsoft MVPs, SCOM experts, and SCOM customers
On 08 and 09 June 2021, one of the largest SCOM-related events will take place. It is called “SCOMathon.” This year, SCOMathon will be a virtual conference spanning not one, but two days, across multiple time zones – from Australia to the West Coast of the United…
Stoyan Chalakov speaking at the SCOMathon – the virtual SCOM conference for Microsoft MVPs, SCOM experts, and SCOM customers
On the 16th of June one of the biggest SCOM related events ever, spanning 16 hours, will take place. It is called „SCOMathon“. SCOMathon is a virtual SCOM community conference, organised by SquaredUp, Cookdown and NiCE to enhance networking,…
Power Shell
Disabling All Rules and Monitors in a System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Pack with PowerShell
In this post, I’ll walk you through a PowerShell script I created to quickly disable all rules and monitors from a source SCOM Management Pack, saving the overrides in a separate target Management Pack. I developed this script to address an issue I encountered…
HackaSCOM 2022, Stoyan Chalakov in the jury
HackaSCOM returns this year again for the ultimate Management Pack authoring showdown. HackaSCOM 2022 combines a conventional hackathon with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to bring together some of the greatest SCOM experts in a super existing 24-hour…
Monitoring Active Directory User Account Expiration using SCOM and PowerShell (Step by Step Guide)
The Task A couple of weeks ago a customer of mine asked if there is a way to monitor expiring Active Directory User account passwords, using System Center Operations Manager. Since I have not done this with SCOM so far, I did some research to see what is out there. As…
Deploy Windows 10 Feature on demand with SCCM task sequence
This article is written with the idea to help you overcome any issues related to the Windows 10 Language Features On Demand deployment. There are many articles by Microsoft, which are describing the commands to run, in order to be able to install the Handwriting, OCR…
System Center Operations Manager, „Out of memory“ and the failing MSSQL workflows
Today’s post will be pretty short, however hopefully very informative and helpful. Actually, the content of it is not mine, but I am sharing it, because I would like this information to reach as many people as possible. If you have been working with the SQL…
Error deleting a SCOM Management Pack
A couples of days ago I had to remove a Management Pack. I went to the SCOM Console, removed all the dependencies and then tried to delete the Management Pack. A „Please wait“ message popped up on my screen and remained there for about 30 minutes. Then I…
Automating SQL operations with Invoke-Sqlcmd – challenges and solutions
I’ve been working on some automation tasks with SMA 2016 lately, which involved quite heavy data transactions to a SQL database in the backend. Doing this, I have faced some really interesting challenges that I would like to share now with you and of course their…
Using Optional Parameters in Service Management Automation (SMA) runbooks
In this post, I would like to share an interesting observation I have made when working with optional parameters in SMA runbooks. The requirement is pretty basic – pass an optional [datetime] parameter to an SMA runbook and trigger an action, depending on the…
No more Supersedence in a App-V package/ SCCM 2012 constellation
Often we distribute App-V Packages in a SCCM 2012 environment, without having an App-V Server. You should be aware though that there are some limitations in regards to this approach. For example, the update path of the applications is not taken into consideration,…
SCCM
Deploy Windows 10 Feature on demand with SCCM task sequence
This article is written with the idea to help you overcome any issues related to the Windows 10 Language Features On Demand deployment. There are many articles by Microsoft, which are describing the commands to run, in order to be able to install the Handwriting, OCR…
No more Supersedence in a App-V package/ SCCM 2012 constellation
Often we distribute App-V Packages in a SCCM 2012 environment, without having an App-V Server. You should be aware though that there are some limitations in regards to this approach. For example, the update path of the applications is not taken into consideration,…
SCCM Software Update Funktionalität im Vergleich zu Standolane WSUS
Mittels der SCCM Software Update Funktion ist es möglich Clients zentral mit Microsoft Updates aber auch Third Party Updates zu versorgen. Für Third Party Updates benötigt man zusätzlich den System Center Update Publisher damit man diese mit SCCM verteilen kann. Viele…
Erstellen einer SCCM Baseline mit Microsoft Security Compliance Manager und Configuration Packs
In diesem Beitrag erkläre ich wie man mit Hilfe der Komponenten Security Compliance Manager, System Center Configuration Packs und System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 (SCCM) Baselines erstellt und damit Microsoft Best Practices Richtlinien überprüfen kann….
„Windows Source Management “ mit SCCM 2012 R2 im Native Mode funktioniert nicht mehr
Seit den frühen Versionen von SMS kennen wir die Funktion „Windows Source Management“, welche zuverlässig die Source List in der Registry mit den aktuellen Distribution Point Pfaden befüllt. So ist immer ein zuverlässiges User-Repair von MSI-Installationen…
Mitgliedschaften eines Devices in SCCM Collections mittels WMI und PowerShell eruieren
Die seit SCCM 2012 integrierten PowerShell Module erlauben die Abfrage von vielen Parametern auf eine sehr einfache Weise. Es existieren jedoch verschiedenste Gründe einige Abfragen mittels WMI durchzuführen. Gründe hierfür können beispielsweise sein: Das System, von…
SCOM
Troubleshooting the SCOM Management Server
A short intro on this blog series This is Part 3 of my troubleshooting series for System Center Operations Manager. After covering Windows and Linux/UNIX agents, this article focuses on the most critical server-side role in any management group: the SCOM management…
SCOM 2019 → 2022 In-Place Upgrade fails with SQL 10345 (“assembly hash is already trusted”) – root cause & fix
Table of Contents Introduction Environment & context Symptom (Setup fails, rollback) Setup log excerpts Why this happens (CLR strict security + Trusted Assemblies) Repro (high level) The fix (idempotent trust logic) Step-by-step: verify & remediate Optional:…
Your Voice Matters: How SCOM Users Can Shape the Future of the Product
Why This Post? Normally, I focus my writing on deep technical content, practical how-tos, or field experiences with Microsoft infrastructure technologies. But this time, I want to step briefly out of that usual lane. I felt compelled to write this article—not to share…
Comprehensive Troubleshooting Guide for SCOM Linux/UNIX Agents
Table of Contents Introduction Common Troubleshooting Issues Certificate Errors Agent Discovery Failures Agent Communication Problems Heartbeat Failure Troubleshooting Validating Agent & Management Server Communication Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques Verbose…
Disabling All Rules and Monitors in a System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Pack with PowerShell
In this post, I’ll walk you through a PowerShell script I created to quickly disable all rules and monitors from a source SCOM Management Pack, saving the overrides in a separate target Management Pack. I developed this script to address an issue I encountered…
Error while installing SCOM 2022 Reporting (SSRS 2022)
This blog post will be a short one and will be focused on a particular problem I faced while installing the SCOM reporting services for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2022. Backstory: I have already successfully installed System Center Operations Manager 2022…
Troubleshooting System Center Operations Manager, Part 1: Troubleshooting the Windows SCOM Agent
A short intro on this blog series Over the past few months, I’ve been quite occupied, but I’ve come to realize something essential—I haven’t written an article in well over a year. The primary reason behind this break was my pursuit of inspiration to…
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Group Performance Optimizations
In this article Introduction The Challenge List of recommendations Conclusion References See also Introduction The performance of a System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) management group is often a discussion topic for many organizations. In most cases users feel…
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: General Availability and Extended Capabilities
If, like me, you are using Microsoft-based tools for your monitoring. It’s highly likely that you are already familiar with some aspects of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. This project’s main objective was to take a big step toward improving…
SCORCH
Automatisierung mit System Center Service Manager und Orchestrator – Onboarding neuer Benutzer
Heute präsentiere ich Ihnen eine massgeschneiderte Lösung, die ich bei einem unserer wichtigsten Kunden implementiert habe. Diese basiert auf der Integration der beiden System Center Komponenten – Service Manager und Orchestrator. System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager…
System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator – Ein einfacher “Use Case” mit Acronis Active Echo
System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator ist ein mächtiges Werkzeug, welches beim Automatisieren von IT-Abläufen und Standardisieren von bewährten Methoden zur Verbesserung der betrieblichen Effizienz sehr hilfreich ist. Im Besonderen, wenn Systeme von unterschiedlichen…
SCSM
SCSM Authoring – Erweiterung der Klasse „Incident“ mit einer kundenspezifischen Property
Bei der Implementierung ITIL-konformer Prozesse bei kleineren und mittleren Unternehmen spielen sowohl die Komplexität der ITIL-Prozesse, als auch die Grösse des IT-Betriebs eine substanzielle Rolle. Die Unterstützungsbreite und die im Tool enthaltene „Best…
Automatisierung mit System Center Service Manager und Orchestrator – Onboarding neuer Benutzer
Heute präsentiere ich Ihnen eine massgeschneiderte Lösung, die ich bei einem unserer wichtigsten Kunden implementiert habe. Diese basiert auf der Integration der beiden System Center Komponenten – Service Manager und Orchestrator. System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager…
Achtung bei Installation vom SCOM 2012 Agenten auf SCSM 2012 SP1
Die Version 2012 SP1 des System Center Service Managers beinhaltet einige neue Features. Eines davon ist ein integrierter SCOM Agent (Version 2012 SP1), welcher während der SCSM Installation automatisch auf dem Server mitinstalliert wird. Dies ist aber nicht unbedingt…
Security
WinRM, Powershell-Remoting, Server Manager und HTTPS
Im heutigen Blogbeitrag möchte ich über tückische Zusammenhänge der im Titel genannten Features berichten: Man beauftragte mich in einer Umgebung bestehend aus Windows Servern der Generationen W2K8 bis W2K12 Powershell-Remoting einzuführen. Eine Vorgabe besagte, das…
SMA
Automating SQL operations with Invoke-Sqlcmd – challenges and solutions
I’ve been working on some automation tasks with SMA 2016 lately, which involved quite heavy data transactions to a SQL database in the backend. Doing this, I have faced some really interesting challenges that I would like to share now with you and of course their…
Using Optional Parameters in Service Management Automation (SMA) runbooks
In this post, I would like to share an interesting observation I have made when working with optional parameters in SMA runbooks. The requirement is pretty basic – pass an optional [datetime] parameter to an SMA runbook and trigger an action, depending on the…
The mysterious case of the queued Service Management Automation (SMA) runbook jobs (a bit more on Sandbox process separation)
It is weekend again and I have decided to take some time and share some interesting findings in regards to Service Management Automation (SMA) 2012 R2 – an issue I’ve experienced and its possible workarounds. The Problem Random SMA runbook jobs were…
Use Case – Service Management Automation – Vor Kennwortablauf warnen
Für Automatisierungen bietet Microsoft im On-Premise Bereich grundsätzlich zwei verschiedene Werkzeuge an. Zum einen ist dies der System Center Orchestrator und zum anderen Service Management Automation (SMA). Die beiden Werkzeuge verfolgen unterschiedliche…
SQL
Fly Your SCOM Management Group to the sky – SCOM Performance Optimizations
Introduction In the past year I got many requests from customers to optimize their existing SCOM Management Groups, because they felt that the performance was either not optimal since the initial installation or has degraded over time. Some of the most common pain…
System Center Operations Manager, „Out of memory“ and the failing MSSQL workflows
Today’s post will be pretty short, however hopefully very informative and helpful. Actually, the content of it is not mine, but I am sharing it, because I would like this information to reach as many people as possible. If you have been working with the SQL…
Error deleting a SCOM Management Pack
A couples of days ago I had to remove a Management Pack. I went to the SCOM Console, removed all the dependencies and then tried to delete the Management Pack. A „Please wait“ message popped up on my screen and remained there for about 30 minutes. Then I…
Automating SQL operations with Invoke-Sqlcmd – challenges and solutions
I’ve been working on some automation tasks with SMA 2016 lately, which involved quite heavy data transactions to a SQL database in the backend. Doing this, I have faced some really interesting challenges that I would like to share now with you and of course their…
System Center
Comprehensive Troubleshooting Guide for SCOM Linux/UNIX Agents
Table of Contents Introduction Common Troubleshooting Issues Certificate Errors Agent Discovery Failures Agent Communication Problems Heartbeat Failure Troubleshooting Validating Agent & Management Server Communication Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques Verbose…
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: General Availability and Extended Capabilities
If, like me, you are using Microsoft-based tools for your monitoring. It’s highly likely that you are already familiar with some aspects of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. This project’s main objective was to take a big step toward improving…
SCOMathon 2023, Keynote Speaker Stoyan Chalakov
Wir sind stolz darauf, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass unser erfahrener und hochkompetenter Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov erneut als Keynote-Speaker beim SCOMathon 2023 dabei sein wird. Stoyan ist ein langjähriger Teilnehmer und gehört…
HackaSCOM 2022, Stoyan Chalakov in the jury
HackaSCOM returns this year again for the ultimate Management Pack authoring showdown. HackaSCOM 2022 combines a conventional hackathon with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to bring together some of the greatest SCOM experts in a super existing 24-hour…
Skyrocket your SCOM Performance – Part 2
We have another exciting announce to make: next week, on 30th of September Stoyan and Bob, both renowned for their SCOM expertise, will discuss System Center Operations Manager architecture related optimizations and general best practices, when designing a SCOM…
Deep dive into a SCOM Administrator’s Toolbox, starring Stoyan and Bruce from Cookdown
Our Senior Principal Consultant and 5 time MVP Stoyan Chalakov and Bruce Cullen from Cookdown will do a deep dive into a #SCOM Administrator’s toolbox. They will review some of the free tools that are widely used and are helping customers be successful with…
SCOM Active Directory Tuning Pack for Easy Tune
If you are working with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) nowadays, then you have definitely heard of SquaredUP (the application dashboard company) and the solutions they offer for SCOM. There is one additional name you need to get familiar with – Cookdown….
Fly Your SCOM Management Group to the sky – SCOM Performance Optimizations
Introduction In the past year I got many requests from customers to optimize their existing SCOM Management Groups, because they felt that the performance was either not optimal since the initial installation or has degraded over time. Some of the most common pain…
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM): Monitoring HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers
Some months ago, I started writing articles on topics, which are repeatedly discussed in the Microsoft Technet Forums and where the answer (or approach) isn’t exactly clear. This particular blog post won’t be any different and the sole goal is to help as much people…
Virtualisierung / Cloud
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: General Availability and Extended Capabilities
If, like me, you are using Microsoft-based tools for your monitoring. It’s highly likely that you are already familiar with some aspects of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. This project’s main objective was to take a big step toward improving…
Fly Your SCOM Management Group to the sky – SCOM Performance Optimizations
Introduction In the past year I got many requests from customers to optimize their existing SCOM Management Groups, because they felt that the performance was either not optimal since the initial installation or has degraded over time. Some of the most common pain…
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM): Monitoring HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers
Some months ago, I started writing articles on topics, which are repeatedly discussed in the Microsoft Technet Forums and where the answer (or approach) isn’t exactly clear. This particular blog post won’t be any different and the sole goal is to help as much people…
Bridging Hardware between Teradici Zero Clients and VMware Horizon View
This article describes solution for an issue, which my current customer experienced with his VMware Horizon View linked clones and the Teradici Zero Clients and Management. In this case, the users were unable to use their keyboard Caps / Num / Scroll lock buttons…
Installing Adobe products with VMWare App Volumes
After some research, I didn’t found any solution on the internet, related to how the Adobe Acrobat Pro/Standard can be activated for the Enterprise with Horizon View / VDI and App Volumes Appstacks. I have played with the command line of the Adobe toolkit and I…
Update Rollup 7 (UR7) für SCOM 2012 R2 – Die Produktversion in der Konsole ist da!
Wie kontrolliert man, ob das Update Rollup für SCOM ordnungsgemäss installiert wurde? Woran erkennt man die aktuelle Produktversion von SCOM 2012 R2? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, musste man bis UR6 (inkl.), je nachdem für welche Komponenten das Updaterollup…
OMS – Operations Management Suite
Anfangs 2012 hatte Microsoft mit dem „System Center Advisor“ ein „Software-as-a-service“ als Teil von Microsoft’s Software Assurance Programm lanciert. Ein Jahr später stellte Microsoft diesen Service kostenlos zur Verfügung. Der Advisor lief als „standalone service“…