Finding OpsMgr Management Group Installation Date Using PowerShell
As part of what I’m working on at the moment, I need to find out when the OpsMgr 2012 management group was initially installed using PowerShell (the installation time of the first management server). To do so, I can either use the OpsMgr SDK or the OperationsManager PowerShell module. I’ve developed below scripts to run [...]
OpsMgr Alerts Push Notification to iOS (And Android, And Windows Phone) Devices
Last week, I’ve posted a solution for OpsMgr alerts push notification to Android devices, which was inspired by Stefan Stranger’s post for push notification for Windows Phone devices. Few iPhone lovers at work asked me, “what about iphones?” My response was, “Do I really care?? Why would I spend my time polishing a turd?” But [...]
Duplicate OpsMgr Alert Notifications Caused by Service Manager’s OpsMgr Alert Connector And Ways Around It.
Background Few days ago, I posted an article: OpsMgr Alerts Push Notification to Android Devices. In my lab, I have created a subscription to notify me all new critical alerts using this channel: In the first few days, I wasn’t paying too much attention when every time I get spammed by these push notifications on [...]
OpsMgr Alerts Push Notification to Android Devices
Update 07 April 2013: I’ve updated this script again to support iOS devices and removed the requirements for PowerShell version 3. The updated script can be found here here. Background Stefan Stranger has written a 2-part blog post on how to use Windows Phone push notification for OpsMgr alerts. Stefan’s posts can be found here: [...]
“Data Aggregation” field became empty in OpsMgr 2007 linked Performance Report
Today I needed to change some parameters in a linked performance report in one of the OpsMgr 2007 R2 management groups at work. When I opened the report property, the Data Aggregation field somehow became blank and greyed out: As the result, when I tried to run the report, I get this error: I found [...]
OpsMgr 2012 App Advisor Web Console Failed To Run Reports After DW Database Move
Previously I’ve blogged my experience in migrating from OpsMgr 2012 RTM to SP1 which involved moving all databases to a new database server running SQL 2012. Since then, I’ve noticed the instruction in moving Operational DB published in TechNet is actually missing a step, which I’ve blogged here. Over the last few days, since it [...]
System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed ebook
We’ve all been waited for so long for this book: You might have heard that this book is already available in ebook formats from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I’m sick of waiting for the paperback version that I bought last July from Amazon, it still hasn’t been shipped yet. So I went ahead and [...]
OpsMgr Self Maintenance Management Pack
Background I had this idea to automate some repetitive maintenance tasks that every SCOM administrator perform regularly via a management pack. So I started to write a OpsMgr self maintenance MP during my spare time around July last year, right after my baby girl Rosie was born. since then, I’ve got side-tracked many times, i.e. [...]