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Validate your runbook design - part IICount number of instances
This script checks if notepad.exe is running more that 4 times. If it is running more than 4 times a event is generated. You can then collect those event and get an alert in operators console.
strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'notepad.exe'")
If colProcesses.Count < 4 Then
Const EVENT_WARNING = 2
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.LogEvent EVENT_WARNING, _
"There are less then 4 instances of notepad.exe running"
End If
ISA MP
There is a new version of “Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, 2004, and 2006 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005”
Don´t forget to backup your old version before you import this version.
Book of the day
Now you can order “Start to Finish Guide to Microsoft Operations Manager 2005”
In the Start to Finish Guide to Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, Microsoft Product Technology Specialist John Roller clearly explains the installation, configuration, and administration of MOM 2005. He describes the MOM user interfaces, including the Administrator, Operator, Reporting, and Web Consoles. Administration topics include e-mail notifications, Management Pack configuration, creating rules, and using maintenance mode. Advanced topics include MOM security, creating and customizing Management Packs, and extending MOM to UNIX/LINUX and network devices using eXc software.
Author: John Roller
Publishing house: Mann Publishing Group
ISBN: 1932577246
MOM article in TechNet Magazine
In the last number (2006/09)Â of TechNet Magazine there is a couple of interesting articles about MOM
Multiple changes of rules
Mass MOM rule editor x1.0 is a tool that you can use for change/update many rules at once. You can change the following values
- Enable/Disable
- Name
- Company Knowledge
- Vendor Knowledge
This will be great help if you for example want to change “Company Knowledge” in many rules at the same time.
You will find the tool here here
Tool for documentation of MOM 2005
Sydi-mom.vbs is a vbscript that you can use to create a simple document that describes your MOM environment. The script needs word. You can run it from a XP workstation against your MOM server.
Microsoft Availability Reporting Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
There is new version of “Microsoft Availability Reporting Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005” again.
Always test in a lab first
File Name: Microsoft Availability Reporting MOM 2005 MP.msi
Version: 05.0.5000.0000
Date Published: 8/31/2006
Language: English
Download Size: 1.1 MB
Microsoft Availability Reporting Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
MOM 2005 in a movie
In the movie “Firewall” with Harrison Ford there is a very short but important screen with MOM 2005. Harrison is playing a security expert working at a bank. The bad guys wants him to help them hack the bank. The bad guys runs a script that shutdowns the hole network and Harrison is seeing this in MOM Operators Console.
More information about the movie
http://www.harrisonfordweb.com/firewall/
Book of the day
Soon there will be a new book about MOM 2005 🙂
Start to Finish Guide to Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (Start to Finish Guide) (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932577246/qid=buzzmanagement/102-5439996-0880944?n=283155
More information about the book here
New KB articles
How to check for an event storm by using MOM 2005 Reporting
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=923103
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1 agents do not appear in the MOM Operator console and cannot communicate with the MOM Management Server
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=921288
How to determine which version of Microsoft Operations Manager you are running
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=923105
How to turn on TraceLevel logging in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=923104
Lenny Wile has written a couple of good posts about MOM logging
http://blogs.msdn.com/glenw/
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