Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite 101: Useful System Center Operations Manager Links and Resources
As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer, I often recommend links and resources to my customers either prior, during or following engagements. Here are some of the links I frequently share and recommend to customers. I hope to add links to this on an ongoing basis.
INTRO AND OVERVIEW
| Microsoft Monitoring Product Comparison | https://aka.ms/monitoring |
| Operations Manager / Operations Management Suite 101 | https://aka.ms/101 |
| What's New In 2016 | What's new in 2016: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/what-is-new?view=sc-om-1711 |
| Operations Manager 101 | OPERATIONS MANAGER 101: https://aka.ms/101 |
| Official Microsoft Documentation (2016) | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/welcome |
| Official Microsoft Documentation (2012) | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh205987(v=sc.12).aspx |
| Official Microsoft Documentation (2007 R2) | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/om/default.aspx |
MANAGEMENT PACKS
| Management Pack Catalog | https://aka.ms/mpcatalog |
| Management Pack Best Practices (Operations Manager and Service Manager | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/antoni/2013/10/09/system-center-service-manager-operations-manager-management-pack-and-naming-convention-best-practices/ |
| MP VIEWER (ESSENTIAL Tool for any SCOM admin) | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dmuscett/2012/02/19/boriss-opsmgr-tools-updated/ |
| PROXY SETTINGS TOOL (enable in bulk) | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dmuscett/2012/02/19/boriss-opsmgr-tools-updated/ |
| SQL MP RUN AS ACCOUNTS NO LONGER REQUIRED | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/08/25/sql-mp-run-as-accounts-no-longer-required-2/ |
| Certificate Management Pack | https://www.systemcentercentral.com/pack-catalog/pki-certificate-verification-mp/ |
| Tao Yang's Self-Maintenance Management Pack | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2014/02/24/tao-yangs-self-maintenance-management-pack-for-opsmgr-2012/ |
DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT
| Quick-Start Deployment Guide | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/10/22/opsmgr-2016-quickstart-deployment-guide/ |
| System Requirements | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/plan-system-requirements?view=sc-om-1711 |
| Agent Discovery and push troubleshooting: and Deployment Troubleshooting | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2007/12/12/agent-discovery-and-push-troubleshooting-in-opsmgr-2007/ |
| Enable Proxy as Default: | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2017/04/10/enable-proxy-as-a-default-setting-in-scom-2016/ |
| Understanding Resource Pools | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/11/21/understanding-scom-resource-pools/ |
| Antivirus Exclusions | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/975931/recommendations-for-antivirus-exclusions-that-relate-to-operations-manager |
ONGOING MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
| DB maintenance | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2017/08/03/what-sql-maintenance-should-i-perform-on-my-scom-2016-databases/ |
| Which hotfixes should I apply? | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2009/01/27/which-hotfixes-should-i-apply/ |
| User Roles | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh872885(v=sc.12).aspx |
| Recommended Registry tweaks | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2017/03/08/recommended-registry-tweaks-for-scom-2016-management-servers/ |
| Change Agents to remotely manageable | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2010/02/20/how-to-get-your-agents-back-to-remotely-manageable-in-opsmgr-2007-r2/ |
| Enhanced Email Notifcation | https://blogs.msdn.com/b/tysonpaul/archive/2014/08/04/scom-enhanced-email-notification-script-version-2-1.aspx |
| Troubleshooting Grey Agent State | https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2288515 |
MANAGEMENT PACK AUTHORING
| Visual Studio Authoring Extensions (VSAE) | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/06/04/authoring-management-packs-the-fast-and-easy-way-using-visual-studio/ |
| MP Author | MP Author - https://www.silect.com/mp-author/ |
| PowerShell Management Pack | PowerShell Management Pack - https://squaredup.com/free-powershell-management-pack/ |
MANAGEMENT PACK TUNING
| Getting lots of script failed to run alerts: | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2009/06/29/getting-lots-of-script-failed-to-run-alerts-wmi-probe-failed-execution-backward-compatibility-script-error/ |
| Tuning Over Collection of Events (Event Collection Rules) | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2009/11/25/tuning-tip-turning-off-some-over-collection-of-events/ |
MAINTENANCE MODE
| Orchestrator runbook | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/scom_atlas/2014/04/22/schedule-scom-maintenance-mode-with-orchestrator/v |
| SCOM 2016 Maintenance Mode scheduler: | https://www.scom2k7.com/new-version-scom-2016-maintenance-mode-scheduler/v |
CROSS PLATFORM MONITORING
| Monitoring Unix / Linux with 2016 | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/11/11/monitoring-unixlinux-with-opsmgr-2016/ |
| SUPPORTED VERSIONS | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/plan-supported-crossplat-os?view=sc-om-1711 |
| SUDO ELEVATION | https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7375.scom-2016-and-2012-configuring-sudo-elevation-for-unix-and-linux-monitoring.aspx |
| Troubleshooting Discovery | https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4966.scom-2012-troubleshooting-unixlinux-agent-discovery.aspx |
| Restarting a Linux Services Daemon with Orchestrator | https://www.systemcentercentral.com/how-to-restart-a-linux-service-daemon-with-system-center-2012-orchestrator/ |
POWERSHELL
| Ops Mgr 2016 Cmdlets | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/operationsmanager/?view=systemcenter-ps-2016 |
| Ops Mgr 2012 Cmdlets | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh545244(v=sc.20).aspx |
| PowerShell Management Pack | https://squaredup.com/free-powershell-management-pack/ |
VIEWS AND DASHBOARDS
| News widgets and dashboards - check out word doc | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/momteam/2014/04/23/new-widgets-and-dashboard/ |
| intro to widgets | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/antoni/2013/05/13/operations-manager-2012-dashboard-widgets/ |
| Tool to create custom dashboards | https://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2012/06/12/free-windows-server-2008-dashboards-for-opsmgr-2012-and-tool-to-help-create-your-own-customized-dashboards.aspx |
THE Kevin Holman Collection
My good friend and colleague Kevin Holman has a LOT of useful blogs. These are my top 10 that I use (for reference or point folks to) extremely frequently:
FUN
| Find Animals in a log file! | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wei_out_there_with_system_center/2013/10/16/opsmgr-monitoring-file-content-with-a-powershell-based-monitor/ |
| Self-service light authoring with Service Manager and Orchestrator | https://contoso.se/blog/?p=3400 |
| Management Pack for Monitoring your coffee Pot | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/momteam/2009/10/26/management-pack-to-monitor-your-coffee-pot/ |
REPORTING / POWER BI
| Get Started with Power BI | https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/get-started |
| Download Power Bi Desktop | https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ |
| KPI Reports from SCOM | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2016/03/28/using-power-bi-to-create-kpi-reports-from-system-center-operations-manager/ |
HOT RIGHT NOW
| ur4 for 2016 Step-by-Step | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2017/10/28/ur4-for-scom-2016-step-by-step/ |