So, you installed Audit Collection Services (ACS) and the collector isn’t able to connect to the OperationsManagerAC database.  You get a bunch of errors in your Operations Manager and Application event logs on your ACS Collector: Event Type:    Error Event Source:    AdtServer Event Category:    None Event ID:    4618 Date:        3/13/2008 Time:        12:23:30 AM User:        N/A…

Download the management pack I recently had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with the DPM 2010 management pack team. I was elated with some of the new features and the approach they took in designing this management pack. This one is definitely the first of its kind, and there are some really…

This usually indicates a security issue with SLD or WSS configuration. The SLD site was working, but the Service Level Dashboard page element in SharePoint is generating an error. By examining the SLD logs, located under %ProgramFiles%\Service Level Dashboard 2.0\Logs\Dashboard.log, you might also see this login failure event. Message :System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for user ‘OPSMGRLAB\WSSContentPoolSvc’….

I had a question today about uninstalling an agent using the command line.  The options referenced here are great for installing, configuring and modifying an agent and all possible options.  Here are some additional notes that may come in handy, which supplements Rob’s excellent command line post. Beware of word wrap on these commands.  They…

Beware of word wrap. foreach ($rule in get-rule | where {$_.category -eq "EventCollection"} | foreach-object {$_.DataSourceCollection})     {     if ($rule.get_configuration().ToString() -match "event number")         {$rule.get_ParentElement().DisplayName}     } main menu

We posted a great document on OpsManJam a couple years ago entitled “Regular Expression Support in SCOM 2007”.  I believe this document was originally authored by our very own Dan Rogers.  I have referenced this document more times than I can recall over the past couple years, because I’m terrible at remembering finer details like…

Here’s an example of how you can run discovery and agent installation using the OpsMgr Command Shell. $query = New-LdapQueryDiscoveryCriteria -domain <your_domain> -ldapquery "(cn=<target_netbios_name>)" $discoverycfg = New-WindowsDiscoveryConfiguration -ldapquery $query $discoveryResults = Start-Discovery -managementServer (get-managementServer) -windowsDiscoveryConfiguration $discoverycfg Install-Agent -managementServer (get-ManagementServer) -agentManagedComputer $discoveryResults.CustomMonitoringObjects Note: This will configure the agent to report to the Management Server you are…