Hi All,

I know this is a old question. But thought to add some points for some one who faces this issue

David’s Answer makes sense here. By default Agents reporting to a MS get the config mentioning the list of MS in order it has to fail over event though it is not configured as that is by design the config will include all the MS it has for a…[Read more]

Hi Stoyan

Thank you for your reply, and for confirming my belief.

Sure it’s great to have the alerts form the connected management Groups (without it the feature would be useless).

I’ thing I’ll get around the missing connected instance state issue by having another console connected directly to ‘the connected group’ with dashboard of state…[Read more]

Hi Michael,

Yes, you are right, the amount of data is limited to alerts, discoveries and some otehr data types, but state information isn’t available. Direct management of a connected groups is also not posible.
I think it would be pretty hard to iplement management features for connected management groups, considering the fact how complex the…[Read more]

Thank you so much guys for your help.  This helped me scarp the path I was intending to take.

Michiel Wouters,  Thank you for the insight. You are spot on for the Boolian type return and time.

Scott Moss Ping MP was another option I am gonna try, thanks for the advice .

If you are getting the alert from the FEP 2010 MP, then there is an auto recovery task that runs after the alert is fired off, to force a definition update.

If you look at the properties of the alert, look at the Alert Context, and you should be able to see that the recovery task was run. or it is under history. I don’t have an example in front…[Read more]

the kind of blunt approach will work out easiest, I would add clearing the agent cache folder to that as well.

Nice Script Tony, and a great on point answer.

Use parameter 3 like Ron suggested from the drop down list, when creating the filter. Also use equals as the operator, and give that a try.

I would suggest checking out this blog on how to create a group that will ignore  “default application pools” and a group for “default web applications”.

http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2010/11/18/tuning-the-iis-management-packs-to-ignore-default-items/

This should help you start the journey. If you have more specific questions…[Read more]

Try using the PING mp, it will be much better in the long run.

First off decide on a naming convention, example, EXCH-PROD. this will drive the other names, such as your computer group name, EXCH-PROD Computer Group, and your subscription name EXCH-PROD subscription, and EXCH-PROD Subscribers, add the user Role Name: EXCH-PROD User Roles. Once you have more than 5 groups this will save your sanity. Try and…[Read more]

First off decide on a naming convention, example, EXCH-PROD. this will drive the other names, such as your computer group name, EXCH-PROD Computer Group, and your subscription name EXCH-PROD subscription, and EXCH-PROD Subscribers, add the user Role Name: EXCH-PROD User Roles. Once you have more than 5 groups this will save your sanity. Try and…[Read more]

SCOM can do it, but it’s not design as a batch or scheduling system. You can also use SCCM or Orchestrator for this. There are products on the market that are specifically designed for scheduling.

In fact, you don’t even need an application for central execution as the native Task Scheduler in Windows also does the job.

So as Bjorn-Erik says, it…[Read more]

The elementary thing your missing here, is that you should not use these type of workloads on workflows like this.

A 2-state-monitor is designed to indicate an operational status of one managed entity. In this case you would target this monitor to a class which functions as a sort of polling/ping/watcher machine. Then still using a monitor is not…[Read more]