September 01 2010 6:20 PM

PowerShell Tip: Unseal Multiple OpsMgr Management Pack Files WITHOUT a Live Management Group

Here’s a handy PowerShell script I put together a couple of years ago with some SDK magic I learned from MOW. The following PowerShell script will unseal multiple sealed management pack files (.mp files) in a directory structure and output the unsealed x

August 30 2010 2:58 AM

PowerShell Tip: How to pass multiple values from a comma-separated file as inputs

I was recently working on some System Center-related PowerShell scripting and needed to pass multiple values from comma-separated list as inputs for a PowerShell script in which I needed to pass values into a couple of PowerShell functions. There is an e

August 25 2010 6:51 PM

That’s Hot: Recycling OpsMgr Monitoring Scripts for ConfigMgr DCM Baselines

I’ve always said “girls make the smartest IT people”….and so it goes again in today’s post. I was talking to my friend Lizzie the other day about an OpsMgr script I wrote, and she got a bit off topic…and had a great idea! With all the talk of green IT, l

August 24 2010 1:54 AM

OpsMgr: Exporting override details into a readable Overrides Report with PowerShell

We were recently have a discussion in the SCC forums about some missing documentation around a particular OpsMgr PowerShell cmdlet when the discussion came 'round to how to output overrides in a readable format with all the relevant info. The main item m

August 20 2010 5:17 AM

OpsMgr: Checking your management server load balancing with PowerShell

I've been doing some working with the OpsMgr Command Shell of late and wanted to share an old sample from my script archive (from three years ago!) that may be a useful snippet for enterprise customers especially. Whether you're working with AD Integrate

August 16 2010 1:33 AM

OpsMgr: Updating the Owner field of active alerts in OpsMgr 2007

This question came up in the forums recently. You could update this field with a custom PowerShell script run on a schedule. Samples of how to update alert fields in PowerShell can be found in many places, including http://poshcode.org/582 and http://www

August 11 2010 1:29 AM

DPM 2010 FAQ: Will my DPM 2007 PowerShell scripts run on DPM 2010?

This is a question that came up in our DPM support forum recently (see original thread). And generally speaking, the answer is “yes”. DPM 2010 builds on the DPM 2007, so most scripts should be compatible on the new platform. As always, you want to be sur

August 09 2010 4:58 PM

SCOM: Methods to retrieve installed patches for managed computers

A question came up in the forum for which I thought I'd present a couple of easy options: How can I retrieve a list of installed patches from a computer managed by Operations Manager 2007? The patch list is actually the PatchesEx property of Windows Inst

August 05 2010 1:37 AM

Loads of Tips Tricks and Shortcuts for OpsMgr 2007 R2 Operations and Web Consoles

Every now and again I get requests for OpsMgr Operations and Web Console tweaks to allow control of console refresh, amount of data presented. There are several resources on SCC and TechNet blogs with good information. There were a few tips available for

August 03 2010 6:30 PM

ReSearchThis! – Catastrophic Failure Error code: 8000FFFF when running MOMCertImport in OpsMgr 2007

Here’s an error message I first encountered in beta 2 of the original RTM that you may encounter when running MOMCertImport.exe Error: The certificate is valid, but importing it to certificate store failed. Error description: Catastrophic failure Error c