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Downloads: A Proper OpsMgr 2007 Overrides Report (PowerShell)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:20:44 GMT

This PowerShell script retrieves all the overrides from your unsealed management packs, including all the details of the override, including target, value and the source rule or monitor. Results are output to a single Excel spreadsheet.

Downloads: Reset Monitor State (in SCOM 2007)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:13:31 GMT

by OpsMgr MVP Scott Moss, This code will get a list of all alerts that are closed that were created by a monitor, that are older than 1 day, and reset the monitor that created the alert.

NOTE: Before running this script I would suggest getting a count of what your going to be resetting , so you've got an idea how long this script might take to run.

Downloads: Retrieve instances of a monitor in a critical state (in SCOM 2007)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:58:37 GMT

by PowerShell MVP Marc van Orsouw, this PowerShell script (intermingled with bits of C#) will efficiently retrieve a list / count of monitors in a critical state in Operations Manager 2007.

NOTE: This script requires PowerShell v2.0

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Downloads: New-OpsMgrRequest and Install-OpsMgrCertificate Script for OpsMgr 2007

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:17:46 GMT

By Vadims Podans, this PowerShell script manages certificates for OpsMgr managed agent (generate requests, installs responses and checks certificates for proper configuration)

Downloads: OpsMgr Reporting Pack from SystemCentered.com

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:49:56 GMT

This is an enhanced set of performance reports that dramatically improve on what's available out of the box with OpsMgr 2007 R2.

Downloads: Script:Folder Size with Performance Data for OpsMgr 2007

Sat, 22 May 2010 06:24:21 GMT

This is an unpdated version of the folder size monitoring script similar to the file size monitoring script offered in Part 2 of the 'System Center Central Scripting Series. This file monitors for folder existence and folder size and logs folder

Intended for use in a 2-state monitor, as explained in How to create a Script-based 2-State Monitor

For more scripts and scripting how-to's for OpsMgr, see http://www.systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/IndexID/19269/Default.aspx

Downloads: XML Parameter Block for Linked Alert Report

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:38:07 GMT

This is a sample XML parameter block for a linked alert report in Operations Manager 2007 R2. The file is commented and includes the Type Filter used to limit the object instances returned by the object picker in Operations Manager 2007 R2 reports.

This is intended to be reused by would-be OpsMgr 2007 and Essentials 2010 report authors to create linked reports in the OpsMgr 2007 R2 MP Authoring Console.

For an example of this parameter block in use, see

SQL Admin Extensions Sample MP for OpsMgr 2007 and Essentials 2010

Downloads: XML Parameter block for Linked Performance Report in OpsMgr 2007

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:34:04 GMT

This is a sample of the XML parameter block to create a linked performance report using the OpsMgr 2007 R2 Authoring Console. It has been commented to describe the elements within the smart parameter header and their function. It will be referenced in an report authoring tutorial on System Center Central. Rename the file with an .xml extension before you open.

Open and view with any XML editor, like the one that comes with Visual Studio 2008 Express, a free development environment from Microsoft

Downloads: Top CPU Processes to OpsMgr Event Log

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:00:49 GMT

Script finds top processes and logs the list in an Event 5000 in the Operations Manager Event Log. Designed to be used as a Diagnostic Task so you can pick up the event and generate an informational alert with list of top CPU processes

Written by user request. see original discussion HERE

PARAMETERS:
NETWORKNAME - Should always be the local machine (localhost)
SLEEPTIME - milliseconds between samples (I tested with 2000)
NumberOfSamples - How many sample (I tested with 5)

Downloads: Script to match string value (line) in text file

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:02:48 GMT

Checks to verify the text string specified is present in a text file. Script requires string match on full line in the file. Was originally wittento read an .ini file, but works with any plain text file.Designed to be used in OpsMgr 2007 or Essentials 2007/2010 in a two-state monitor.

For steps to implement a custom two-state monitor, see

How to create a Script-based 2-State Monitor

Downloads: #2 Automate your group creation with Powershell

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:32:42 GMT

One of our very good customers are managing servers with an dedicated internal administrator as a primary contact for each server. They are managing this one to one relation with an Excel sheet.

A while ago we talked about automating this group creation with powershell, so the last time Jacob and I was discussing Powershell in Operations Manager we found a solution – Jacob who is the best Danish Powershell Guru of cause did a superoptimization of my first script and now its up to you to test it on your own.

Downloads: Automate your group creation with Powershell

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

One of our very good customers are managing servers with an dedicated internal administrator as a primary contact for each server. They are managing this one to one relation with an Excel sheet.

Downloads: Windows Service Recovery Monitor (for OpsMgr and Essentials)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:06:53 GMT

Checks to see if a Windows service is configured to 'automatically restart' in case of service failure (service properties, Recovery tab). Use in a two-state monitor targeting a Windows operating system class. Script accepts one parameter - the name (not display name) of the Windows service.

Works with OpsMgr 2007 or Essentials 2007 / 2010. For help in implementing,see this tutorial:

How to create a Script-based 2-State Monitor

Downloads: Script to Monitor Age of Multiple Files (for two-state monitor)

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:58:44 GMT

by Olof Helge, this script can monitor files in a target directory and raise an alert if any file in the directory is older than a user-defined threshold. Designed to be used in OpsMgr or Essentials in a two-state monitor.

For steps to implement a custom two-state monitor, see

How to create a Script-based 2-State Monitor

See original SCC forum dicussion HERE.

Downloads: Operations Manager - Set email address for a notification device

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:14:20 GMT

This script is a helper function to enable setting email addresses on notification devices in Operations Manager 2007. Can be used to update the email address of the currently on call administrator. Note you will need the out-log function from here.

Downloads: Using a script to automatically reset monitor state when alert is closed

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:15:33 GMT

A powershell script that can help you reduce "monitoring noise" created by the "manual reset" monitors.

The script is intended to be used as an alert notification command. The notification channel should be configured to pass alert ID as an argument to the script and corresponding notification subscription must include _closed_ alerts of warning and error severity.

Once the script recieves ID of the closed alert, it will look up the monitor that generated the alert and check if there is a workflow defined for the current state of the monitor. If there is no workflow for the current state, then the script will force reset of the monitor's state, returning it to the "healthy" condition.

$s_rms variable should be modified to contain the name of your rms

Downloads: A powershell script for resetting state of "manual reset" monitors

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:50:26 GMT

The script iterates through the state hierarchy of each monitoring
object in the management group and resets all "manual reset" monitors
that have been in "Error" or "Warning" state longer than the specified
max period for time in state.

The script is intended to run as a scheduled task. There are two
variables that need to be adjusted to match your environment:

$rms_name - set it to the name of your rms server
$MaxTimeInState - defines delay for resetting a manual reset monitor in hours

Downloads: Windows 2008 Server Core Command Line Reference

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:03:26 GMT

This document contains a conveniently formatted source of command line syntax for Windows Server 2008 Core, and includes both RTM and R2 commands. It started out as a convenient source for my own reference, but after sharing with a few colleagues, they suggested I share.In any event, it makes for a handy offline reference if you've not memorized all the configuration commands for server core.

Included in this document are commands for:

Server Core Install and Configuration
Installing Server Roles (Windows 2008)
Installing Server Features (Windows 2008 R2)
Installing Server Roles (Windows 2008)
Installing Server Features (Windows 2008 R2)

Downloads: Windows 2003/XP Security MP

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:22:57 GMT

We see from time to time posts on Security Events that are collected in the Security Logs. I have had this basic MP for ages using it in our Live OpsMgr system; There also a few others that use it so here it is posted on SCC for all. I have left it open (un sealed) as this is the easiest of MP to create other than the time it takes to create, if any one wishes to add to it then please post it back on the site for all. There are no reports but I have added the MSDN descriptions to each alert and the MSDN link (there is also a SecQuorum link which if used will get loop you back to this site). In total there are around 43 events some are disabled ranging from local and domain alerts.

Downloads: SCOM 2007 Heartbeat Monitoring Tool

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:35:18 GMT

With the release of Microsoft System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007 Microsoft has created a powerful monitoring tool. The amount of information that is gathered and alerted on, is staggering. With all this information being gathered it can be hard to quickly see certain events that require immediate attention. The events that you want to be alerted on immediately are Heartbeat failures. Seven Winds has seen once too often that support teams miss these heartbeat failures. We created a tool to assist the monitoring team to easily catch these events and create an audio and visual alert to grab their attention.

The Seven Winds Heartbeat Monitoring Tool is freeware. We encourage you to use this tool in your environment.