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Forums: Running vbs on SCE 2010: Object required: 'ScriptContext'

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:06:35 GMT

I am trying to run a vbs script on my SCE 2010 to monitor folder sizes. Script is from http://contoso.se/blog/?p=127 . For that purpose, I have set up a rule. However, I got the following error logged on to event viewer by SCE. Any idea appreciated?

The Event Policy for the process started at 11:21:29 AM has detected errors in the output. The 'StdErr' policy expression:

\a+

matched the following output:

C:\Program Files\System Center Essentials\Health Service State\Monitoring Host Temporary Files 23\277315\GDriveUsage.vbs(8, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Object required: 'ScriptContext'

Command executed: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cscript.exe" /nologo "GDriveUsage.vbs"

Working Directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Essentials\Health Service State\Monitoring Host Temporary Files 23\277315\

One or more workflows were affected by this.

Workflow name: MomUIGeneratedRule99e6fa8dcd4c4cfd9ed3d485c9f4ee7e

Instance name: myserver

Instance ID: {5334066A-1769-25ED-61BB-F4EE28494E9A}

Management group: mydomain

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Forums: Client Update failed

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:11:39 GMT

Hi,

since I installed SCE2010 on the "old" WSUS3.0 server, every client get the update status "failed".

The automatically generated GP is correct. If I have a look vie netstat, I can see, that the client is connected to the SCE2010. But they don't download any updates.

The Agent status is OK too. The command wuauclt /detectnow dowsn't run I think, Because nothing happens.

Can anybody help, how I troubleshoot?

The updatepath is: https://HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.local:8531

If I connect to the Site via IE, the site could not be displayd. If I use the path without :8531 I get an Access Denied Error Page.

Thank you fpr help

Noisy

Forums: RE: SCE 2010- Soap Calls

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:43:45 GMT

A challenging project :) ,thanks for your reply.

Could you point me how to start?

1) Is this has to be an MP?

2) Basically from where do i start looking at calling these calls?

3) From where to configure workflow and data source in SCE 2010 Console?

Sorry for my ignorance, i am a beginner.

Thanks Again

Forums: RE: SCE 2010- Soap Calls

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:47:06 GMT

You'd probably want to use PowerShell v2, since it will allow you to call web services with a built in cmdlet

PowerShell v2:
PS>help new-webserviceproxy -examples

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/thread/3d98964f-ba90-4153-a00b-14722b84ce18

After you build your script, you'll need to know how to build a custom workflow in a management pack using PowerShell R2 modules. Theres a video for this. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/ff770155.aspx

Also, the gurus that post here at SCC (Stefan, Andreas, Oskar) have posted some seriously cool tutorials. Go to this page to get the links. PowerShell Scripts

Forums: Heartbeat Failure Email Alerts

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:58:14 GMT

I have SCE 2010 set up to send email alerts for heartbeat failures using the Health Service Heartbeat Failure monitor. I have also set up escalation emails so if a system goes down and stays down for 15 minutes we get an alert sent to our phones as well. This works great, my only problem is I get alerts when the problem is resolved also. This wouldn't be too bad but the escalation occurs for the problem being resolved also. For Example For testing purposes I would unplug the network cable.This generated an email alert. I let it sit for 15 minutes and it sent the escalation alert. I would then plug the network cable back in and it would generate another alert because the situation was fixed (although the message was the exact same). Then after 15 minutes the escalation alert went off again. It seems as though the emails are sent on state changes and the escalation is just if a state change is persistent for 15 minutes. How can I set it to not email me when the problem is resolved?

Forums: RE: Heartbeat Failure Email Alerts

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:12:39 GMT

Sure, in the notification subscription you need to select the option 'for resolution state' and select NEW, but not CLOSED. Have a look and let me know if you cannot find it.

Forums: SCE 2010- Soap Calls

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:31:37 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way in SCE 2010 to make webservice calls ,process the information and display in SCE console?

How can this be done?

Thank you for your help

Forums: RE: Developing Connectors SCE 2010 Help

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:32:33 GMT

Oh!! What is the alternative? Can there be a way where an MP and some scripts can do the job of getting the information from a third party Management System.

The other Management system dumps all the info on to the sce root management server (XML or DB) and an MP will fetch all the required data and display it in the SCE console.

Is there a possibility?

Thanks for your answer.

Forums: Developing Connectors SCE 2010 Help

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:01:07 GMT

Hi,

1) Can someone point me to articles where i can learn on how to develop connectors for SCE 2010?

2) What are the requirements to start writing connectors? like some SDK, SCE has to be installed, .NET Framework Version xxx has to be installed and other info

I am very new to SCE, SCOM.

Thank you

Forums: RE: How should I monitor VMware and AIX with SCE 2010?

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:15:09 GMT

Mattie, you have a number of options for VMware monitoring, as explained in

VMware VI3 Monitoring Options for Operations Manager 2007

However, I would call Veaam and Quest the most popular options (in no particular order). Quest has the advantage of being free (when you monitor through vCenter), which is really cool for people on a budget. Here are a couple of articles to help you with tuning of both Quest and Veaam. I have used both with success.

Part 1: Inside Quest Management Extensions for VMware for OpsMgr 2007

OpsMgr R2 by Example: the nworks MP for VMware

Good luck!

Forums: How should I monitor VMware and AIX with SCE 2010?

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:58:21 GMT

All, I need to monitor two vSphere servers with VirtualCenter and an AIX server. We honestly don't have a lot of monitor to buy third party add-ons, so free options would be nice. Can anyone make a suggestion for us?

Forums: Adding VMware Servers to SCE 2010

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:57:53 GMT

Has anyone tried to add a vCenter server to SCE 2010 through the command line? Can it be done? I know it's not officially supported and all, but the company is not planning to move off of VMware currently.

Forums: RE: Adding VMware Servers to SCE 2010

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:10:28 GMT

Mattie, this is a no-no. I would suggest you simply install the Essentials monitoring agent on the VMs and then plan to monitor VMware with a third party option like Quest or Veaam. More on that in a moment.

Forums: How Essentials 2010 database install from SQL 2008 Express to Standard

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:33:53 GMT

Is it possible to upgrade the SQL 2008 Express edition to SQL 2008 Standard?

Forums: RE: How Essentials 2010 database install from SQL 2008 Express to Standard

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:13:13 GMT

Mattie, you should install a separate SQL instance on your server and then move your databases (detach and re-attach). I have never found anything myself about upgrading SQL 2008 Express to Standard or other full edition of the product.

Like with SCOM, this would require you to first stop SCE services, reconfigure some resettings so it points to the new SQL instance and then bring it back online.

Forums: how to deploy a single file to clients managed by SCE?

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:44:48 GMT

All, I am hoping someone can tell me how to copy a file to workstations we manage with SCE 2010? We have a single .exe file that has no installer, you just click and run.

Is it possible to simply copy the file to the workstations using the software deployment feature of SCE?

Forums: RE: how to deploy a single file to clients managed by SCE?

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:10:04 GMT

I think you would need to create an .exe wrapper for the file to do this with SCE 2007 or 2010. Have a look at this blog post by Bjorn that explains something about how to do this with a free tool

http://advisec.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/how-do-you-uninstall-exe-based-applications-in-sce/

Forums: Software deployment to branch office computers with SCE

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:47:09 GMT

Is it possible to control software deployment with SCE so we do not overwhelm the WAN link. I have 20 users in a branch office where I would like to deploy Office 2010 if possible. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Forums: RE: Re: Software deployment to branch office computers with SCE

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:58:06 GMT

Mattie, I can give you quite a lot of details on this scenario, as we performed a proof-of-concept for branch office software deployment with Office 2007 and Essentials 2010 (same will apply to Office 2010). The key to effective branch office software deployment is BranchCache (the distributed mode option on Windows 7 and 2008 R2) or BITS peer caching (Vista and Windows 2008 RTM/SP1). Here is a summary of our findings in testing this scenario (I am not able to share all of the details at this time)...but this will give you the basics of what you need to do.

Test Parameters

Package: Office 2007 Professional: Package Size = 398MB (on disk, compressed in WSUS content directory)
Target Group: 12 servers, all Window 2008 SP1 / R2, all BITS peer caching or BranchCache enabled

Total Potential Data Transfer: Without BranchCache / BITs peer caching, total data transfer would be 398MB x 12 servers = 4.664 GB

Test Results

As mentioned, without caching data transfer would be 4.664GB. And in fact it was when we tested without BranchCache and BITS peer caching.
Actual data transfer was 2.58GB a savings of more than 2GB or 40%+.

Measuring Data Transfer / Bandwidth Savings

We validated our savings by actually watching data transfer on the line during the test period. Since we tested on a mostly empty link and used the wuauclt /detectnow command to force all systems to detect the package pretty quickly, deployment was less than 3 hours for all systems. Our WAN link reporting tool is very good, so we could see bandwidth savings very clearly.
You can also watch the the BranchCache performance counters on Windows 7 and 2008 R2 to see that data is in fact being pulled from a peer and not from the SCE 2010 Server. On Vista and WIndows 2008 RTM/SP1 systems using BITS Peer Caching, you have to use the bitsadmin command line tool to see jobs in progress and to verify data being pulled from peer.

One last tip for you. We found that using wuauclt /detect on a single client or server first to get the Office 2007 bits across the WAN before the other agents began requesting software seemed to increase the amount of data pulled from BITS peers instead of the SCE server.
Good luck. Let me know if any questions.

Forums: RE: V2V migration wizard shows all XXX on vm resources screen

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:57:24 GMT

Yes, we reported this bug. What this means is that you have designated a Hyper-V host in SCE 2010, but did not specify a network location. What happens in this case is Essentials will not change the networking, which allows existing Hyper-V guests to continue functioning. However, all attempts to perform V2V conversion of VMware guests will fail until you right click Hyper-V host in the Essentials console and enter a description in network location.