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SCOM 2016 – What’s New UNIX/Linux Series: Agent Task Running Script e.g. Perl

I assume you are familiar with creating SCOM tasks and you know there are tasks that are executed on the SCOM console side (console task) and such that are executed on the agent (agent task). In the past you had only few options, like running commands on Windows and UNIX/Linux or scripts only on Windows […]

Fixing Citrix WMI errors 0x80041001 / 0x80041002 – XenApp 6

I am sure during your Operations Manager career you already faced some WMI errors while installing e.g. Active Directory or XenApp management packs. A few days ago I installed the XenApp 6.0 MP in SCOM 2007 R2. Suddenly errors 0x80041001 and 0x80041002 appeared in Active Alerts view. WMI errors are always kind of pain in […]

PowerShell – Change Windows Service Login to Group Managed Service Account

Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) are an awesome way to have Active Directory taking care of password changes for the service accounts. How to create Group Managed Service Accounts and how to assign them to Windows services you will find plenty of articles and blog posts on the internet. Group Managed Service Accounts solve you […]