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SCOM 2012 – Encryption Key To Backup Or Not To Backup

Once in a time there comes the question about the encryption key in SCOM 2012 (SP1). Older SCOM administrators were used to backup their SCOM encryption key using the SecureStorageBackup.exe utility in SCOM 2007 R2. This encryption key is essential for restoring a SCOM 2007 R2 RMS server. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540390.aspx The root management server encryption key […]

SCOM 2012 SharePoint Dashboard – Part 1

For my setup I used the Share Point Foundation 2010 on my System Center Service Manager 2012 management server  where I also installed the self-service portal. The following pre-requisites are needed: The Operations Manager Web Console must be installed on a management server. The SharePoint farm must be running SharePoint Server 2010 Standard, SharePoint Server […]

SCOM 2012 – Display & Download MPs Using PowerShell Widgets

A nice and sexy way to have the latest management packs at your fingertips is using the new PowerShell widgets. The SCOM product team shows in their example how you could list the management packs using the PowerShell Grid widget. Stanislav Zhelyazkov also provided a script to fully download all management packs with PowerShell. I […]