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Simple script which checks the modified time (hours) of a log file

Recently I had to monitor a backup log file. If the modification time stamp of the log file was later than at a certain time then SCOM should fire a warning. In my case if the file was modified later than at 05:00 o’clock (24-hour time notation) an alert should occur. There was no characteristic […]

SCOM – SCOM Console Empty Report Pane

Today I bumped into an interesting issue. The customer needed to restrict access to the SCOM environment a SCOM Operator role and in addition access to the SCOM reports in the console. Therefore I created the SCOM Operator role with the needed permission and I also created a Report Operator role and added the user […]

SCOM 2012 – Discovery Wizard running forever

I experienced in a relatively small environment that the Discovery Wizard in SCOM 2012 is running forever. I rejected some pending agents which were discovered properly but stayed in a “Installation in progress” state. After I rejected these agents and wanted to re-discover these servers the Discovery Wizard kept runnig forever.