Microsoft Azure Operational Insights – Past, Current, Future
stefanroth This week Microsoft announced the Microsoft Azure Operational Insights. But what is Azure Operational Insights? Well, it is a cloud based tool which has grown over the past 3 years…
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SCOM 2012 R2 Technical Preview – A Box of Chocolates?
I was asked few times during my engagements what has changed in the System Center Operations Manager Technical Preview. Microsoft released few weeks ago a first technical preview of Windows…
Jalasoft – Xian SNMP Device Simulator V5
At some point in your SCOM career you need to have quick access to a network device because you either need to show the SCOM network monitoring capabilities, develop a…
SCOM 2012 – SNMP Traps, How The Heck Do I Get It Working?
In this post I would like to share some know-how and my personal experience, because I have seen it so many times in the forums and other blogs which had…
SCOM 2012 – NiCE Log File Library MP Monitoring Robocopy Log File
If you are reading my blog frequently, you know I like excellent ideas, solutions and superb management packs. This time, a company called NiCE is going to provide such a…
SCOM – Global Service Monitor Using Visual Studio Web Test
Global Service Monitor has been around for quite some time now. If you never heard of Global Service Monitor then I would like to give you a short description by…
SCOM 2012 R2 – PowerShell To Determine Agent Required Disk Space
Do you use any of the System Center products which use an agent? SCOM is one of these products which needs to have an agent installed on the monitored systems.…
PowerShell 4.0 – Checking SCOM Required Ports
If you are going to install SCOM there are requirements which you have to be aware of. Microsoft has a great article on TechNet which describes precisely what the requirement…
SCOM 2012 – OpsLogix Oracle Intelligent Management Pack Custom Templates
As you might know I am Swiss guy and we are famous for our hand-crafted, precise watches and exact work we do. I am always trying to find other great…
SCOM 2012 R2 Java APM – MP Installation and Configuration (Part 3)
Finally we are going to install and configure Java APM management pack. Just for a small recap, we have a monitored Linux server and a fully functional Tomcat application server…