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PowerShell – Create a Credential Object with NULL Password

In one of my automation tasks I had the need to create a credential object with a $null password – an empty / NULL password. One easy way to do is, create just instantiate a new secure string object using the new() constructor from the .Net class like this: or using New-Object cmdlet like this […]

SCOM – Agent in DMZ “Not Monitored” Event ID 20071

You want to monitor an agent in the DMZ and you are sure you implemented everything correctly but the agent just does not turn green. The agent just stays in a “Not Monitored” state. I checked EVERYTHING… Checked certificate template Checked certificates itself Compared the certificate serial number in the registry of the agent and […]

Orchestrator – Another Useful Runbook for SCOM 2012 SP 1

There are certain situations respectively alerts where you can not decide to override or not to override. You would like to see the alert for a certain time but then it should disappear after a short time. I think you know what I mean. I am talking about the informational alerts. Those alerts are somehow […]