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SCOM 2012 – NetApp Management Pack Version 3.1

  A few weeks ago NetApp released their management pack also called “OnCommand Plug-In 3.1 for Microsoft” (OCPM) for SCOM 2012. This week I got the chance to install the latest NetApp MP 3.1. Here I would like to share my experience…

SCOM 2012 – Try Linux Nagios Plugins e.g. File Age Check

You might remember MacGyver – a guy who could build a NASA rocket out of some explosives, matches and a steel tube. He was my hero back then but today you could also be a MacGyver by just using the tools you have and just plug it the right way together. That means MacGyver used […]

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 […]