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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 […]

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 2012 – Import Multiple Management Packs (Import-SCOMManagementPack)

There are maybe certain situation where you need to import multiple management packs using the “Import-SCOMManagementPack” command. How do you accomplish that? It is easy! Because the command is taking care of the dependencies we just have to provide ALL of the needed management packs in an array. In my example I want to import […]