by Gabriel Taylor | May 28, 2015 | SCOM
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesIn my current Operations Manager engagement, we came across an issue with Operations Manager failing to discover new SQL databases on a previously-monitored instance. The root cause was unexpected (and in fact, unrelated to Operations...
by Gabriel Taylor | Apr 15, 2015 | SCOM
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m currently working with a client on an Operations Manager engagement. A few days ago, we were discussing their monitoring requirements for SQL Server, which included monitoring the status of the SQL Browser service. I...
by Gabriel Taylor | Mar 11, 2015 | SCOM
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the frequent services we find ourselves performing for clients is running a health check on their Operations Manager environments, helping clients get the most from their investments by identifying any issues before they cause...
by Gabriel Taylor | Sep 11, 2014 | SCOM
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesUnexpected Error during CentOS 7 Server Discovery As most readers are aware, Microsoft added support for cross-platform monitoring of Unix and Linux systems to Operations Manager (SCOM) back in 2009 and has been improving the...
by Gabriel Taylor | Sep 3, 2014 | SCOM
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutesI received a request from a client the other day to assess their SCOM environment and collect a report displaying the member count for their custom groups. This seemed like a pretty simple request at first glance, especially since I...