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SCOM: New SQL Database Discovery Failure

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...

SCOM: SQL Browser Service Monitoring MPs

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...

SCOM: Script to Generate Agent Failover Report

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...

SCOM: Syntax Error during CentOS 7 Discovery

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...