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SCOM is an acronym for Microsoft's System Center Operation Manager.

SCOM stands for System Center Operations Manager, a system monitoring tool which uses management packs to define monitoring states and knowledge base information regarding errors and issues.

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SCOM Custom Data against a managed entity

Is it possible to extend SCOM to store custom fields against a monitored/managed entity? For instance, we would like to add some additional data about each managed entity, mostly text and internal information. I didn't know if this was possible.…
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Use SCOM 2012, WMI, or Powershell to identify all servers that have hyper threading turned off

We recently setup SCOM 2012 and deployed agents to all of our servers. We also have noticed that a number of these servers do not have hyper threading enabled, which they should. Is there any way we can use SCOM or WMI to find which servers do not…
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Can SCOM 2007 and SCCM 2012 co-exist?

One of our client's has an existing SCOM 2007 installation, with monitoring agents pushed out to all the Windows servers in their environment. They're now looking at installing SCCM 2012. What I can't establish is: Can SCOM 2007 and SCCM 2012…
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How to update license key in SCOM 2012 after eval period expires?

Does anyone know how to update the license key for SCOM 2012 after the evaluation period expires. My scom server will not allow me to connect and will not allow me to update the key using the power shell cmdlets now that the eval period has…
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Change source address on discovery of network devices in System Center Operations Manager 2012

My SCOM server has two network cards. One is normal network while the other is connected to the "switch" VLAN. If I try discovering network devices in SCOM I get "No Response Ping", no matter which switch I try to discover. From the server I'm able…
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How do I create a Dynamic SCOM group that includes HP servers with a certain name

I'd like to select servers that are HP servers and start with NYCEX*. I looked at the following HP group and the query appears like this: …
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How to get admins to actually use SCOM?

We implemented SCOM in our internal infrastructure. However, I have the impression that is isn't used as it could be. For example: we have had regular incidents in our production (and other) environments that could have been prevented by monitoring…
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What are practical uses for the Custom fields within an alert in Microsoft SCOM?

How are people in the real world using custom fields in Microsoft System Operations Manager 2007? Are they useful? How do you interact with them? So far, I've only found this link but I'm looking for more samples to fully appreciate the value (or…
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Two-state script monitor not auto-resolving in SCOM

This script runs, and if it returns 'erro' an alert is generated in SCOM. The alert is set to resolve when the monitor returns to healthy state. I have tested the script with cscript and it returns the correct values in each state. I'm baffled as…
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Problems with Sharepoint 2010, Visio Data Provider and Operations Manager 2007 R2

I'm in the process of setting up rack diagrams using Visio 2010 Premium pulling in data from System Centre Operations Manager 2007 R2 using the add in. I'm trying to publish the diagram to a Sharepoint 2010 site. Now it all works fine until I try to…
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Can Windows Server intercept SNMP and write to the event log?

We have a software package that can speak SNMP when things go awry. Currently, we're using Tivoli to monitor SNMP and send out alerts as needed. We've been informed that our Tivoli installation is going away, and that all operations notifications…
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System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2: Send notification emails to a non-anonymous account

I would like to send emails to an already established service account, but it's an account that requires a login name and password. I don't understand why SCOM only has two options: Anonymous and Windows Integrated. Is there a way to get around…
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Ports to open for the SCOM Discovery Wizard to run properly

I'm trying to run the Discovery Wizard in SCOM 2016 against a few MS SQL servers, so the Health agent can be pushed to the remote computers. I've found documentation stating that the following ports should be open: 135, 137, 139, 445, and 5723. At…
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What data does the SCOM agent look at in an MS SQL environment?

I'm a new (US based) SCOM admin and have been asked to add a few of our SQL servers located in the UK to our monitoring. The question coming from the UK admins is "Is there a possibility that a SCOM component (agent) will look at any sovereign…
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How do I determine the version of the SCOM agent installed on a server?

Context first: We have two version of SCOM installed. An SCOM 2007 installation and a recently installed 2012 R2. After much swearing and dirty looks from a colleague one cubicle over I'm starting to figure this product out... I can see that SCOM…
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