Things in progress, SCOPE, contests

 Pavleck.NET, Powershell, SCOM  No Responses »
Sep 182008
 

I’ve been working on several things all in parallel, and I’ll give you a little insight into them all.

But first, don’t forget to enter the Pavleck.NET Contest for your chance to win 1 of two Amazon.Com gift cards. We’re currently at a paltry 10 entries, so your chances are pretty good to say the least. If I get a good turnout for this, I’ll make this a regular event – I already have next months prize ready, too. A rare copy of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed – signed by all the authors. Not many of these exist, but I have one for you!

What’s I’m working on:

  • Writing a small MOM 2005 to SCOM 2007 migration report script. Examines your agents from MOM and compares them with what’s installed in SCOM.
  • Attempting to write a small service that will handle custom alert notifications by matching alert names to notification groups through the SDK. A simple XML file is used to create the configuration, and it’s as easy to setup as this:
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    <SCRAPPI>
    <MS>
    <RMS>draco.pavleck.org</RMS>
    </MS>
    <AlertMatrix>
    <alert matchType="Prefix">
    <alertName>My Custom Alert Prefix</alertName>
    <notiRecip>f6f0278c-9bd7-874a-db18-cf85f2620c4d</notiRecip>
    </alert>
    </AlertMatrix>
    </SCRAPPI>
  • Work on SCOPE continues, including a partial command list – feel free to add to it.
  • As does an article (With a nifty flow chart!) of the steps to take to handle an alert storm, from the console all the way to SQL – get that system back in action!
 Posted by jpavleck at 2:14 pm  Tagged with: , , ,

Operations Manager: From Start to Finish

 Command Shell, Community, SCOM  2 Responses »
Sep 052008
 

I’ve never had a ‘proper’ test/development environment for System Center products. I’ve used both client systems and VMs I’d spin up through VirtualBox. That will be changing.

I placed an order a few days ago for a new server – featuring a 2.8Ghz Quad core Xeon and 12GB of ram, it will begin a brand new environment – and I’ll be screencasting all of the most relevant parts of it.

We’ll cover sizing, install, deployment, security – and move on to extending OpsMgr by utilizing the SDK service, designing custom reports – and a lot more.

In the mean time, while I painfully await the arrival of a shiny box from DHL, I’m working on the framework for 2 new side projects – one of which I think you’ll all be quite happy with; the much awaited SCOPE – System Center OpsMgr Powershell Extentions – a collaborative operation between me, Marco Shaw, Cameron Fuller, Pete Zerger and – you, possibly. We’re at the very early stages of SCOPE, and could definitely use people now and down the road – especially C# programmers and those familiar with creating PowerShell snapins. If you’d like to help, send me an email (jeremy@pavleck.net) and let me know what you can do.

 Posted by jpavleck at 7:17 pm  Tagged with: , ,
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