Windows Monitoring Checklists for SCOM 2012 R2

Hi All,
We are in SCOM 2007 to 2012 migration stage where we will have to check Windows monitoring with SCOM 2012 that how it works better than 2007, what all new components to be considered and focused. Kindly share if you have any checklists to be verified before
we proceed further. Usually resources like CPU, Memory, File System and Network Performance, Services, events and logs monitoring would be considered. Help to get if anything I missed to list out here.
Thanks.
Regards,
Raj.

Hi,
If you are looking for system requirements for installation of SCOM 2012 R2, please refer to the below link:
System Requirements: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249696.aspx
And more details about how to upgrade from SCOM 2007 R2 to newer version, the below article should be helpful.
Upgrading from System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh476934.aspx
We should import management packs according to your environment and your need. For example, to monitor Windows operating system, we should import Windows operating system management packs.
To monitor AD, we should import Active Directory corresponding management packs.
Regards,
Yan Li
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Windows client monitoring Management packs for SCOM 2012

Hello All,
Please provide the link for windows client monitor management pack for SCOM 2012 SP1 ,if there is any available .
I have got one link for this but it is for SCOM 2007 .
Regards
Richa KM

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15700
Yes you can download from this link and you can import it in scom 2012 sp1.although it is for scom 2007

How to configure windows services alerts in SCOM 2012 for all agent servers. For eg, Terminal Services, Netlogon, RPC etc..

Hi,
I need to configure different windows services alerts in SCOM 2012. Below are some of the windows services I need to monitor through SCOM.
Serivce: Windows Management Instrumentation
Service: Netlogon
Service: Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Service: Server Service
Service: Terminal Services
Service: Windows Time
Service: Workstation
Service : WWW Publishing Service
Could some one please assist or share me the details, how to configure these services for windows agent servers.
Thanks..
Regards, Rajeev Parambil

Hi,
A certain set of services are monitored by default on all agents:
DNS Client
DHCP Client
RPC
Workstation
Server
For all the other services you could create a service monitor.
A nice blog series outlining this process can be found here: http://www.bictt.com/blogs/bictt.php/2011/03/16/scom-monitoring-a-service-part1
It's doing common things uncommonly well that brings succes. Check out my SCOM link blog:
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Only showing APP monitoring Reports in SCOM 2012 Reporting

Hi all,
Recently i upgrade the SCOM 2012 from 2007 R2 Managament Server only because in previous environment we have only one MS server and SQL server 2008 SP2.
Now i have 4 servers for SCOM 2012.
1) SCOM Managament server (which was upgraded)
2) SQL server 2008 SP2 (running 3 instances)
3) SCOM ACS server (New installation)
4) SCOM Reporting server (New installation)
I have using two accounts
1) SCOM.action 2) SCOM.sdk
When i install reporting, reporting Tab are showing in the SCOM
2012 console but only Application monitoring reports are showing in Reporting. I was deleted some MP’s and then import it but the report are not imported in reporting tab. I also check SSRS, it works fine. Both SSRS url’s works fine.
I don’t know whats the problem.. Please clarify me what’s the problem.????
Regards,
Kamran

Hi Muhammad,
I am also facing the exact issue as expalined above.
Even the application monitroing reports are not working. When i try to launch application monitoring reports from reportmanger , I get dataset error and see that apm.* views are missing.
Also tried deleting and importing the managementpacks, without any success. This issue is happening only in production environment.
It will be very helpful if you can let us know what Account permisisons need to be checked for. Thanks in advance.
Thanks

Sudoers for SCOM 2012 R2

Hi,
The following article is for SCOM 2012/2012 SP1:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7375.configuring-sudo-elevation-for-unix-and-linux-monitoring-with-system-center-2012-operations-manager.aspx
The questions are:
Did the Sudoers configuration changed from SCOM 2012 SP1 to SCOM 2012 R2?
If yes,
Where is information about sudoers for SCOM 2012 R2?
Thanks in advance!

I've updated the wiki to indicate that the same examples apply to SP1 and to R2. Thanks for pointing this out so we could get it fixed.
Michael Kelley, Lead Program Manager, Open Source Technology Center

Maintainence Mode script for SCOM 2012

Hi All
Currently we use PowerShell script to place servers in maintenance mode (SCOM 2007 ). While executing the script we specify a text file which contains list of agents.
Am looking for same type of script which can work for SCOM 2012. After searching I got the MM tool for placing agent or group in Maintenance. Instead I would need the script to get agents from text file. Also it should check if agent is part of
cluster and place related cluster also in MM.
Let me know , if any one can help me here.
Regards
Madhavi

Hi,
The below two links should be helpful for you, please go through them:
SCOM 2012: Put Cluster Node and Cluster Object in Maintenance Mode
OpsMgr 2012: Group Maintenance Mode via PowerShell (the way it should be)
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/opsmgr-2012-group-maintenance-mode-via-powershell-the-way-it-should-be/
Please Note: Since site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does
not guarantee the accuracy of this information the web.
Regards,
Yan Li
Regards, Yan Li

Turn off the SQL DB monitoring entirely in scom 2012 (SP1)

Is there a way to centrally target and turn down monitoring of all the servers running SQL DB in SCOM 2012. We actually created groups using the OU's to target the SQL servers but some of the servers which have SQL DB are not in that OU and they are still
triggering DB alerts.
Some of the alerts also include
Management Group: Ancestry Ops. Script: DiscoverSQL2012FileGroups.js : Cannot login to database [XXserver.domain.com][SQLD114B:model]
and these servers are in the OU but still trigerring this DB alert.
Any information about this ll be greatly useful.
Thanks
Hari V

Pretty much what Hopeless guy said. I have scom 2007 in prod, so I use remove-disabledmonitoringobject after I override a discovery. The issue is that these SQL dbs are still being discovered. So if you want to disable sql monitoring
in total for them, override the seed discovery which will have a target of windows server/computer. Then after the override is in palace execute the remove command from SCOM commandshell. You then should scope to the class you want to disappear
(discovered inventory pane), and refresh every 15 min or so to see if they are being removed. I have had to run the remove command a few times to clean some large discovered inventory up.
Regards, Blake Email: mengotto<at>hotmail.com Blog: http://discussitnow.wordpress.com/ If my response was helpful, please mark it as so, if it answered your question, then please also mark it accordingly. Thank you.

Which type of SQL DB do I need for SCOM 2012?

Hello everyone,
We would like to install a SCOM 2012 Server for reporting and alerting of our Exchange and Lync Server.
Our guys from database management asks me, what type of SQL DB do I need. "An SQL DB with 100GB" shouldn't be enough :-( I'm not very familiar with SQL.
So, which informations could be missing?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Daniel
Beste Grüße

Daniel,
usually Standard Edition is enough and included in the SCOM (agent) license.
Here you find more about requirements:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249696.aspx
SQL specific:
Check for updates and hotfixes for Microsoft SQL Server. See
SQL Server in System Center 2012 R2.
Operations Manager does not support hosting its databases or SQL Server Reporting Services on a 32-bit edition of SQL Server.
Using a different version of SQL Server for different Operations Manager features is not supported. The same version should be used for all features.
For SQL Server collation settings, see
SQL Server in System Center 2012 R2
The SQL Server Agent service must be started, and the startup type must be set to automatic.
The db_owner role for the operational database must be a domain account. If you set the SQL Server Authentication to Mixed mode, and then try to add a local SQL Server login on the operational database, the Data Access service will not be able to start.
For information about how to resolve the issue, see
System Center Data Access Service Start Up Failure Due to SQL Configuration Change
If you plan to use the Network Monitoring features of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, you should move the tempdb database to a separate disk that has multiple spindles. For more information, see
tempdb Database.
You should have a look at the sizing calculator:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/A/6/CA60425C-950B-456E-986C-C5F2FCD5668D/System%20Center%202012%20Operations%20Manager%20Sizing%20Helper%20Tool%20v1.xls
Good luck,
Patrick
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Blog: http://www.systemcenterrocks.com

Rightfax MP for SCOM 2012

Hello,
I would like to monitor the rightfax environment in SCOM 2012. Is there any one help to provide ideas to monitor the same?
I'm unable to locate the mp for the same.
Regards,
Vijay

Hi,
I would contact Infront Consulting to hear if there MP support SCOM2012
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/infront-consulting-group-releases-rightfax-mp/
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JEE MP for SCOM 2012

Hello,
i've got a problem about JEE MPs. i'm using SCOM 2012 and i imported JEE MPs. in readme.txt said "When you’ve imported the Java Management packs matching your environment the application servers will be automatically discovered " but when i click the Monitoring/Application
Monitoring/Java Monitoring/JEE Application Server all of them is empty. No Profiles,no Applications..
am i do something after imported JEE MPs??
Thanks
Önder DEĞER
MCT

If you analyse the object discovery of Websphere, you can find the method SCOM discovers the installation
=> it searches through all registry hives (as the IBM Installer adds the settings into the user's path who's installing WebSphere) - it should look like this :
If you've installed "WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment", it won't find the installation. However, to override this, just export the registry path, modify the key, and import it (I assume this is not supported but it works..)
After it discovers the installation, it starts discovering a specific XML file in the profiles-folder of websphere.
=> It seems that this MP does not support WebSphere Clusters spread among multiple systems, that's maybe the reason why it searches only for "WebSphere Application Server". Also WebSphere 8 will not be discovered.
This is very helpful information, thank you for sharing.
As for the no cluster support, did you happen to investigate to see if there is a solution/workaround?

Discovery Issues with OnCommand Plug-in 4.1 for SCOM 2012 R2

I have a customer who has a NetApp cluster with FAS8040s running 8.2.1 in cluster-mode. The have SCOM 2012 R2 UR6 and the OnCommand 4.1 SCOM plug-ins. I can do an initial discovery of the cluster and it pulls back the SVM, but no other objects are discovered...no LIFs, no Nodes, no Volumes etc. I've been over the install doc many times and have not found where I might be doing something wrong. I've also searched on the interwebs and found a few suggestions, but none have changed the outcome. I've ensured the overrides are appropriate and to be sure its not a rights thing, I'm using "the" admin account. I see no indication of issues in:- The OnCommand Event Log- The OC.SCOM.logs (even in debug mode)- The SCOM task status Any help would be greatly appriciated.

We are now using a Domain account and I still can't get any further. Below are the only indications of issues I can find. ******************************************************************************** Log Name:      Operations Manager
Source:        Health Service Modules
Date:          8/3/2015 6:27:00 PM
Event ID:      22406
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      SCOM_SERVER
Description:
The PowerShell script failed with below exception
System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException: Exception calling "CreateDomain" with "3" argument(s): "The specified user does not have a valid profile. Unable to load 'Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.HealthService.Internal, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121212121212121212'."At line:40 char:12
+     return [AppDomain]::CreateDomain("OC.Cluster.OM.Powershell.NonDefaultAppDoma ...
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   at System.Management.Automation.ExceptionHandlingOps.ConvertToMethodInvocationException(Exception exception, Type typeToThrow, String methodName, Int32 numArgs, MemberInfo memberInfo)
   at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , RuntimeType , String , Object , Object )
   at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute4[T0,T1,T2,T3,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, T3 arg3)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.DynamicInstruction`5.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
Script Name:   Monitoring.ps1
One or more workflows were affected by this.
Workflow name: DataONTAP.Cluster.Monitoring.GetDataProtectionLagTimePerformanceData.Rule
Instance name: Storage virtual machine SVM_NAME.
Instance ID: {UUID_STRING}
Management group: MG
Log Name:      Security
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date:          8/3/2015 6:28:00 PM
Event ID:      4666
Task Category: Application Generated
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Audit Failure
User:          N/A
Computer:      SCOM_SERVER
Description:
An application attempted an operation:
Subject:
   Client Name:       OC_ACTION_ACCOUNT
   Client Domain:       DOMAIN
   Client Context ID:   111122222333
Object:
   Object Name:       IsUserAdministrator
   Scope Names:       50585907-7858-4488-ab9c-13e0eaac08be
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   Groups:           Group
   Operation Name:   User_IsAdministrator__Check (142)
Log Name:      Security
Source:        MOMSDK Service Security
Date:          8/3/2015 6:28:00 PM
Event ID:      26401
Task Category: (3)
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Keywords:      Classic,Audit Failure
User:          DOMAIN\OC_ACTION_ACCOUNT
Computer:      SCOM_SERVER
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Data access operation: User_IsAdministrator__Check
Data access method: IsUserAdministrator
User name: DOMAIN\OC_ACTION_ACCOUNT
sessionId: uuid:UUID_STRING;id=NUM
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Recommendations for SCOM 2012 -- 2012 R2 migration

Hello to all. I have a customer that has SCOM 2012 in its IT environment but uses it barely and does not have any documentation. I proposed to install a new Manament Group (MG) and "reboot" to a paralell SCOM 2012 R2 considering the
use of new features present on 2012 R2.
Questions:
1- Does SCOM support a side by side migration strategy , like SCCM 2007 R2 --> SCCM 2012 R2 that takes its main source objects and bring them to the new separated Management Group (the SCOM 2012 R2)?
2- Considering that all regular member servers are monitored by SCOM 2012 (all have agents installed), what is the recommended way to to install SCOM 2012 R2 agents on them (multi homed deploy, deploy a new agent and it will upgrade/remove the
already existing SCOM 2012, etc)?
3- Does SCOM allows a approach to install a SCOM 2012 R2 on already existing SCOM 2012 MG and "migrate" its objects to new server and after that decomission SCOM 2012 (the old version)?
Your inputs and references will be very welecomed.
Regards, EEOC.

1- Does SCOM support a side by side migration strategy , like SCCM 2007 R2 --> SCCM 2012 R2 that takes its main source objects and bring them to the new separated Management Group (the SCOM 2012 R2)?
2- Considering that all regular member servers are monitored by SCOM 2012 (all have agents installed), what is the recommended way to to install SCOM 2012 R2 agents on them (multi homed deploy, deploy a new agent and it will upgrade/remove the
already existing SCOM 2012, etc)?
Yes. You can built SCOM 2012 R2 and do side-by-side migration.
High Level View of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Upgrade Steps – Upgrading 2012 SP1 Agents to 2012 R2 and Running Two Environments:
1. Retain the original System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager environment.
2. Set up an additional, new System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager environment with management servers, gateway, Operations Manager Database, Operations Manager Data Warehouse, console, web console, and reporting server.
3. Upgrade the System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager Agents to 2012 R2.
a. Push-Install option
b. Manual / Command Line option
3- Does SCOM allows a approach to install a SCOM 2012 R2 on already existing SCOM 2012 MG and "migrate" its objects to new server and after that decomission SCOM 2012 (the old version)?
The upgrade path is from SCOM 2012 --> SCOM 2012 SP1 --> SCOM 2012 R2
High Level View of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Upgrade Steps – Upgrading a Distributed Management Group
1. Accomplish Pre-Upgrade Tasks
2. Upgrade the initial management server and then additional management servers (each management server must be upgraded)
3. Upgrade ACS (because the ACS server must be on same machine as a management server, we recommend you perform this step along with the upgrade of the management server on which ACS resides.)
4. Upgrade Gateway(s)
5. Upgrade Console
6. Push Install to Agent(s) / Upgrading Manually Installed Agents
7. Upgrade Web Console
8. Upgrade Reporting Server
9. Accomplish Post-Upgrade Tasks
For detail, pls. refer to
Upgrading System Center 2012 – Operations Manager to System Center 2012 SP1
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj899854.aspx
Upgrading System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager to System Center 2012 R2
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249707.aspx
Roger

Post Installation for SCOM 2012 R2 !

Hello,
I am new to SCOM 2012 R2, I have just installed in our environment and added 1 SQL and 1 SharePoint 2013 Server for monitoring. I downloaded Management packs for those.
However, I can see SQL Server is in monitoring state but not SharePoint 2013 Server.
Under the SharePoint >Administration, Microsoft SharePoint Farm group this option is NOT Monitoring.
Is there anything else I need to do ?
Kindly help me.
BR.

Hi,
Did you read the 'system_center_monitoring_pack_guide_for_microsoft_sharepoint_server_2013.docx' before import?
System Center Management Pack for SharePoint Server 2013
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35590
Page 3:
Prerequisite
• You must install the System Center Monitoring Pack for SharePoint Foundation 2013 before installing this Management Pack.
• Read the System Center Monitoring Pack guide for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 before deploying this management pack.
• Download the System Center Monitoring Pack for SharePoint Server 2013 from the System Center Pack Catalog.
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Monitoring servers in SCOM 2012 via different locals within the same management group

Hi,
I have 2 management servers in a same management group. The 1st one is having English (US) locale while other is installed on Swedish locale. Both are accessed by different users having same admin rights.
Once a USER 1 try to register a server through authoring tab from 1st management server(installed on English locale), a profile/group wrt the server registered is created successfully but the USER on 2nd management server (installed on Swedish locale) can
not see the same in Authoring tab. He can view it in Monitoring tab as as well as Administration tab.
The Vice versa is also true.
Does any one have idea that is it SCOM 2012's expected behaviour wrt 2 2 different users on 2 different locales within a same management group ?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I am a little confused, what do you mean by "register a server through authoring tab"?
Do you mean that when you discover a server on 1st MS with discovery wizard then you cannot see it on 2nd MS(and the vice versa)?
As far as I know, all those information should be stored in the operation database which is shared to both MSs within the same management group.
We may use SQL query to find the discovered server on the operation database. Please also check operation manager event logs to get more information to troubleshoot this issue.
Regards,
Yan Li
Regards, Yan Li

SSRS for SCOM 2012 need separate instance of SQL

Hi All,
My customer has planned to install SCOM 2012 R2 in their environment. I designed for them as followings:
Planned 3 MS servers namely, MS1, MS2 & MS3
The rolls planned on those MS servers as follows:
MS1 – Management Server,
Operation console & Web console
MS2 – Management Server,
Operation console & Web console
MS3 – Management Server,
ACS, SQL Reporting services & SCOM Reporting server
Customer has their existing SQL cluster database configured. This existing SQL database is also utilized by other applications.
I am planning to keep all the SCOM databases (Operation Manager DB, Operation DW DB, Reporting DB & ACS DB) on the central location on SAN storage of the SQL cluster.
For this, I requested to customer for a new instance of SQL to install SCOM DBs & SQL Server Reporting services.
Customer raised a concern on Why would need to install the databases & SQL Server Reporting services on a separate instance.
I replied as, The new instance requested will host the databases along with the SQL Server reporting services (SSRS).
The installation of SQL server report server will integrate the security of selected SSRS instance with Operation Manager role based security. Any reports that were previously installed on this
SQL server instance might become inaccessible. No other applications that are using SQL Server Reporting Services can be installed on this instance of SQL Server.
On this, Customer says if SSRS is planning to install on the MS3 server then there would not need to create a separate instance on SQL cluster. We can go with the existing instance for installation
of SCOM databases on SQL cluster and SSRS on MS3 server.
I need your inputs on this, as can I still require the new instance of SQL on SQL cluster or can go with the existing instance for installation of SCOM databases on SQL cluster and SSRS on MS3 server.
Kindly provide your inputs.
Regards,
SandeepK

Although SCOM can share a single instance running SQL Server to store data, this is not a recommended configuration. The SSRS is the same, no document says that it can be shared with others.
Also, refer to
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/84e89021-6794-421e-b41c-5da1186aae2e/sccm-and-scom-reporting-on-the-same-sql-instance?forum=configmgrreporting
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