OpsMgr++
What if I dont want to put the whole computer into maintenance mode?
Sometimes you may not wish to put the whole computer into maintenance mode. Instead you may wish to...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/19/2007
Specifying a run as account for a run as profile
Here is a sample script that demonstrates how to specify which RunAs account to use for a particular...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/16/2007
MPViewer V1.1
Added some improvements based on comments from couple of the MOM MVPs. 1. See the following...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/12/2007
The Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr is here
The Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 is done and can be found on the download site:...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/12/2007
MPViewer (What's in my management pack part 2)
One thing I realized after the last blog post about dumping the contents of a management pack is...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/11/2007
What's in my management pack?
Here is a simple script that I wrote for someone today to dump the contents of a management pack...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/10/2007
Disabled discoveries
Some discoveries in the management packs that ship with OpsMgr are disabled out of the box. One of...
Author: borisyan Date: 10/08/2007
Setting specific failover management servers
Unless you are using AD integration, when the agent cannot communicate with its primary management...
Author: borisyan Date: 09/11/2007
Stopping maintenance mode
I wrote a blog post several weeks ago about putting a computer into maintenance mode using...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/30/2007
Converting a sealed management pack to readable XML
Ever wanted to dig into a management pack but could not because it is sealed? One workaround is to...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/15/2007
Add/Remove users to a user role
Currently there is no cmdlet to add a user to a user role, however its very easy to do using a...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/13/2007
Automating the setup of URL monitoring
One of the new things in OpsMgr is the ability to easily setup URL monitoring from multiple watcher...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/10/2007
Override Explorer v3.3
The purpose of override explorer is to simplify understanding what overrides exist in a management...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/08/2007
Listing all the performance collection rules in a management group
Performance monitors will look at at performance counter value and change state when a particular...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/06/2007
So what thresholds do my monitors have?
One of the things people have been asking about is what thresholds are used by various monitors....
Author: borisyan Date: 08/06/2007
So what about diagnostics and recoveries?
Another new capability in OpsMgr is being able to execute diagnostics and recoveries as reactions to...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/06/2007
So what is in maintenance mode?
In MOM 2005 you could put computers into maintenance mode; in OpsMgr 2007 maintenance mode is much...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/06/2007
Disabling/Enabling multiple rules/monitors/discoveries at once
One of the things I have heard on several occasions is that people want to disable or enable a...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/03/2007
Enabling proxying for agents
When deploying the AD or Exchange management packs you need to enable proxying on agents in order...
Author: borisyan Date: 08/02/2007
Putting a computer into maintenance mode
Putting a computer into maintenance mode is what users do when they know a particular computer will...
Author: borisyan Date: 07/25/2007
Introduction
My name is Boris Yanushpolsky and I am Program Manager in the Enterprise Management division. I...
Author: borisyan Date: 07/14/2007