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Description :

I have prepared this Powershell script to use it with SCOM. Of course it can be used as a standalone script too. I am basically creating a Rule in SCOM to trigger the below script which logs an event into the Application Event Log. Later on I am […]

Description :

I have prepared this Powershell script to use it in SCOM but of course it can be used also as a standalone script or it can be scheduled in Task Manager too.

The logic behind it was to log an event into the clients application event log and collect […]

Description :

There are several T-SQL queries available on the internet especially from Microsoft PFE Kevin Holman regarding searching for Events or Alerts on the OpsMgr Operational Database but not for the Data Warehouse database. In some troubleshooting scenarios or forensic analysis historical data (events or alerts) related to a […]

Description :

This Powershell Script is basically intended to stop and start OpsMgr related services (“cshost”, “healthservice”, “omsdk”) on all SCOM Management Servers in a mass. This script can be used to stop and start other windows services too. You basically need to enter the server and service name into […]

Problem Description :

If you try to upgrade or install SCOM 2016 Agent manually on a Windows Server the upgrade or installation can fail with the following error message below.

Error Messages :

“A newer version of Operations Manager is already installed on this computer. Setup cannot continue.”

“Microsoft Monitoring Agent was not […]

Problem Description :

If you try to upgrade or install SCOM 2016 Agent manually on a Windows Server the upgrade or installation can fail with the following error message below.

Error Messages :

“A newer version of Operations Manager is already installed on this computer. Setup cannot continue.”

“Microsoft Monitoring Agent was not […]

Problem Description :

If you try to upgrade or install SCOM 2016 Agent manually on a Windows Server the upgrade or installation can fail with the following error message below.

Error Messages :

“A newer version of Operations Manager is already installed on this computer. Setup cannot continue.”

“Microsoft Monitoring Agent was not […]

How to Tutorial :

How to detect SPN (Service Principal Name) related problems or mismatch on SQL Servers .

Solution :

There is a very handy and easy to use tool available from Microsoft which I am using nearly daily if I hit SPN’s related event logs or error logs on SQL […]

Problem Description :

“An error occured while processing this request”, “Failed to submit operation request” and “Failed to create virtual machine” error messages can occur when you try to create a new virtual machine in Windows Azure Pack with Update Rollup 11 installed.

Error Messages :

Error 11/18/2016 2:07:30 PM Microsoft-WindowsAzurePack-MgmtSvc-TenantSite 232 […]

Problem Description :

If you haven’t updated Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 for a long time, Windows Update can run several hours to detect and to get a list of the updates required.

After installation of KB3138612 please install the following updates inside the Solution Section of this article […]