Archive for category MP Development
Discovery: identifying the device [SNMP MP Chap 2] #sysctr #scom
Posted by Daniele Grandini in MP Development, SCOM, SNMP on May 21, 2013
Identifying the device The very first step to monitor a generic device is to get a unique identifier for the device itself. This is important since we need to discover the device in order to apply the proper monitoring policies. The first id to check for is sysObjectID (.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2), the id is returned by OpsMgr […]
Creating SNMP monitoring Management Packs for System Center 2012 Operations Manager [SNMP MP Chap 2] #scom #sysctr
Posted by Daniele Grandini in MP Development, SCOM, SNMP, System Center on May 18, 2013
One of the more asked questions regarding Operations Manager network monitoring is: how can I “certify” my own generic devices? As you may know Operations Manager distinguishes network device3s in two broad families: certified and generic. Certified devices are, basically, “known” devices for which specific monitors and rules have been defined, generic devices are “unknown” […]
How to add an Alert Widget to your sealed management pack
Posted by Daniele Grandini in MP Development, SCOM on November 29, 2012
Problem As a management pack author you want to add a custom dashboard to your management pack and you want to add an Alert Widget to the dashboard. Alas when configuring the Alerts Widget only guids are accepted as valid targets. XML <Binding PropertyId=“TargetIds“> <ComplexValueCollection Type=“mpinstance://System.Library!System.Entity[]“> <ComplexValue Type=“mpinstance://System.Library!System.Entity“> <Binding PropertyId=“Id“> <SimpleValue Type=“xsd://string“ Value=“6ad45d81-6eab-c56d-aa76-4c70deffe5f5“ /> </Binding> </ComplexValue> […]
The new OS management pack and cluster disks
Posted by Daniele Grandini in MP, MP Development, SCOM on August 10, 2012
The new OS management pack (see http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2012/06/14/opsmgr-mpupdate-new-base-os-mp-6-0-6972-0-adds-new-cluster-disks-changes-free-space-monitoring-other-fixes.aspx) has tons of improvements, among them, there’s a new way to manage cluster disks and cluster shared volumes. Now these disks are associated with the cluster name, as it should have always been, and not to the node name. This new paradigm has a drawback: the MP author […]
The road to Operations Manager 2012 – MP compatibility
Posted by Daniele Grandini in MP Development, Planning, SCOM on March 23, 2012
With the release date of System Center 2012 getting closer, it’s time to start to plan for a proper migration to the new version. Every single component of System Center has its own way to perform the upgrade, all of them support a side by side migration, some of them allow for an upgrade. Operations […]
