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Welcome to the downloads area. Included are all MOM 2005 scripts and utilities from the original momresources.org site, as well as new content related to Operations Manager 2007 and other MS System Center components.
ACS
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/03/17 | Configuring ACS in Operations Manager 2007 SP1 | Part 3 of the ACS series, this tutorial provides a brief overview of ACS architecture and step-by-step instructions for configuring a redundant ACS collectors reporting to a single Audit database. |
| 2007/11/01 | ACS State View HowTo | This is a step-by-step guide on how to create a State View to show whether ACS is enabled or disabled on a server |
| 2007/10/19 | Enable ACS per Group through Powershell | This Powershell script will enable ACS on all agents that is a member of the provided group and point it the provided ACS collector. |
| 2007/10/19 | Enable ACS on all agents through Powershell | This Powershell script will enable all agents to the provided ACS collector. |
| 2007/10/01 | ACS Event Count Script | by Jesse Harris, This script logs onto SQL Server holding AuditCollectionDB and gets the most current partition table, then queries that partition table to get event counts. Events are then submited to OpsMgr07 |
Articles
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/03/31 | Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration Series [Complete] | Single pdf download of all 8 parts of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series at System Center Forum. |
| 2008/03/28 | Part 8: E-mail notification in Xian Io for Operations Manager 2007 | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 8 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/28 | Part 7:Jalasoft Xian Io UI integration with Operations Manager 2007 | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 7 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/20 | Part 6: Xian Policy Templates | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 6 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/17 | Configuring ACS in Operations Manager 2007 SP1 | Part 3 of the ACS series, this tutorial provides a brief overview of ACS architecture and step-by-step instructions for configuring a redundant ACS collectors reporting to a single Audit database. |
| 2008/03/12 | Part 5: Distributed Applications and Xian Network Manager Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 5 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/05 | Scripting Series (Part 3): Debugging Runtime Scripts for OpsMgr and SCE | In part 3 of our scripting series, we review debugging tips for runtime scripts in Operations Manager and Essentials 2007. |
| 2008/03/04 | Part 4:Monitoring of Processes in non-Windows systems with Xian Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 4 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/02/25 | Part 3: Asynchronous Monitoring with Xian IO | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 3 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/02/08 | Monitoring the Availability of a Device and its Response Time | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 2 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series... |
| 2008/02/04 | Monitoring Network Device Interfaces and Ports Status with Xian Io Network Manager | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 1 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series... |
| 2008/01/28 | Operations Manager Command Line Install Syntax [Complete list]  |
Complete list of command line installation parameters for all Operations Manager 2007 roles (from OpsMgr Product Team) |
| 2008/01/18 | SCF Scripting Series Part 2 - Custom Performance Objects | In part 2 of our scripting series, we will update the script we created in part 1 to log file size data to a custom performance object. |
| 2008/01/17 | Group Computers by Subnet in MOM 2005 [HOW TO] | How to group computers located in one or multiple subnets using regular expressions in a formula-driven group. |
| 2008/01/02 | SCF Scripting Series Part 1 - Converting MOM 2005 Scripts to OpsMgr / SCE 2007 | In our first installment, we cover some basics of the OpsMgr 2007 runtime scripting API and provide a walkthrough of a simple MOM 2005 script update to work with Operations Manager and SCE 2007 |
| 2007/09/05 | Configuring Notification in Operations Manager 2007 | Step-by-step walkthrough on the steps required to configure notification in Operations Manager 2007. Updated Sept '07 |
| 2007/07/24 | Backing up Ops Mgr 2007 with Data Protection Manager | A guide to backing up your Operations Manager 2007 deployment with System Center Data Protection Manager v2. |
| 2007/07/19 | Console Tuning in Operations Manager 2007 | A short article with some lesser known Ops Mgr console tuning resources for optimizing your experience in the Ops Mgr Operations and Web Consoles |
| 2007/07/13 | System Center Service Manager - 1st Look | A flyover of the beta 1 release of System Center Service Manager. |
| 2007/07/05 | Executing Powershell Scripts in Tasks in Ops Mgr 2007 | A brief tutorial illustrating how to create custom tasks to Powershell scripts from the Operations Console. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Pricing & Licensing |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | Licensing MOM Workgroup Edition |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Pricing & Licensing Flash |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Four |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Three |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Two |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part One |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Managing Exchange 2003 With MOM 2005 (Part 3) |
Deploying Exchange monitoring in MOM 2005 by Exchange MVP Neil Hobson. |
| 2007/03/21 | Managing Exchange 2003 With MOM 2005 (Part 2) |
Deploying Exchange monitoring in MOM 2005 by Exchange MVP Neil Hobson. |
| 2007/03/21 | Managing Exchange 2003 With MOM 2005 (Part 1) |
Deploying Exchange monitoring in MOM 2005 by Exchange MVP Neil Hobson. |
| 2007/03/21 | Top Three Configuration Issues with Exchange Management Pack in MOM 2005 |
Troubleshooting guidance on MOM 2005 Exchange MP from MS PSS. |
| 2007/03/21 | Coexistence of MOM Notification Workflow and MOM 2005 Reporting on SQL 2005 ( |
Walkthrough of coexistence of Notification Workflow SA and MOM 2005 Reporting on SQL 2005. |
| 2007/03/21 | Tips for a Successful Notification Workflow SA Deployment |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | Provisioning MOM 2005 Console Access in the Enterprise |
Relay some recommended practices for provisioning MOM access in enterprise environments |
| 2007/03/18 | MOM 2005 Database Fundamentals | Review of important concepts related to the care and feeding of MOM 2005 operations and reporting databases. |
| 2007/03/18 | Backing up MOM 2005 |
Article on how to backup MOM 2005 management packs via a custom script. |
| 2007/03/18 | Change Management for MOM 2005 |
Article at microsoft.com explaining how MSIT manages changes to MOM 2005 management pack rules. |
Configuration Manager 2007
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2007/12/06 | SCCM 2007 Visio Stencils | by Cameron Fuller, Stencils for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 with the Operations Manager 2007 look and feel |
Data Protection Manager
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2007/07/24 | Backing up Ops Mgr 2007 with Data Protection Manager | A guide to backing up your Operations Manager 2007 deployment with System Center Data Protection Manager v2. |
Documentation
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2007/07/02 | Gateway Server and Certificate-based Authorization Scenarios in Operations Manager 2007 | Walkthrough configuration of common Gateway Server scenarios and PKI/certificate configuration for Mgmt Servers and agents. |
Essentials 2007
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/05/01 | Multi Host Ping Performance Collection | Custom MP that includes a Multi Host Ping Performance Collection Rule and associated Views. *Updated* Rule updated to target a class instead of a group. |
| 2008/04/28 | DNS Check MP | This MP uses a 3rd party DLL to check the response of a DNS server. This can be used to check the availablity of external DNS servers. |
| 2008/04/22 | SMTP Check for Ops Mgr 07 | This is a sample MP containing a script that checks a target server's SMTP port. The script uses the Toolsack DLL to perform the network tasks. |
| 2008/04/22 | The Alert Forward Task MP v2 | From Cameron Fuller, The Alert Forward provides a right-click ability to forward an alert to someone via email. Script can be located on network share in this release. |
| 2008/04/12 | SMB File Share Performance MP | This contains two sample scripts to log response time data of a SMB share by copying a file to a specified share. |
| 2008/04/10 | Multi-file Age Check Monitoring Script for OpsMgr & Essentials | This monitoring script compares the DateLastModified property for ALL FILES in a user-specified directory to a user-specified age threshold (in minutes) . See script header for instructions on use. |
| 2008/03/28 | Part 8: E-mail notification in Xian Io for Operations Manager 2007 | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 8 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/28 | Part 7:Jalasoft Xian Io UI integration with Operations Manager 2007 | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 7 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/20 | Part 6: Xian Policy Templates | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 6 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/12 | Part 5: Distributed Applications and Xian Network Manager Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 5 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/05 | Scripting Series (Part 3): Debugging Runtime Scripts for OpsMgr and SCE | In part 3 of our scripting series, we review debugging tips for runtime scripts in Operations Manager and Essentials 2007. |
| 2008/03/04 | Part 4:Monitoring of Processes in non-Windows systems with Xian Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 4 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/03 | Event Log Monitoring and Backup MP (Opsmgr & Essentials) |
From Andrzej "IT Thoughts", Management Pack for monitoring Event Log size and performing Event Log backups if needed. |
| 2008/02/29 | Simple Synthetic DNS Lookup for Opsmgr/SCE 2007 | Updated by Bryan Zabchuck, Script issues nslookup commands to validate end-to-end DNS service availability. accepts comma-sep list of DNS servers to query against for the DNS host record specified. |
| 2008/02/25 | Part 3: Asynchronous Monitoring with Xian IO | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 3 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/02/12 | Scheduled Tasks MP for Operations Manager 2007 |
From Inovativ, This MP monitors Scheduled Tasks every 60 seconds for three potential problems:Last run time is "Never", Last run time "N/A", Last result is other than 0. Also provides 2 classes as a child to the Windows Computer class |
| 2008/02/08 | Monitoring the Availability of a Device and its Response Time | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 2 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series... |
| 2008/02/04 | Monitoring Network Device Interfaces and Ports Status with Xian Io Network Manager | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 1 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series... |
| 2008/01/31 | File Count Monitoring Script for OpsMgr & Essentials | Monitors the file count in a target folder on a Windows computer. Great for monitoring queues on the file system and error file counts for 3rd party applications. |
| 2008/01/23 | Send e-mail Alerts with High Imporntance for OpsMgr and Essentials [HOW-TO] |
Explanation of how to edit mgmt pack XML to send e-mail alert with high importance. (from MS internal) |
| 2008/01/22 | Folder Size Monitoring Script for OpsMgr & Essentials | This monitoring script compares the Size property on a user-specified folder to a user specified size threshold (in kb). See readme file for instructions on use. |
| 2008/01/20 | File Age Check Monitoring Script for OpsMgr & Essentials | This monitoring script compares the DateLastModified on a user-specified file to a user specified age threshold (in minutes). See script header for instructions on use. |
| 2008/01/18 | SCF Scripting Series Part 2 - Custom Performance Objects | In part 2 of our scripting series, we will update the script we created in part 1 to log file size data to a custom performance object. |
| 2008/01/18 | SCF Scripting Series Mgmt Pack - Part 2 | This is the sample script, management pack and readme file for part 2 of the SCF Scripting Series. MP works with OpsMgr RTM/SP1 and Essentials RTM/SP1 |
| 2008/01/02 | SCF Scripting Series Part 1 - Converting MOM 2005 Scripts to OpsMgr / SCE 2007 | In our first installment, we cover some basics of the OpsMgr 2007 runtime scripting API and provide a walkthrough of a simple MOM 2005 script update to work with Operations Manager and SCE 2007 |
| 2008/01/02 | SCF Scripting Series Mgmt Pack - Part 1 | This MP contains a sample file size monitoring rules from Part 1 of the SCF Scripting Series. See readme.rtf for instructions. |
| 2007/11/30 | SNMPPoll.zip | Sample script that uses freeware dll to poll an SNMP v1 device. |
| 2007/10/25 | Process Monitor MP (for OpsMgr 2007) | From Cameron Fuller, The Process Monitor provides alerting if a process specified is not running within an acceptable range. IE: Is MyBigCustomerApp.exe not running at least once on this server send me an alert. |
| 2007/10/25 | The Alert Forward Task MP | From Cameron Fuller, The Alert Forward provides a right-click ability to forward an alert to someone via email. |
| 2007/10/11 | Management Pack Inventory Utility |
By Boris Y., This Management Pack Inventory Utility displays the contents of a management pack: Rules, Monitors, Views, Tasks, Console Tasks, and Reports. At the bottom of the window it will also show you the knowledge associated with the particular manag |
| 2007/09/19 | Maintenance Mode cmd line tool for OpsMgr 2007 |
Written by Clive Eastwood, this command line tool puts Ops Mgr 2007 agents into maintenance mode (all 3 object classes necessary). |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 1 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Simple Event Detection Monitors |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 4 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Correlated Event Detection Unit Monitors |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 3 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Missing Event Detection Unit Monitors |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 2 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Repeated Event Detection Monitors |
| 2007/08/17 | MP Export Utility | This utility can export unsealed MPs to a specified directory in XML format |
| 2007/08/13 | Overrides Explorer v3.3 |
Updated version of the GUI utility for viewing OpsMgr and SCE overrides by server or object type. |
| 2007/08/02 | Using Property Bags with Custom Scripting in Operations Manager 2007 | HOW-TO guide for Ops Mgr 2007 Admins use custom scripts to log performance data. |
| 2007/08/02 | Overrides Explorer v3.2 | Updated version of the GUI utility for viewing OpsMgr and SCE overrides by server or object type. |
| 2007/08/01 | Override Explorer Tool beta | This GUI tool allows administrators to browse overrides present in an Operations Manager 2007 or SCE 2007 installation through a nice navigation tree. |
| 2007/07/19 | AD & Exchange MP Shared Script Mappings | This download contains 2 Excel spreadsheets containing the script mappings for the Active Directory and Exchange MPs. Tables list only scripts used by more than one workflow. |
| 2007/05/26 | Add Alert Resolution States Utility |
Written by Clive Eastwood, this utility allows adding resolution states to the SCE, which is currently not possible in Console UI. |
| 2007/05/26 | Essentials Mmgt Pack Dump Utility (MP2XMLDumper) |
A quick and dirty way to dump ALL essentials MPs into unsealed XML format for easy searching. Written by Clive Eastwood of Microsoft |
| 2007/04/30 | SCE 2007 Custom Command Shell | How to configure Powershell for System Center Essentials command line administration. |
HOW-TO Guides
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/03/17 | Configuring ACS in Operations Manager 2007 SP1 | Part 3 of the ACS series, this tutorial provides a brief overview of ACS architecture and step-by-step instructions for configuring a redundant ACS collectors reporting to a single Audit database. |
| 2008/03/05 | How to Change Any Password in MOM 2005 | Updated and downloadable copy of instructions for changing MOM 2005 passwords (from my it-jedi.net blog) |
| 2008/01/23 | Send e-mail Alerts with High Imporntance for OpsMgr and Essentials [HOW-TO] |
Explanation of how to edit mgmt pack XML to send e-mail alert with high importance. (from MS internal) |
| 2008/01/23 | E-mail subscription for a specific alert in OpsMgr 2007 [HOW-TO] |
Use Powershell for creating a subscription to all future occurrences of a specific alert in Operations Manager 2007. |
| 2008/01/17 | Group Computers by Subnet in MOM 2005 [HOW TO] | How to group computers located in one or multiple subnets using regular expressions in a formula-driven group. |
| 2007/11/01 | ACS State View HowTo | This is a step-by-step guide on how to create a State View to show whether ACS is enabled or disabled on a server |
| 2007/09/13 | Guide to Monitoring VMware ESX 3.x / VI3 |
Created by Jonathan Hambrook, this free guide to ESX monitoring with SNMP and Syslog providers in Operations Manager 2007. |
| 2007/09/05 | Configuring Notification in Operations Manager 2007 | Step-by-step walkthrough on the steps required to configure notification in Operations Manager 2007. Updated Sept '07 |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 1 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Simple Event Detection Monitors |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 4 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Correlated Event Detection Unit Monitors |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 3 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Missing Event Detection Unit Monitors |
| 2007/08/21 | How to Monitor Windows Events in Ops Mgr 2007 - Part 2 |
Step-by-step tutorial from Tarek Ismail on monitoring for Windows Events with Repeated Event Detection Monitors |
| 2007/08/02 | Using Property Bags with Custom Scripting in Operations Manager 2007 | HOW-TO guide for Ops Mgr 2007 Admins use custom scripts to log performance data. |
| 2007/07/24 | Backing up Ops Mgr 2007 with Data Protection Manager | A guide to backing up your Operations Manager 2007 deployment with System Center Data Protection Manager v2. |
| 2007/07/06 | Securing Report Access in Operations Manager 2007 | Step-by-step instructions on restricting report visibility based on user role in Operations Manager 2007. |
| 2007/07/02 | Gateway Server and Certificate-based Authorization Scenarios in Operations Manager 2007 | Walkthrough configuration of common Gateway Server scenarios and PKI/certificate configuration for Mgmt Servers and agents. |
| 2007/06/14 | Agentless Exception Monitoring Walkthrough | functionality overview and installation walkthrough on the AEM function of Ops Mgr 2007 |
| 2007/05/09 | Using Overrides in Operations Manager 2007 | A short tutorial on use of overrides for rules and monitors in Ops Mgr 2007. |
| 2007/04/30 | SCE 2007 Custom Command Shell | How to configure Powershell for System Center Essentials command line administration. |
| 2007/04/11 | Active Directory Integration in Ops Mgrs 2007 | How to configure Active Directory integration for an Operations Manager 2007 management group. |
| 2007/03/21 | Returning Resultant Set of Rules in Ops Mgr 2007 |
How do I return a resultant set of rules currently running on an agent managed machine in Ops Mgr 2007? See the answer here. |
| 2007/03/21 | How to change default range in MOM Reports | This document explains the process of changing the default date range populated in MOM Reports. |
| 2007/03/21 | Step by Step MOM to MOM Product Connector (MOM 2005) |
This document explains the process of setting up a MOM to MOM connector by Robert Smit (aka The MOM Connnector) |
| 2007/03/21 | Expose MSFT_Alert Problemstate attribute in WMI in MOM 2005 | This document explains the process of modifying the MOM WMI namespace to make this parameter accessible via WMI, normally only available in the MOM .NET class library. |
| 2007/03/21 | How to backup Windows Event Logs with MOM 2005 |
Steps through backing up Windows Event Logs with MOM via a response script. |
| 2007/03/21 | View Computers Requiring reboot in MOM 2005 Ops Console | Illustrates use of computer attributes to create a group to review all computers requiring a reboot as a result of patch updates. |
| 2007/03/21 | Auditing security events (with a repeat window) in MOM 2005 |
Explanation of the use of consolidation rules to audit noteworthy events in Windows Security Event Log while controlling the volume of alerts generated. |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitoring OU Changes in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for monitoring changes to OU's in Active Directory |
| 2007/03/21 | Audit Logon Events in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for auditing logon failures in Windows Security Event Log. |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitoring OU Permissions Changes in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for monitoring changes to OU's in Active Directory |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitoring OU Creation in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for monitoring creation of OU's in Active Directory |
| 2007/03/21 | Create Custom Task to Launch WMI Script in MOM 2005 |
Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to launch a WMI scripts. |
| 2007/03/21 | Setting and Using MOM State Variables in MOM 2005 |
How to configure a MOM response to update a state variable. |
| 2007/03/21 | Recover from Extended DTS Failures in MOM 2005 |
Guidance on how to resolve and recover from failures in the nightly SystemCenterReporting DTS package. |
| 2007/03/21 | Task to Capture Process Memory Utilization in MOM 2005 | Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to that will return the memory utilization (process\private bytes) for all processes running on an agent-managed computer. |
| 2007/03/21 | Interactive Remote Command Prompt Task in MOM 2005 |
Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to that will lauch a command prompt focused on a remote machine. Requires PSEXEC from sysinternals.com. |
| 2007/03/21 | Event Filtering with Regular Expressions in MOM 2005 | Guidance on how to incorporate regular expressions into MOM event rules to filter unwanted events from generating alerts. |
| 2007/03/21 | Create a Task to Display SP / Hotfixes in MOM 2005 | Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to that will return the service pack and hotfixes installed on an agent-managed computer. |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitor a Single Line Logfile with MOM 2005 | Guidance on configuration of providers and rules for parsing application text logs for occurrence of desired strings. |
| 2007/03/21 | Create a Custom Performance Graph Report for MOM 2005 | A tutorial for creating a MOM report in Visual Studio incorporating graphical elements. |
| 2007/03/21 | Create a Custom Event Report for MOM 2005 | A tutorial for creating your first MOM report with Visual Studio. |
| 2007/03/21 | Process Monitoring Without Custom Scripts in MOM 2005 | A tutorial illustrating how to leverage the WMI Provider in MOM 2005 to monitor Windows processes without the need for custom scripts |
| 2007/03/21 | How to automate MOM 2005 Mgmt Pack Backups | A walkthrough for implementing a custom script to automate mgmt pack backup and archival. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Maintenance Mode Tools & Strategies | A walkthrough of the various scripts and utilities for managing maintenance mode on your servers. |
| 2007/03/21 | How to update custom fields on MOM 2005 alerts |
A walkthrough for implementing a custom script to populate custom fields on MOM alerts with computer information retrieved from Active Directory. |
| 2007/03/21 | Implementing Custom Scripts in MOM 2005 | Walkthrough implementation of custom scripts in MOM 2005. |
| 2007/03/21 | Creating a MOM 2005-Friendly PowerShell Instance | Walkthrough of configuring Powershell instance that preloads MOM 2005 .NET class libraries. |
| 2007/03/19 | How to monitor non-Windows systems in Operations Manager 2007 | A guide on configuration of SNMP-enabled network device monitoring in Ops Mgr 2007 |
| 2007/03/09 | Create Task to Display SPs | When created as a task in MOM 2005, displays hotfixes and SPs installed on a machine. |
| 2007/03/09 | Creating An Event Report | Walkthrough on creating a common event report for the MOM reporting site. |
| 2007/03/09 | Notification Workflow Quickstart Guide | HOW-TO guide for configuration of the Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator. |
Management Packs
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/05/12 | Retrieve Running Processes Sample MP | This MP implements diagnostics on several common Windows 2003 Base OS MP monitors to automatically retrieve running processes in the event of excess resource utilization. See accompanying readme file for details. |
| 2008/05/09 | Alert on Pending Actions MP | This Custom MP will scan the Operations DB used by Ops Mgr 2007 and alert if there are any pending actions. |
| 2008/05/01 | Multi Host Ping Performance Collection | Custom MP that includes a Multi Host Ping Performance Collection Rule and associated Views. *Updated* Rule updated to target a class instead of a group. |
| 2008/04/28 | DNS Check MP | This MP uses a 3rd party DLL to check the response of a DNS server. This can be used to check the availablity of external DNS servers. |
| 2008/04/23 | Windows Filesystem Sharing Monitor MP | This custom MP created by Jaime Correia will monitor shares on a Windows Filesystem. This MP will discover the shares on a server and create monitors to track the health (availability) of the share. |
| 2008/04/22 | SMTP Check for Ops Mgr 07 | This is a sample MP containing a script that checks a target server's SMTP port. The script uses the Toolsack DLL to perform the network tasks. |
| 2008/04/22 | The Alert Forward Task MP v2 | From Cameron Fuller, The Alert Forward provides a right-click ability to forward an alert to someone via email. Script can be located on network share in this release. |
| 2008/04/12 | SMB File Share Performance MP | This contains two sample scripts to log response time data of a SMB share by copying a file to a specified share. |
| 2008/03/31 | Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration Series [Complete] | Single pdf download of all 8 parts of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series at System Center Forum. |
| 2008/03/12 | Part 5: Distributed Applications and Xian Network Manager Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 5 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/04 | Part 4:Monitoring of Processes in non-Windows systems with Xian Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 4 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/03 | Event Log Monitoring and Backup MP (Opsmgr & Essentials) |
From Andrzej "IT Thoughts", Management Pack for monitoring Event Log size and performing Event Log backups if needed. |
| 2008/02/25 | Part 3: Asynchronous Monitoring with Xian IO | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 3 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/02/12 | Scheduled Tasks MP for Operations Manager 2007 |
From Inovativ, This MP monitors Scheduled Tasks every 60 seconds for three potential problems:Last run time is "Never", Last run time "N/A", Last result is other than 0. Also provides 2 classes as a child to the Windows Computer class |
| 2008/01/23 | Send e-mail Alerts with High Imporntance for OpsMgr and Essentials [HOW-TO] |
Explanation of how to edit mgmt pack XML to send e-mail alert with high importance. (from MS internal) |
| 2008/01/23 | Folder Size with Performance Counter Monitoring Script (for OpsMgr & Essentials) | This monitoring script compares the Size property on a user-specified folder to a user specified size threshold (in kb) and logs folder size to a custom performance object. See readme file for instructions on use |
| 2008/01/18 | SCF Scripting Series Mgmt Pack - Part 2 | This is the sample script, management pack and readme file for part 2 of the SCF Scripting Series. MP works with OpsMgr RTM/SP1 and Essentials RTM/SP1 |
| 2008/01/02 | SCF Scripting Series Mgmt Pack - Part 1 | This MP contains a sample file size monitoring rules from Part 1 of the SCF Scripting Series. See readme.rtf for instructions. |
| 2007/12/25 | MOM 2005 Alert Detail RSS Feed | Unlike the summary feed that comes with the MOM 2005 Resourse Kit, this simple custom RSS feed provides alert details by pulling alert data from the OnePoint database using an SDK View. Easily customizable into multiple feeds as well. |
| 2007/11/08 | ReSearchThis! Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 | This MP adds Tasks that allow operators to highlight an alert and submit a search to the SystemCenterForum knowledge base for answers, as well as share their own solutions with the community. |
| 2007/11/08 | ReSearchThis! Management Pack for MOM 2005 | This MP adds Tasks that allow operators to highlight an alert and submit a search to the SystemCenterForum knowledge base for answers, as well as share their own solutions with the community. |
| 2007/10/25 | Process Monitor MP (for OpsMgr 2007) | From Cameron Fuller, The Process Monitor provides alerting if a process specified is not running within an acceptable range. IE: Is MyBigCustomerApp.exe not running at least once on this server send me an alert. |
| 2007/10/25 | The Alert Forward Task MP | From Cameron Fuller, The Alert Forward provides a right-click ability to forward an alert to someone via email. |
| 2007/10/22 | Network Connection Information MP (MOM 2005) | Management pack by Patrick Egloff. The Network Connection Information MOM Management Pack adds network connection information to the Roles tab for an agent. Information shown is similar to output from ipconfig command. |
| 2007/08/02 | Using Property Bags with Custom Scripting in Operations Manager 2007 | HOW-TO guide for Ops Mgr 2007 Admins use custom scripts to log performance data. |
| 2007/03/18 | McAfee Security Shield MP (beta 0.9) for MOM 2005 |
Management pack monitors the McAfee Security Shield antivirus program courtesy of Robert Smit at The MOM Connector. |
| 2007/03/18 | Security Auditing MP (MOM 2005) |
Management pack monitors various security events courtesy of Robert Smit at The MOM Connector. |
| 2007/03/18 | EMC Mgmt Pack (MOM 2005) | Management pack monitors EMC Navisphere Agent, PowerPath, and Replication Manager SE. Submitted by Bernardo Tarillion |
| 2007/03/18 | Scheduled Task MP (MOM 2005) |
Management pack that monitors the status of scheduled tasks on managed computers, including MOM Servers. |
| 2007/03/18 | MOM Change Audit MP (MOM 2005) | Management pack that monitors changes to MOM rules, scripts, tasks and global settings. See a complete description of how it works HERE. |
| 2007/03/18 | VMWare Server 1.x MP | Management pack that monitors guest and host events for VMWare Server 1.x hosts and virtual machines. See a complete description of how it works HERE. |
| 2007/03/18 | SNMP Telco Switch Monitoring Demo MP (MOM 2005) | Demonstration management pack illustrating how to process SNMP event data forwarded to MOM 2005 Mgmt Server acting as an SNMP trap catcher. See a complete description HERE. |
| 2007/03/18 | Notification Workflow MP (MOM 2005) | Zero-configuration management pack for monitoring MOM Notification Workflow SA functionality. For a complete description, see HERE. |
MOM 2005
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/05/09 | Dump MOM 2005 Company Knowledge |
by Huntland Svcs Ltd, The script can be run from the command prompt using cscript dumpMomKb.vbs, or interactively by double clicking on DumpMomKb.vbs. Requires rights to access the Mom Sql Server and OnePoint Database. |
| 2008/03/05 | How to Change Any Password in MOM 2005 | Updated and downloadable copy of instructions for changing MOM 2005 passwords (from my it-jedi.net blog) |
| 2008/01/17 | Group Computers by Subnet in MOM 2005 [HOW TO] | How to group computers located in one or multiple subnets using regular expressions in a formula-driven group. |
| 2008/01/02 | "Send SNMP Trap" on MOM 2005 |
Custom response script that uses Trapgen.exe to send an SNMP trap when an alert for the rule is raised. (by Mohan Muniswamy) |
| 2007/12/25 | MOM 2005 Alert Detail RSS Feed | Unlike the summary feed that comes with the MOM 2005 Resourse Kit, this simple custom RSS feed provides alert details by pulling alert data from the OnePoint database using an SDK View. Easily customizable into multiple feeds as well. |
| 2007/11/30 | MOM 2005 SNMP Script | Sample script that uses the SSR dll to poll SNMP devices |
| 2007/11/08 | ReSearchThis! Management Pack for MOM 2005 | This MP adds Tasks that allow operators to highlight an alert and submit a search to the SystemCenterForum knowledge base for answers, as well as share their own solutions with the community. |
| 2007/10/22 | Network Connection Information MP (MOM 2005) | Management pack by Patrick Egloff. The Network Connection Information MOM Management Pack adds network connection information to the Roles tab for an agent. Information shown is similar to output from ipconfig command. |
| 2007/10/03 | Secure Vantage Security Top Alerts MP |
This free MP provides alerting and knowledge content for key Windows Server security audit scenarios. The Alert knowledge content is provided by aMicrosoft Security MVP. |
| 2007/09/28 | Security Audit MP for MOM 2005 | Free security auditing for AD user, group, domain, site/subnet, ou, trust, logon and other changes. Requires appropriate audit policies are configured of course. |
| 2007/08/14 | MOM 2005 Management Pack Backup with Daily Archival | Script performs a daily backup of MOM 2005 managament packs and automatically archives each days backups for a user-defined period of time. |
| 2007/08/09 | IIS AppPool Process Memory Monitor for MOM 2005 | This script allows you to capture IIS application pool memory usage as a performance counter in MOM (uses the app pool friendly name as the counter instance), allowing you to trend app pool memory usage. |
| 2007/07/06 | HTTPS (SSL) Transactional Monitor for MOM 2005 | This script uses an open source winsock DLL to provide solid transactional monitoring of HTTP / SSL websites in MOM 2005. |
| 2007/06/27 | Detailed Event Report Query for MOM 2005 |
If you audit your event logs for admin group add's or any audit events for that matter then the above code will surely help you with your reporting. |
| 2007/06/07 | State Variable Script Example | State Variable Script Examples |
| 2007/06/01 | MOM 2005 SQL Jobs | These sql scripts allow recreation of Onepoint and SCDW SQL jobs in the event they are accidentally deleted. |
| 2007/05/29 | Folder Size Monitor (MOM 2005) | Custom script to monitor size of target folder and alert on over / under threshold, by Mohan Muniswamy. |
| 2007/05/17 | MOM 2005 Daily Stats Report | This script dumps daily stats (event and alert counts, etc) to an Access database for long term archival and offline reporting. (by Scott Moss http://mom2005andscom2007.blogspot.com/) |
| 2007/03/21 | How to change default range in MOM Reports | This document explains the process of changing the default date range populated in MOM Reports. |
| 2007/03/21 | Step by Step MOM to MOM Product Connector (MOM 2005) |
This document explains the process of setting up a MOM to MOM connector by Robert Smit (aka The MOM Connnector) |
| 2007/03/21 | Expose MSFT_Alert Problemstate attribute in WMI in MOM 2005 | This document explains the process of modifying the MOM WMI namespace to make this parameter accessible via WMI, normally only available in the MOM .NET class library. |
| 2007/03/21 | How to backup Windows Event Logs with MOM 2005 |
Steps through backing up Windows Event Logs with MOM via a response script. |
| 2007/03/21 | View Computers Requiring reboot in MOM 2005 Ops Console | Illustrates use of computer attributes to create a group to review all computers requiring a reboot as a result of patch updates. |
| 2007/03/21 | Auditing security events (with a repeat window) in MOM 2005 |
Explanation of the use of consolidation rules to audit noteworthy events in Windows Security Event Log while controlling the volume of alerts generated. |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitoring OU Changes in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for monitoring changes to OU's in Active Directory |
| 2007/03/21 | Audit Logon Events in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for auditing logon failures in Windows Security Event Log. |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitoring OU Permissions Changes in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for monitoring changes to OU's in Active Directory |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitoring OU Creation in MOM 2005 |
Event rule configuration for monitoring creation of OU's in Active Directory |
| 2007/03/21 | Create Custom Task to Launch WMI Script in MOM 2005 |
Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to launch a WMI scripts. |
| 2007/03/21 | Setting and Using MOM State Variables in MOM 2005 |
How to configure a MOM response to update a state variable. |
| 2007/03/21 | Recover from Extended DTS Failures in MOM 2005 |
Guidance on how to resolve and recover from failures in the nightly SystemCenterReporting DTS package. |
| 2007/03/21 | Task to Capture Process Memory Utilization in MOM 2005 | Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to that will return the memory utilization (process\private bytes) for all processes running on an agent-managed computer. |
| 2007/03/21 | Interactive Remote Command Prompt Task in MOM 2005 |
Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to that will lauch a command prompt focused on a remote machine. Requires PSEXEC from sysinternals.com. |
| 2007/03/21 | Event Filtering with Regular Expressions in MOM 2005 | Guidance on how to incorporate regular expressions into MOM event rules to filter unwanted events from generating alerts. |
| 2007/03/21 | Create a Task to Display SP / Hotfixes in MOM 2005 | Steps for configuring a custom Operator Console Task to that will return the service pack and hotfixes installed on an agent-managed computer. |
| 2007/03/21 | Monitor a Single Line Logfile with MOM 2005 | Guidance on configuration of providers and rules for parsing application text logs for occurrence of desired strings. |
| 2007/03/21 | Create a Custom Performance Graph Report for MOM 2005 | A tutorial for creating a MOM report in Visual Studio incorporating graphical elements. |
| 2007/03/21 | Create a Custom Event Report for MOM 2005 | A tutorial for creating your first MOM report with Visual Studio. |
| 2007/03/21 | Process Monitoring Without Custom Scripts in MOM 2005 | A tutorial illustrating how to leverage the WMI Provider in MOM 2005 to monitor Windows processes without the need for custom scripts |
| 2007/03/21 | How to automate MOM 2005 Mgmt Pack Backups | A walkthrough for implementing a custom script to automate mgmt pack backup and archival. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Maintenance Mode Tools & Strategies | A walkthrough of the various scripts and utilities for managing maintenance mode on your servers. |
| 2007/03/21 | How to update custom fields on MOM 2005 alerts |
A walkthrough for implementing a custom script to populate custom fields on MOM alerts with computer information retrieved from Active Directory. |
| 2007/03/21 | Implementing Custom Scripts in MOM 2005 | Walkthrough implementation of custom scripts in MOM 2005. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Pricing & Licensing |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | Licensing MOM Workgroup Edition |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Pricing & Licensing Flash |
None given. |
| 2007/03/21 | Creating a MOM 2005-Friendly PowerShell Instance | Walkthrough of configuring Powershell instance that preloads MOM 2005 .NET class libraries. |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Four |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |