Category Archives: Management Pack Authoring

Hey Everyone, There have been multiple requests for new features / tweaks in this project. I have converted it into a codeplex project and might be able to devote some more development time to it soon. I have not been … Continue reading →

Hey Everyone.  I have finished the update to the tool to let it work with SP1 environments.  The problem had to do with the way that I can query SCOM for objects.  In R2 I can pull back only objects … Continue reading →

Wow people are using the tool!  Since people have started using it in their environments I have been getting great feedback, please keep it coming! Lessons Learned: The tool does indeed require .Net 3.5 (the .DLL complained of this when … Continue reading →

So I just saw a post on System Center Central asking about PowerShell based discoveries and asking for help.  As I just went through this (ended up having to ask our PFE for an example) I figured I would blog … Continue reading →

Now that we have created the Custom Composite monitor using it is just like using any other type of monitor.  So, generically when implementing a monitor you have two choices:   Put it on a pre-existing class (default disabled, enable … Continue reading →

So now we are to the point where we can make a monitor type for our shiny new data source.  We can then use this in an actual monitor and start monitoring for this condition on servers! Step 1:  Create … Continue reading →