New Windows Server Operating System Management pack for Windows 2012 R2 version 6.0.7297.0

New Windows Server Operating System Management pack for Windows 2012 R2 Version 6.0.7297.0

• Microsoft has released a new MP for Windows Server which include 2012,2012 R2, Windows 2008

Following are the Fixes that has been done in this latest

• In 2008, 2012 platforms, the “Logical Disk Free Space (%) Low” monitor do not alert as expected when free space is 0%. With this fix, this monitor will alert when free space is 0%

• In all platforms, logical disks are un-discovered if we configure them as Asymmetric storage on Failover Cluster. With this fix, this issue will be resolved

• The Windows Server OS Management pack collects logical disk size is megabytes. During discovery this value used to be assigned to integer property. When logical disk size is significantly large (for example, when disk is of several petabytes), in megabytes format it goes out of boundaries of integer type. As a result the workflow fails while trying to insert discovery data. To support large logical disk another double properties was introduced, since double type has much more wide values range. Old integer property with constant “-1” value is preserved for upgrade compatibility and marked as DEPRECETED

• “Volume Mount Points on Dynamic Disks” aren’t discovered by Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Discovery MP. With this fix, this issue will be resolved

• MP has been modified to not discover System Reserved volumes on Windows Server 2012 to ensure it is consistent with the rest of the OS versions

To Download the Latest MP: Click Here

How to Create Custom Event ID monitoring using SCOM 2012 R2 - Step by Step

How to Create Custom Event ID monitoring using SCOM

• Many Times we get request to create new Event ID monitors which are not default available.Today we will create those Event  ID monitors to Monitor Custom Event ID.

• First Install the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Authoring Console.This is the Tool that will help you create Custom Monitoring and very effective tool for developing Managements pack

Step by Step:

Once you Install the Tool open it and click on the Icon Below and select New Management Pack and give a name

• Then Click on "Health Model Tab" and right hand side click New-->Alerting-->Windows Event
• This will Open the Windows Event ID Custom Monitoring Pane

• Now give it a Name "Event ID 7040 Monitoring"

• Then Click on Target and Select "Browse All Classes"
• Now Check "List" and Search for "Windows Computers" and Select it

• In Category select "Alerts" and Click Next
• Now in The Log Name Give a Event Log where the event is logged. In our Case we Select "System". Then click Next

• Now Enter the "Event ID" and "Event Source" and Click Next

• Give the Alert the Name you want and click Finish

• Now Save the MP in Top and Import it in your Environment to Monitor this Event ID

PowerShell Command to get Specific Alert in SCOM 2012 R2 and SCOM 2016

PowerShell Command to get Specific Alert in SCOM 2012 R2 and SCOM 2016

• Powershell Command to get only Specific alert with Specific Name is something we are asked frequently
• Use the Below Command to get it done
• GET-SCOMAlert Where {$_.Name --eq "Alert You want to get"}

Cool Dashboards in recent SQL 2012 MP

Cool Dashboard in recent SQL 2012 MP

• Microsoft has released a pretty cool dashboard in recent SQL 2012 MP.
• It gives awesome dashbaord view for the team to Monitoring and know you database perforamnce from single console
• To Download latest MP click here --> Download

SCOM 2012 R2 Powershell Command to check if Server is Physical or Virtual

SCOM Powershell Command to check if Server is Physical or Virtual

• Get-SCOMaccesLicense where DEVICE_ID "Computername"
• This will give you information whether the server is Virtual or Physical.Its agent managed or Agentless Managed.

New ALT TAB Button in Windows 10

New ALT TAB Button in Windows 10

• Earlier to Jump Between different Application we have to Minimize one and maximize one. 
• Then we started using ALT+TAB button to switch between different Application windows
• Now Microsoft has given a button next to Search Box in Windows 10
• If you Click on it You can jump between various windows.
• This has been done to make compaitable with Windows Tab (Surface) and Windows Phone

New Search Box in Windows 10

New Search Box in Windows 10

• Earlier version of Windows You have to click on Start to Search.
• But In Windows 10 this has been moved next to Start in Launch Bar itself
• So you can SEARCH for Notepad and Word and it will show up