Overview Monitoring a service in SCOM is very easy to set up – thankx to the Windows Service Management Pack Template. Many times there is a Management Pack already created that you can import to monitor a service (Active Directory, SQL Server, etc.) When there is no Management Pack available for a Specific Service, or… Continue reading Monitoring a Service in SCOM
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“SQL Reporting Server could not be contacted” when installing (upgrading to) SCOM 2012 SP-1
When upgrading my test SCOM server from RTM to SP-1, I got an error during the prerequisite check: “SQL Reporting Server could not be contacted.” I verified that ReportServer was available, and the resolution did not offer anything helpful. When first installing SCOM several months ago I had configured SSRS to only use https. … Continue reading “SQL Reporting Server could not be contacted” when installing (upgrading to) SCOM 2012 SP-1
Deploying the SCOM 2012 Agent using SCCM
We are in the process of migrating our SCOM 2007 Agents to SCOM 2012, and starting to use SCOM to monitor a lot more servers that we are not currently monitoring in SCOM 2007. This not only automates the SCOM Agent installation process, but prevents issues that have come up a few times when using… Continue reading Deploying the SCOM 2012 Agent using SCCM