Upgrading UNIX/Linux agents in System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is typically a smooth and simple process. Most environments can perform the upgrade directly from the Administration pane by selecting the agent and executing the upgrade task. However, when Apache is installed on the target Linux server, the upgrade may unexpectedly fail due to additional components … Read more
Introduction Microsoft has released a targeted hotfix for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2022 Update Rollup 3 (UR3). It addresses important compliance, security, and reliability issues seen after UR3. If your environment is on SCOM 2022 UR3, this update is highly recommended. What’s Fixed 1) GB18030‑2022 Amendment Compliance The hotfix ensures full conformance with China’s … Read more
When it comes to monitoring, standard metrics and built-in checks often provide a great starting point. But what if you need deeper insights tailored to your specific environment? That’s where SQL custom query-based monitors come in. Although SQL Custom Query-Based DB Engine or Database monitors had been released with version agnostic SQL management packs long … Read more
Lately we were updating a SCOM 2022 to the SCOM 2025 version and after the management servers and so on we started with agent updates. While trying to update some agents a day later we got this error: The Operations Manager Server failed to perform specified operation on computer XXXXXXOperation: Agent InstallInstall account: XXXXXXError Code: … Read more
As you may know, TopQore has a range of trainings for SCOM and SCOM MI available, ranging from Operator to Administrator, to Specialist and Architect. I am writing today to announce some upcoming dates for the pieces of training because it is often requested. Dates in chronological order for Q4 2024: Date Training Start Time … Read more
Although SCOM and SSRS often works seamlessly, recent versions of SSRS 2022 have introduced issues running performance-related reports in SCOM 2022. A few weeks ago one of our customers running SCOM 2022 has reported an error with Reports in their SCOM 2022 installation. Some of them were working fine while the ones related or linked … Read more
When Microsoft releases a new UNIX\Linux agent version and you upgrade the agents, it is possible that the SCOM Console shows upgrade as done but the versions may revert back to the previous version. We will look into why this happens and how to solve it. In low privileged environments, defined UNIX\Linux accounts in your … Read more
I am happy to say that SCOMathon will be organized again this year. SCOMathon 2024 will be 22 May 2024 again as an online event. Sessions will span from early morning until late in the evening, so as many people worldwide can catch some good sessions from this on the day itself. 8 sessions, 2 … Read more
The SCOMeetup event will be organized by OpsLogix again in Gothenburg Sweden on 25 April 2024. It is a day of SCOM and monitoring content presented by speakers from Microsoft, TopQore, Silect, SquaredUp, Teqwave and of course OpsLogix. This is an on-site event, and it is free. If you happen to be in or around … Read more
In SCOM, monitoring cross-platform is almost a straightforward process when you configure the environment as explained in the documentation. You rarely have issues when discovering, installing, and monitoring the Linux agents and mostly the problem becomes agent-based, such as accounts, sudo elevation, hostname, or the firewall. This sometimes changes when there are new announcements like … Read more