Monthly Archives: March 2014

SCOM: NiCE updated Domino MP v7.00

NiCE has just announced the release of version 7.00 of their Domino management pack.

The following enhancements have been implemented for this release:

  • Full support for Domino 32bit server on 64bit Microsoft Windows Servers
  • Central configuration of the Domino MP from the OpsMgr Monitoring Console
  • New monitors and rules for availability and performance monitoring
  • Increased flexibility by OpsMgr configuration dashboards to customize your monitoring needs
  • Central license administration for the Domino Management Pack
  • Advanced Log Database monitoring using a new log dump feature

More information is available at www.nice.de

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SCOM: Agents not submitting performance data

Sometimes you might have a situation where all of your agents are showing as healthy in the console but when you try and draw a performance report data is missing.

The below SQL query which has been developed by my colleague Gerrie Louw will identify any agent that has not submitted performance data in the past 4 hours. It does so by checking the following performance counters:

Processor > % Processor Time
LogicalDisk > % Free Space > C:
Memory > Available MBytes

Note: You will probably have to change the DisplayName_ and IsVirtualNode for your OperationsManager database.

if object_id(‘tempdb..#temptable’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #temptable

SELECT     distinct bmetarget.Name into #temptable
FROM        OperationsManager.dbo.BaseManagedEntity AS BMESource WITH (nolock) INNER JOIN
OperationsManager.dbo.Relationship AS R WITH (nolock) ON
R.SourceEntityId = BMESource.BaseManagedEntityId INNER JOIN
OperationsManager.dbo.BaseManagedEntity AS BMETarget WITH (nolock) ON
R.TargetEntityId = BMETarget.BaseManagedEntityId inner join mtv_computer d on bmetarget.name=d.[DisplayName_55270A70_AC47_C853_C617_236B0CFF9B4C]
and d.IsVirtualNode_E817D034_02E8_294C_3509_01CA25481689 is null
WHERE     (bmetarget.fullname like ‘Microsoft.Windows.Computer%’)

if object_id(‘tempdb..#healthstate’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #healthstate

select  megv.path, megv.ismanaged, megv.isavailable, megv.healthstate into #healthstate
from managedentitygenericview as megv with (nolock) inner join managedtypeview as mtv with (nolock)
on megv.monitoringclassid=mtv.id
where mtv.name =’microsoft.systemcenter.agent’

if object_id(‘tempdb..#perfcpudata’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #perfcpudata

select Path, ‘CPU’ as ‘Cat’ into #perfcpudata
from PerformanceDataAllView pdv with (NOLOCK)
inner join PerformanceCounterView pcv on pdv.performancesourceinternalid = pcv.performancesourceinternalid
inner join BaseManagedEntity bme on pcv.ManagedEntityId = bme.BaseManagedEntityId
where (TimeSampled < GETUTCDATE() AND TimeSampled > DATEADD(MINUTE,-240, GETUTCDATE()))
and objectname =’Processor’ and countername=’% Processor Time’

if object_id(‘tempdb..#perfmemdata’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #perfmemdata

select Path,’Memory’ as ‘Cat’ into #perfmemdata
from PerformanceDataAllView pdv with (NOLOCK)
inner join PerformanceCounterView pcv on pdv.performancesourceinternalid = pcv.performancesourceinternalid
inner join BaseManagedEntity bme on pcv.ManagedEntityId = bme.BaseManagedEntityId
where (TimeSampled < GETUTCDATE() AND TimeSampled > DATEADD(MINUTE,-240, GETUTCDATE()))
and objectname =’Memory’ and countername=’Available MBytes’

if object_id(‘tempdb..#perfdiskdata’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #perfdiskdata

select Path,’Disk’ as ‘Cat’ into #perfdiskdata
from PerformanceDataAllView pdv with (NOLOCK)
inner join PerformanceCounterView pcv on pdv.performancesourceinternalid = pcv.performancesourceinternalid
inner join BaseManagedEntity bme on pcv.ManagedEntityId = bme.BaseManagedEntityId
where (TimeSampled < GETUTCDATE() AND TimeSampled > DATEADD(MINUTE,-240, GETUTCDATE()))
and objectname =’LogicalDisk’ and countername=’% Free Space’ and instancename=’C:’

if object_id(‘tempdb..#temptable1′) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #temptable1
create table #temptable1 (
name nvarchar(250),
cat nvarchar(20),
val nvarchar(2)
)
insert into #temptable1
select name, ‘CPU’ as ‘cat’, ’1′ as ‘val’
from #temptable where name not in
(select path from #perfcpudata)

insert into #temptable1
select name, ‘Memory’ as ‘cat’, ’1′ as ‘val’
from #temptable where name not in
(select path from #perfmemdata)

insert into #temptable1
select name, ‘Disk’ as ‘cat’, ’1′ as ‘val’
from #temptable where name not in
(select path from #perfdiskdata)

if object_id(‘tempdb..#output’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #output
create table #output (
name nvarchar(250),
cpu nvarchar(2),
memory nvarchar(2),
disk nvarchar(2)
)

insert into #output
select distinct tt.name ,’0′,’0′,’0′
from #temptable1 as tt, #healthstate as hs
where tt.name=hs.path collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
and hs.isavailable=1
and hs.ismanaged=1
and hs.healthstate is not null

update #output set cpu=1 where #output.name in (select name from #temptable1 where #temptable1.name=#output.name and #temptable1.cat=’CPU’)
update #output set memory=1 where #output.name in (select name from #temptable1 where #temptable1.name=#output.name and #temptable1.cat=’Memory’)
update #output set disk=1 where #output.name in (select name from #temptable1 where #temptable1.name=#output.name and #temptable1.cat=’Disk’)

select * from #output

You can use this query to build a report such as the one sampled below:

No Perf Report edited

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SCOM: Top Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Operations Manager

Here is a fantastic technet blog with the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using System Center 2012 Operations Manager (updated quarterly).

Definitely one to have a look through occasional to see what the top issues are, that are being experienced with SCOM.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/topsupportsolutions/archive/2014/02/04/top-support-solutions-for-system-center-2012-operations-manager.aspx

There are also similar support pages for other Microsoft products, http://blogs.technet.com/b/topsupportsolutions/

On a side note if you find this blog useful I encourage you to follow me on Twitter  and / or add me on LinkedIn

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SCOM: Bug with SQL MP 6.4.1.0

With the 6.4.1.0 version of the SQL management pack the SQL 2012 DB Engine group does not contain all SQL 2012 servers. This is due to the group being populated based on a SQL registry key which is looking for a version value of 11.0.xxxx.x, however when updating SQL 2012 to SP1 the version changes to 11.1.xxx.x

Kevin Holman has written a nice blog entry about this particular issue: here. As well as an addendum management pack that contains a new group population discovery set to “11.*” along with an override to disable the built in group, which is available for download at the bottom of his article.

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SCOM: Maintenence mode investigation query

An oldie but a goodie, the below SQL script will help with investigating if a server was placed into maintenance mode and if so by whom. Just change %computer:% to the name of the specific device you are investigating and the StartDateTime as required.

USE OperationsManagerDW
go
SELECT DISTINCT
MngE.DisplayName AS ServerName, MM.StartDateTime, MM.EndDateTime, MM.PlannedMaintenanceInd AS [PlannedMaintenance_1Yes-0No],
MM.DWLastModifiedDateTime, MMH.Comment, MMH.UserId
FROM OperationsManagerDW.dbo.vMaintenanceMode AS MM INNER JOIN
OperationsManagerDW.dbo.vMaintenanceModeHistory AS MMH ON MMH.MaintenanceModeRowId = MM.MaintenanceModeRowId INNER JOIN
OperationsManagerDW.dbo.vManagedEntity AS MngE ON MngE.ManagedEntityRowId = MM.ManagedEntityRowId
WHERE     
MngE.FullName LIKE ‘%computer:%’ AND (MM.StartDateTime > ‘2014-03-01’)
ORDER BY MM.DWLastModifiedDateTime

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SCOM 2012: Agent on Windows 2012 R2 servers can stop responding

There is a known issue where SCOM 2012 agents stop responding on Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controllers but can affect other Windows 2012 R2 servers as well . Kevin Holman has posted an article with the resolution to this issue: Here

“This is caused by an issue in the Server OS (Windows Server 2012 R2), which is outlined at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2923126
There is a hotfix, which addresses the issue, which is included in the Feb 2014 update rollup hotfix:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919394″

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