Verify Backups

I just put the finishing touches on a new custom monitor in Operations Manager. This monitor rolls up into the ‘Availability’ monitor for the SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 DB targets. The monitor will run a script that reads from the msdb database, joined to the master database. The idea is that we only want [...]

My Propaganda Has Arrived

Yep, my stickers and moo cards have arrived. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I look forward to handing these out at PASS in two weeks. Drop me a tweet if you want to meet up to get one. Or, better yet, stop by my talk on Thursday when I dazzle the world with my talk on Operations Manager 2007. And, unlike [...]

Another OpsMgr Article

Can’t get enough of Operations Manager 2007? Neither can I.
http://www.simple-talk.com/content/article.aspx?article=590

Operations Manager Debugging

I am often stopped and asked “how do you debug scripts in Operations Manager 2007″? Okay, I have been stopped once. Okay, not stopped, someone sent me an email. Okay, fine, no one knows me or cares about OpsMgr, but I still thought I should mention something about debugging scripts. Why? Because it can be [...]

SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition

So, it would appear that Windows Server Update System (WSUS, who names these things?) is running on SQL 2005 Embedded Edition. Raise your hand if you are running this edition. What’s that? No? Are you sure? I mean, the name implies it is embedded, and a quick look in the dictionary tells you that embedded [...]

NYC SQL Server Event

 
 
If anyone reading this has a chance to be in New York City on September 9th, you can stop by and say hello. I will be giving a brief talk on how we use Operations Manager 2007. More importantly, I will discuss how others can customize Operations Manager 2007 to be an effective monitoring tool [...]

Tinker Set

Anyone that knows me knows how much I love Operations Manager 2007. We met a few years back, flirted a little bit, and now we find ourselves together each and every day. And honestly, everything is great, it really is. Well, most of the time is is great. As with any relationship, the more time [...]

Mister SCOM

Have I told you before about how much I love Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM)?
No?
Well then, let me make it clear: I love SCOM, very much. A little too much, if you ask those around me. Oh sure, SCOM has lots of issues, but who among us is perfect? Even the Patriots lost once [...]

VBScript Array

So, there I am, thinking about how great it would be to…well, you can already see my first mistake, right? I’ll have to check my list of duties and responsibilities here, but I am certain that there is no line item that says “think”. Unless you count that last one that says “other duties as [...]

Let The People See Their MOM!

During the PASS conference this year I was informed by more than a few colleagues that their companies have MOM 2005, but they are not able to utilize it for their own needs. Why? Why would they not be allowed to work with the MOM administrator to customize MOM for even just a few things? [...]