TAG | agent
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OpsMgr / SCOM & Opalis : Deploy agent to untrusted zones
No comments · Posted by Christopher Keyaert in Opalis, OpsMgr / Scom, PowerShell
When the agent is located in a domain separate from the domain where the Operations Manager management server is located, and no two-way trust exists between the two AD forests, certificates must be used so that authentication can take place between the agent and management server.
Anders Bengtsson wrote a excellent article on how to deploy SCOM to untrusted zones with Opalis
agent · deplooyment · opalis · Scom
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SCOM / OpsMgr : Unix/Linux agent installation without having the root password
No comments · Posted by Christopher Keyaert in OpsMgr / Scom
Microsoft has shipped the Cross platform agent to monitor other platforms than Windows. To deploy the agent we need to enter the root password in the SCOM management console. This is a part which the Unix guys don’t like. Therefore we’ve deployed the agent without the root password.Willemjan van Laarhoven wrote a great post on how to install SCOM Unix Agent without having the root password.
http://www.toolzz.com/?p=1292
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Possible memory leak with SCOM agent on Windows 2008 R2
No comments · Posted by admin in OpsMgr / Scom
Kevin holman noticed that WMI on some of their Server 2008R2 monitored agents was consuming a large amount of memory – and continually increasing.
It turns out there is a hotfix for Windows 2008 R2 – which addresses a possible leak when an application queries the Win32_Service class frequently. A monitoring tool would do this – and therefore SCOM can accelerate this leak.
This hotfix addresses this issue :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981314
For more information : http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2010/06/09/wmi-leaks-memory-on-server-2008-r2-monitored-agents.aspx
2008 · agent · hotfix · memory leak · Scom · sever · windows
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SCOM : Automatic Agent Deployment on Windows OS With PowerShell
No comments · Posted by Christopher Keyaert in OpsMgr / Scom, PowerShell
Hello,
Some weeks ago, I had to deploy SCOM Agent on more than 350 windows servers at the same time. For that, I wrote a little PowerShell Script where you just have to give a server list in input (a simple txt file, one server name per line) and the name of your RMS/MS . And that’s it, the script’ll perform the agent installation for you and a CSV file will be generated as output with the agent installation status for each servers.
Concerning the right management, you have to ensure that the Default Action Account used on your (root) management server has administrative right on the servers that you want to add in SCOM. For that, and the duration of the deployment only, use a Domain Admin Account as the Run As Account of your MS/RMS.
The script :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 | ########################### # Autor : Christopher Keyaert # Version : 1.0 # Date : 28 DEC 2009 ########################## #Getting the credential of the user #$creds = Get-Credential ########################### #Param ########################## $RMS = #don't forget to use the FQN RMS001.contoso.local $MS = #don't forget to use the FQN MS001.contoso.local $myFile = "D:\Dep\myfile.txt" #List of Servers $ResultPath = "D:\Dep" #Folder for path output Start-Transcript -path "$ResultPath\Transcript$(get-date -uformat '%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%Ms%S').log" $MaintenanceModeEnable = $false $MaintenanceModeDuration = 10 * 1440 # 1440 minutes per day $comment = 'Global Deployment' $reason = 'PlannedOther' ###################### #Functions ##################### function SetToMaintenanceMode($rootMS,$computerPrincipalName,$minutes,$comment,$reason) { $computerPrincipalName = $computerPrincipalName + ".dir.ucb-group.com" $computerClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.Windows.Computer $healthServiceClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService $healthServiceWatcherClass = get-monitoringclass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceWatcher $computerCriteria = "PrincipalName='" + $computerPrincipalName + "'" $computer = get-monitoringobject -monitoringclass:$computerClass -criteria:$computerCriteria $healthServices = $computer.GetRelatedMonitoringObjects($healthServiceClass) $healthService = $healthServices[0] $healthServiceCriteria = "HealthServiceName='" + $computerPrincipalName + "'" $healthServiceWatcher = get-monitoringobject -monitoringclass:$healthServiceWatcherClass -criteria:$healthServiceCriteria $startTime = [System.DateTime]::Now $endTime = $startTime.AddMinutes($minutes) Write-host " " "Putting " + $computerPrincipalName + " into maintenance mode" New-MaintenanceWindow -startTime:$startTime -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$computer -comment:$comment -Reason:$reason "Putting the associated health service into maintenance mode" New-MaintenanceWindow -startTime:$startTime -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$healthService -comment:$comment -Reason:$reason "Putting the associated health service watcher into maintenance mode" New-MaintenanceWindow -startTime:$startTime -endTime:$endTime -monitoringObject:$healthServiceWatcher -comment:$comment -Reason:$reason Write-host " " } ################################# #Init the connection to SCOM srv ################################# if(-not (Get-pssnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client"})) { Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client } new-managementGroupConnection -ConnectionString:$RMS Set-Location "OperationsManagerMonitoring::" -ErrorVariable errSnapin ; Set-Location $RMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin ; ########################## #Agent installation ########################## #Creating the computers list $ComputersList = @() $ComputersList = Get-Content $myFile #Define a WindowsDiscoveryConfiguration $discoConfig = New-WindowsDiscoveryConfiguration –ComputerName: $ComputersList –PerformVerification: $true -ComputerType: "Server" #–ActionAccountCredential: $creds #Start the discovery process. $managementServer = Get-ManagementServer | Where-Object {$_.PrincipalName -like "*$MS*"} $discoResult = Start-Discovery –ManagementServer: $managementServer –WindowsDiscoveryConfiguration: $discoConfig #Check that the discovery process discovered the Windows computers you specified. $discoResult.CustomMonitoringObjects if($discoResult.CustomMonitoringObjects -ne $null) { Write-Host "Agent installation in progress..." Write-Host "" Install-Agent –ManagementServer $managementServer –AgentManagedComputer $discoResult.CustomMonitoringObjects Write-host "Installation Finished, waiting for 60 secondes" Start-Sleep -s 60 } else{ Write-Host "No servers discovered" } #################################################################### #We have to check if all the agent has been well installed + Maintenance mode ##################################################################### Write-Host "" Write-Host "Installation Checking" Write-Host "" $InstallArray = @() foreach($srv in $ComputersList) { $Value = $null $Value = Get-agent | Where-Object {$_.ComputerName -like "*$srv*"} if($Value -ne $null) { Write-Host "$srv - Agent installed " $InstallTime = $Value.InstallTime $HealthState = $Value.HealthState $AgentInstalled = $true #Write-Host "Activation of the Maintenance Mode" #Put the server in Maintenance Mode if($MaintenanceModeEnable -eq $true){SetToMaintenanceMode $RMS $srv $MaintenanceModeDuration $comment $reason} } else{ Write-Host "$srv - Agent not installed" $AgentInstalled = $false $InstallTime = "" $HealthState = "" } $obj = New-Object PSObject $obj | Add-Member Noteproperty -Name "Name" -Value $srv $obj | Add-Member Noteproperty -Name "AgentInstall" -Value $AgentInstalled $obj | Add-Member Noteproperty -Name "InstallTime" -Value $InstallTime $obj | Add-Member Noteproperty -Name "HealthState" -Value $HealthState $InstallArray += $obj } Write-Host "" Write-Host "Save the Result File" $InstallArray | Export-Csv "$ResultPath\$(get-date -uformat '%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%Ms%S').csv" Stop-Transcript |
Christopher Keyaert
agent · deployment · PowerShell · Scom · script
