Using custom/non-Performance Counter data to build graphs in Operations Manager 2007
It is pretty easy to use data collected by Performance monitors in Counter objects within OpsMgr 2007. You can create graphs, create rules/monitors alerts, etc But you can do the same with any type of information that can be gathered by e.g. a vbs vbscript Suppose you want to monitor the number of files in […]
Monitoring disk space utilization growth/increase with Operations Manager 2007
By default, Microsoft Operations Manager includes some monitors / rules that have the ability to monitor the disk utilization of system and/or data disks of your servers (and clients). This is a really nice feature, however there may be reasons why this kind of monitoring would still leave you one step behind of your users. […]
Monitor file age with Operations Manager 2007 (vbscript monitor)
In this post, I will explain one of the techniques to monitor the age of a given file, using vbscript and Operations Manager 2007 This is what the script looks like : Option Explicit ‘ ‘ Script that returns the difference in number of days between now() and ‘ the last modified timestamp of a […]
Monitoring modems with OpsMgr 2007
In this short post, I’ll explain one of the techniques to monitor whether a modem is listening for incoming calls on a machine, using Operations Manager 2007. Assuming that you may have some modems that get turned on when someone needs to dial in (for whatever reason), and *should* be disconnected afterwards. So you would […]
Monitoring Robocopy logfiles with Operations Manager 2007 (vbscript monitor)
One of the reasons why the company I work at has taken the decision to implement Operations Manager is because the daily task to go through a pile of interfacing and backup log files became too time consuming and demotivating for the people involved. Armed with Operations Manager and a basic vbscript, I have set […]
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As far as I know, there are no free Management Packs available for monitoring Juniper/Netscreen firewalls with Operations Manager 2007. Catching snmp traps and syslog events seems to be the only “easy”/free way to monitor what is going on on your Juniper devices. The following steps will need to be taken : Prepare the OS […]