When using PowerShell in Run.net script activity, the error message can be very hard to read, since it only outputs the error message and not the additional information about the error. This article describes an easy way to get more information!
The Service Manager 2012 Integrations Pack includes an activity to create Incidents using a template. Unfortunately, by default it does not create the incident correctly. Luckily the Solution is really very easy! All you need to do is 1. Add the optional field ID 2. Change the value from {0} to IR{0} This makes sure that the Incident is correctly created. This method might apply to other classes and activities too
As you might know, Orchestrator never deleted anything from the database, instead it marks the object as deleted. Ryan talks about it in this blog post about undeleting objects. Read more here In my Lab environment I import and delete a lot of runbooks. A couple of weeks ago i hit a point where the web service did not show all objects. After a thorough investigation i found out that the authorization cache was too big to be generated within the giving time. Therefore the web service would timeout before the cache was complete. I tried to delete objects, [...]
My suggestion as best practice for inserting inputs into Run .Net Script
use this workaround to run powershell from the Run Program Acitivity
Ryan and his team has done it again! They have released a replacement for the built-in “Runbook Automation Activity”
If you are using the Exchange Admin Integration Pack. You might have tried to use the run exchange shell cmdlet" activity and disocvered that the result is kind special in formatting. Your result will look similar to this: [PSComputerName: ex2010.cloud.local] [RunspaceId: f30b4063-2b50-4609-9f84-91a480ac4bea] [Database: Mailbox Database 1872261918] [UseDatabaseRetentionDefaults: True] [RetainDeletedItemsUntilBackup: False] to help you , i have created a function for powershell that does it job: function ConvertTo-ExchangeOutputCollection ([String] $inputText = @(throw "Error No Input Text supplied")) { $returnCollection = @{} $keypairCollection = $inputText.Split("`n") foreach ($keypair in $keypairCollection) { $trimmedKeyPair = $keypair.Trim().TrimStart("[").TrimEnd("]") $splitPosition = $trimmedKeyPair.IndexOf(":") $propertyName = $trimmedKeyPair.Substring(0,$splitPosition).Trim() $propteryValue [...]
System Center Orchestrator 2012 – Self service with Service manager The future is self-service! You see it everywhere, but now it has arrived for IT. In this session Jakob will show you how to utilize the new Self-service portal in Service Manager 2012, combined with System Center Orchestrator 2012 to make a fully automated environment with a great user interface, in a simple way! http://vimeo.com/58166046 (sorry embedding was not allowed) System Center Orchestrator 2012 – Runbook Design for Service manager In this session we will dive into tips and tricks in designing production runbooks for Service Manager. Learn [...]
Have you ever tried to transfer some Request Offerings that contains runbooks from one environment to the other? You will notice that is it not possible by default. This utility can help you accomplish the task!
We had a great time at NIC 2013. You can download my slides and examples below. System Center Operations Manager 2012 - OpsMgr New Tools and Fun Stuff System Center Orchestrator 2012 - Runbook Design for Service manager System Center Orchestrator 2012 - Self service with Service manager [download id="131"] [download id="132"] Coming soon: Coretech Survailance Widget Example (Source and management pack)
A powershell sample used at a customer for semi-automatically changing the Resolution States: Import-Module OperationsManager $Alerts = get-scomalert -ResolutionState 0 if ($Alerts) { foreach($Alert in $Alerts) { $newState = $null switch -wildcard ($Alert.Description) { "*Active directory*" { $newState = 10 } "*Exchange*" { $newState = 20 } "*DNS*" { $newState = 30 } "*Cisco*" { $newState = 100 } "*HP*" { $newState = 110 } "*Printer*" { $newState = 120 } "*EMC*" { $newState = 130 } "*RunAs*" { $newState = 200 } } switch -wildcard ($Alert.Name) { "Cannot start SQL Server Service Broker on Database" { [...]
How to remove lost computers from the list of designers in System Center Orchestrator 2012
[download id="106"] I know that SCOM can restart the service automatically, it can even run scripts to check if it was OK. but in some cases, especially when the service need a complex check before the service is marked OK, you might want to use Orchestrator Luckily the Monitor Alert is easy to use and it has all data from the alert, that we can utilize to restart the correct service. I have created a runbook for this specific task. The runbook is setup the following way: 1. Monitor Alert: This activity is setup to monitor one or [...]
One way of handling multiple branches that does the same job, and use the result from each one of them.
How to replace the connection name when transferring runbook from one environment to another
Get rid of the annoying bug when pasting content of a runbook
My 3 days workshop for SCO have been upgraded to System Center 2012 in all products! Send an email to me if you want more info about dates in the different countries.
New IPs released by Kelverion: BMC BladeLogic v8.1, 8.2 BMC Remedy ARS v7.5, 7.6 BMC Enterprise Event Manager (BEM) v7.4 BMC Atrium CMDB v7.6.04
Integrations Packs for SC2012 is Out! .. go get them! :)
Links to videos of all 3 sessions i did at www.nic2012.com on Orchestrator
Converting flatten data to multi-value executions in Orchestrator 2012
Cannot figure out how to search for a user via Distinguished name field in the active directory IP for SCORCH 2012? Look no futher, here is the solution.
Min låge til technet kalenderen d. 19. december
Finally my video from Campus Days 2011 is out, you can watch it below: please be aware that it is in Danish language. Demos can be downloaded here: https://blog.ctglobalservices.com/jgs/my-demos-from-campus-days-2011/