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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 Read more

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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 Read more

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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 Read more

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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 Read more

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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 Read more

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Monitoring Juniper/Netscreen firewalls with Ops Mgr 2007 (using snmp and syslog)

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 Read more

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