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Have you ever been looking at a management pack and wishing it was collecting just a little more information for you?  You’re not the only one, there are quite a few people who write MPs from scratch to support applications they are running, but there are more who are still a little leery of going [...]

 
This is the introductory release of the SystemCentered Reporting Management Pack (version 1.0). The purpose of these reports are to provide SCOM users and administrators easy access to performance information in the datawarehouse.
When making a report, I have a few key rules to ensure an effective report:

Try to keep all vital information on [...]

This article is almost two years old. I am linking it because at this point it is the only AEM reports I have been able to find. After importing the AEM management pack, I do not see any reports by default.
As part of OpsMgr 2007 R2 and Desktop Error Monitoring 3.5 (DEM) we will be [...]

I need to check this out
After weeks of pilot testing, the xSNMP Suite version 1.1.0 is ready for public beta release.  In addition to some bug fixes and feature enhancements, this release includes four completely new management packs:

xSNMP Juniper-NetScreen MP:   Implements comprehensive monitoring of NetScreen firewall devices
xSNMP NetApp MP:  Implements comprehensive monitoring of [...]

Useful SCOM Queries
I’m essentially mirroring this from the original one on my blog, but since I’ve decided to transition to a tech blog and a non-tech blog, it seems like a good idea.
I’ve taken the listing of SQL queries from Kevin Holman’s original post, cleaned them up a bit, and made it into one [...]

Planning to move SCOM database to new server, here are the notes.
Updated: May 22, 2009
Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1
After the initial deployment of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, you might need to move the Operations Manager database from one Microsoft SQL Server-based computer to another.
SQL Server 2005 and [...]

Here Kevin discusses how to tune the settings for disk fragmentation that ship with the Base OS Management Pack.
New Base OS MP 6.0.6667.0 adds file fragmentation monitor to all Logical Disks
I recently blogged about the new Base OS MP that was recently released:  HERE
One of the things you will notice RIGHT off the bat… [...]