SCOM

I often times create graphs for SCOM and other reporting needs, and have come to appreciate the cleanliness of the

One of the items I have tried to have SCOM do is monitor network traffic on some of our routers/switches.

The default service monitor employed in SCOM intelligently identifies if the service is set to Automatic startup and only monitors

Most organizations have a standard naming scheme that they use based on server type, location, or department. For instance, the

Gratuitously stolen from http://blogs.technet.com/kevinholman/archive/2007/12/12/adding-custom-information-to-alert-descriptions-and-notifications.aspx Adding custom information to alert description (s) and notifications This is just a dump of some