New! DataOnDemand Addendum - Management Pack for Windows Computers

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi,

I just published a new free Management Pack in the MPCatalog. It is named Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum and provides different kinds of Agent Tasks for direct use in the SCOM console or in Squared Up Dashboards.

1. Get-ComputerDescription
   1. Retrieves the computer’s local description and the one from the Active Directory computer object. ( So that you can see directly what is running on a box when an alert pops up )
      

2. Get-ComputerLastChanges
   1. Displays the computers' last changes; last installed software, interactive logged on user, last boot, etc. ( When trouble shooting some good things to know – time safer )
      

3. Get-SCOMNotificaitonConfiguration
   1. Displays the SCOM’s notification configuration incl. subscription, subscribers, channel, etc. Task works only if selecting a Management Server! ( If you have always have to answer why something created a ticket and why not )
      

      { Big hands for Sameer Mhaisekar – One of our Squared Up Heros – I took his script and made it SU compatible – Thanks Sam! }

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

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4. Get-RemoteSOAPServiceInfo
   1. Queries a remote web service via SOAP / XML displays its data; before RESTful became standard, web services could be consumed via SOAP.
      
      

If you have questions or comments, feel free to post. New ideas are always welcome ?

Happy SCOMming

Ruben

PS: If you do not have the MP Catalog / Community MP Catalog yet, please get it for free here: http://cookdown.com/scom-essentials/community-catalog/

[appscom]

Hi Ruben,

Amazing job once again but I’ve tried to download the Community MP and the link I got in the mail was for the version 1.0.2.0 which I already had and it doesn’t have these new tasks you’ve created.

Anyone else had this issue when downloading ?

Cheers

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi Appscom,

I haven’t checked that link, but please use use the MPCatalog to download the current version.

Alternatively, you can download the MP directly from github:

https://github.com/Juanito99/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum/blob/master/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum/bin/Debug/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum.mpb

or

https://github.com/Juanito99/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum/blob/master/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum/bin/Debug/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum.xml

Please have a try

Ruben

[appscom]

I'm sorry but after downloading and trying to install the MPs it won't let me without mentioning the error

What do you mean get it on the MPCatalog?

Thank you

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi,

please remove the old versions firstly. I added a couple of parameters which made the modules not compatible to each other.

As I experienced, the Dashboards will keep working if you already used tasks in them.

Please let me know

 

Ruben

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi Appscom,

 

sorry, I missed to answer the MP Catalog. Please find details here:

https://cookdown.com/scom-essentials/community-catalog/

It helps to keep community MPs up to date

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi Appscom,

 

sorry, I missed to answer the MP Catalog. Please find details here:

https://cookdown.com/scom-essentials/community-catalog/

It helps to keep community MPs up to date ?

[appscom]

I've removed everything, downloaded the community catalog (which is the same version as before 1.0.2.0) and I still haven't got the Addendum MPs. If I try to install them separately from the download on github I get the error I shared

I’m really sorry for this confusion but I can’t figure out what’s missing here.

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi,

I checked, but this error is very rare. I removed now one of the XML attributes (minOccurance).

Please have a try with this version:

https://github.com/Juanito99/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum/blob/master/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum/bin/Debug/Windows.Computer.DataOnDemand.Addendum.mp

 

Which SCOM version do you have? I tried on 1807 and 2012 R2.

Hope it helps. - Let me know.

[jaspervd]

Once again, great work Ruben! Will definitely check this one out!

[jaspervd]

Hey Ruben,

Tested it and the info is very useful! Only remark I would give is I think that last RDP logon would be more useful instead of last interactive logon. That information seems incorrect for me.

Br,

Jasper

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi Jasper,

you are right about the last interctive logon. It isn’t very reliable, but I did not found a better way to find the information programmatically. If you know a good and way, please share with me.

I am happy to update the code

Thank you

Ruben

[jaspervd]

Hey Ruben,

For the last RDP logon I think you will have to update the security policy in AD for it to log the logoff/logon events as I don’t think they are logged by default. You can then use get-winevent to extract the information.

Here’s the event I am speaking of:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4624

Br,
Jasper

[jaspervd]

Or I can make a change to the management pack as well, if I find the time :).

[rubenz (Ruben Zimmermann)]

Hi Jasper,

thank you very much for your link! - I will think about that approach

Please feel invited to add your approach for the RDPLogin to the LastChanges task

Thanks again

 

Ruben

[Jelly]

Phwoar! That’s a beaut! Thanks Ruben! (Is the subtext correct for number 2?)