SCOM 2019 Savision Management pack for Windows_Files Monitor - SCOM Management Pack for Monitoring folders and files

Question

Hello,

A year ago I was using the Management pack by Savision called - Savision_Community_Windows_Files_Monitor MP.

It was available for download and use it and it was doing the following :

Whether the files count is too high or too low
Whether the total file size (in kilobytes) is too high or too low
Whether the file’s recent date modified is too old

Do you have the download link of the Management pack. System Center Wiki has the files but the download links are broken.

Is there any other management pack I can use with similar functionality ?

What is the effective way to monitor a folder and alert if its blank or if the files in the folder have not been updated ?

Here is the link in System Center Wiki https://systemcenter.wiki/?GetCategory=Windows+File+and+Folder+Monitoring

I can download the first file - Library but i can't get the next file .template.

If someone has this management pack please send a link.

Answer 1

Hi @D D ,

I was also looking for the MP a couple of weeks ago and because I couldn't find it, I ended up creating one myself.
Most file or folder related operations are very easy to do cover using Powershell. So, I wrote a simple PowerShell script, which did what I wanted it to (Check for the presence of a file in a specific folder). I then used the PowerShell MP from Cookdown and integrated my script in SCOM.

PowerShell Authoring
https://www.cookdown.com/scom-essentials/powershell-authoring

This same link contains also a video with an example on How to integrate every PowerShell script. In my opinion you can very easily cover the scenraios you've listed with Powershelll:

Whether the files count is too high or too low
Whether the total file size (in kilobytes) is too high or too low
Whether the file’s recent date modified is too old

PowerShell – Count Files in Folder using Get-ChildItem
https://shellgeek.com/powershell-count-files-in-folder-using-get-childitem/#:~:text=To%20get%20count%20files%20in,count%20files%20in%20a%20folder.

Get Folder Size And File Count Using PowerShell Examples
https://www.improvescripting.com/get-folder-size-and-file-count-using-powershell-examples/

How to find the file modified after a certain date using PowerShell?
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/how-to-find-the-file-modified-after-a-certain-date-using-powershell

Those are just a couple of examples, there are of coourse many more out there.

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Stoyan Chalakov