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Extending Windows Computer class from Registry Keys in SCOM

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  • Anonymous
    December 05, 2016
    I recommend sealing the MP so that you can leverage this information in other MPs
    • Anonymous
      December 05, 2016
      Without question this should be sealed - I recommend placing the groups for this in this same MP and sealing it so those groups can be used for any other override MP.
  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2017
    Hi Kevin,What if the registry I want to add is under 32Bit node?for 32bit servers, it will appear under SOFTWARE\Contoso but on a 64bit servers it will appear under SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Contoso. Do I need to create 2 different entries? Thanks,Orit.
    • Anonymous
      January 09, 2017
      You can create two expressions in the discovery, or you can use :http://blog.wouters.it/2010/01/scom-registry-discovery-on-64-bit-os.htmlhttps://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/bf566244-1164-4bf7-b08c-558bc7bc2363/configuration-management-pack-not-monitoring-64-bit?forum=operationsmanagermgmtpacks
      • Anonymous
        January 09, 2017
        Thanks, that helps!Orit.
  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2017
    Hey Kevin, I'm a big fan of your blog!Thank you for a great post regarding extending a class.I have applied this in an MP and Everything works great except one thing:When I decommission a server and delete the agent from the console, the extended class instance for that server is not removed.It is still visible in the Discovered Inventory view.I am forced to remove it by running an unsupported SQL-Query or I'll be left with many orphaned instances.I must have missed something, but what? :)Thanks againDavid
    • Anonymous
      February 24, 2017
      I do not see this behavior.Are you sure you are using the Filtered Registry MP sample, and not the CSV or CMDB examples? I know those have some issues I need to resolve - but the filtered registry one is hosted by each agent, so these should clean up on their own without issue.
  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2017
    Nice example. tnx. Have you ever used the UNIX/Linux Authoring Library by Kris Bash? Looks very handy. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/18094.scom-2012-unixlinux-authoring-library-mp-reference-data-source-modules.aspx
    • Anonymous
      March 10, 2017
      Absolutely. I am actually developing MP fragments right now based on those.They are VERY complex, unfortunately, and trying to make easy-breezy monitors out of them has proven difficult... but I am releasing one for a class discovery, and one for a shell command monitor today in my fragment library.