Comments on: Create a Script-Based Unit Monitor in OpsMgr2007 via the GUI http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/ Superior Dedication - If you try hard enough, you might even get it to work. Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Daniele Muscetta http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-29116 Daniele Muscetta Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:36:15 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-29116 Fred, I would suggest that you use the "OLEDB" template http://blogs.msdn.com/komal/archive/2007/05/01/ole-db-module.aspx , rathern than creating a unit monitor, for that kind of task. That said, if you still want to use a script then, there are plenty of examples on the Internet of how to query SQL Server from VBScript using ADODB. Just search for them http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=VBScript+ADODB Fred, I would suggest that you use the "OLEDB" template http://blogs.msdn.com/komal/archive/2007/05/01/ole-db-module.aspx , rathern than creating a unit monitor, for that kind of task.

That said, if you still want to use a script then, there are plenty of examples on the Internet of how to query SQL Server from VBScript using ADODB. Just search for them http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=VBScript+ADODB

]]> By: fmoreau http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-29115 fmoreau Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:52:29 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-29115 Hi, thank you for the guide, I have a large problem, where can I find sample scripts of monitors based on a SQL query ? I mean, I need to run a query on a distant SQL server, but I can't find the right commands and syntax to return the result of my query to the result bag... So the monitor remains healthy. thanx for your help, Fred from France Hi,

thank you for the guide, I have a large problem, where can I find sample scripts of monitors based on a SQL query ?
I mean, I need to run a query on a distant SQL server, but I can't find the right commands and syntax to return the result of my query to the result bag…
So the monitor remains healthy.
thanx for your help,
Fred from France

]]> By: Daniele Muscetta http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-29111 Daniele Muscetta Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:25:45 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-29111 Michael, everything is easy once you have figured out how to do it. Before that, if it is not documented, it is hard. When I wrote this post, more than a year ago, there was no documentation about how to use Property[@Name="name"] anywhere. So that was kind of hard to figure out, back then, for me. Then of course the world goes on, and things get documented/understood better :-) Using the properties in the alert description uses a similar syntax, and it has been described by Russ here: http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/archive/2007/10/12/populating-an-alert-description-with-propertybag-data.aspx be sure to read all the comments in that as well, as the syntax changes slightly when you have a rule or a monitor. Also, another interesting post is this other one, for SNMP monitors http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/archive/2007/10/31/snmpvarbinds-and-the-alert-description-field-in-opsmgr-2007.aspx Michael, everything is easy once you have figured out how to do it. Before that, if it is not documented, it is hard.
When I wrote this post, more than a year ago, there was no documentation about how to use Property[@Name="name"] anywhere. So that was kind of hard to figure out, back then, for me. Then of course the world goes on, and things get documented/understood better :-)

Using the properties in the alert description uses a similar syntax, and it has been described by Russ here: http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/archive/2007/10/12/populating-an-alert-description-with-propertybag-data.aspx
be sure to read all the comments in that as well, as the syntax changes slightly when you have a rule or a monitor.

Also, another interesting post is this other one, for SNMP monitors http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/archive/2007/10/31/snmpvarbinds-and-the-alert-description-field-in-opsmgr-2007.aspx

]]> By: Michael http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-29110 Michael Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:38:32 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-29110 The setting up the rule is the easy part. What I find difficult and cannot figure out, is how to use variables from the Property Bag in the alert description. I mean, it's easy enough to use in the unhealthy and healthy expressions, but not in the alert text that is actually generated. Any help here would be great. If I use the line Call obag.AddValue ("State","Bad") it's explained how to use Property[@Name='State'] inthe expression conditions of the monitor, but how do I use the variables in the alert text? (The last snapshot of the monitor) That is a very important piece to not include The setting up the rule is the easy part. What I find difficult and cannot figure out, is how to use variables from the Property Bag in the alert description. I mean, it's easy enough to use in the unhealthy and healthy expressions, but not in the alert text that is actually generated. Any help here would be great.

If I use the line Call obag.AddValue ("State","Bad")

it's explained how to use Property[@Name='State'] inthe expression conditions of the monitor,

but how do I use the variables in the alert text? (The last snapshot of the monitor) That is a very important piece to not include

]]> By: Marget http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-18068 Marget Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:32:09 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-18068 Thanks for a nice guide! I love when there are screens showing the whole process.. Thanks for a nice guide! I love when there are screens showing the whole process..

]]> By: Fresh http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-11729 Fresh Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:15:54 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-11729 HI, thx for the tutorial...Please more script examples. I would like to get some script examples for snmp devices.. This would be great. HI,
thx for the tutorial…Please more script examples. I would like to get some script examples for snmp devices.. This would be great.

]]> By: Daniele Muscetta http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-11025 Daniele Muscetta Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:49:11 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-11025 Fida, I only wrote that post because when I first did that kind of configuration I figured out that some passages were not extremely clear, and there wasn't a lot of documentation on the topic yet. MOM2005 has a much longer history and it has a lot more documentation. The best place to start with it is probably at the MOM Script Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/mom.mspx Fida, I only wrote that post because when I first did that kind of configuration I figured out that some passages were not extremely clear, and there wasn't a lot of documentation on the topic yet. MOM2005 has a much longer history and it has a lot more documentation. The best place to start with it is probably at the MOM Script Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/mom.mspx

]]> By: Fida Hussain http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-11016 Fida Hussain Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:36:42 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-11016 Hi Daniele, The MOM 2007 script (for entering content in a txt file) example that you have specified gave me some idea, many thanks for this, can you please gimme another example for executing a MOM script responded by a "Rule", it would be gr8 if it would work similar to raising an alert with CreateAlert function in MOM 20005 Hi Daniele,
The MOM 2007 script (for entering content in a txt file) example that you have specified gave me some idea, many thanks for this, can you please gimme another example for executing a MOM script responded by a "Rule", it would be gr8 if it would work similar to raising an alert with CreateAlert function in MOM 20005

]]> By: Fida Hussain http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-11015 Fida Hussain Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:34:17 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-11015 Hi Daniele, The MOM 2007 script (for entering content in a txt file) example that you have specified gave me some idea, many thanks for this, can you please gimme another example for executing a MOM script in MOM 2005 Thanks in advance -Fida Hi Daniele,
The MOM 2007 script (for entering content in a txt file) example that you have specified gave me some idea, many thanks for this, can you please gimme another example for executing a MOM script in MOM 2005 Thanks in advance -Fida

]]> By: Larry http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-9283 Larry Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:47:09 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-9283 Yeah I figured that out after I posted. Thanks. Yeah I figured that out after I posted. Thanks.

]]> By: Daniele Muscetta http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-8971 Daniele Muscetta Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:06:07 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-8971 Hi Larry, have you written the filename as "whatevernameyoulike.VBS" (with the .VBS extension) ? Hi Larry, have you written the filename as "whatevernameyoulike.VBS" (with the .VBS extension) ?

]]> By: Larry http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-8957 Larry Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:03:06 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-8957 When I get to the script page, after I paste your script in, the next button is still disabled so I cannot continue to the next step. Any ideas? When I get to the script page, after I paste your script in, the next button is still disabled so I cannot continue to the next step. Any ideas?

]]> By: Daniele Muscetta http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-8623 Daniele Muscetta Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:18:21 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-8623 The images are stored on my Flickr account. You might have configured your browser to only show images coming from the same domain /site you are browsing... The images are stored on my Flickr account. You might have configured your browser to only show images coming from the same domain /site you are browsing…

]]> By: jack http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/comment-page-1/#comment-8597 jack Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:30:28 +0000 http://www.muscetta.com/2007/05/10/create-a-script-based-unit-monitor-in-opsmgr2007-via-the-gui/#comment-8597 can not see the images. can not see the images.

]]>