Tag: OpsMgr

Step-by-Step – Installing System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2019 on Windows Server 2019 with SQL 2017

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This post I will be installing System Center Operations Manager 2019 (SCOM) RTM, Build Number 10.19.10050.

Here is some of the background information. As this post will concentrate on the installation of SCOM 2019, I am going to omit the setup and configuration of the Domain Controller, Windows Server 2019 for the SCOM Management Server. Also to note, I am using a PaaS instance of SQL 2017 (hosted on Azure), likewise the entire environment lives on Azure in an IaaS and PaaS configuration.

Service Accounts and Local Administrator:

DomainAccount Description Local Admin on…
domainSCOM_AA SCOM Action Account SCOM
domainSCOM_DA SCOM Data Access/SDK Account SCOM
domainSCOM_SQL_READ SCOM SQL Reader n/a
domainSCOM_SQL_WRITE SCOM SQL Writer n/a
domainSCOM_Admins SCOM Administrators Group SCOM
domainSQL_SA SQL Service Account n/a

Now, if you’re lazy like me, or are tired of doing this setup for environments, I have scripted the automation of these accounts. You can find that link here, Microsoft TechNet Gallery.

Let’s Begin:

Since I am hosting SQL on a dedicated server, I will install SSRS (SCOM Reporting) on that server.

Well, that’s not new… Prerequisites. Since this is a clean, vanilla Windows 2019 server, we will need to install all the necessary Web Console components, along with Report Viewer Controls (probably SQL CLR Types too..).

  • For the Report Viewer Prerequisites, go HERE.
  • Here is the PowerShell command I ran to install the necessary IIS features/roles:
Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server, Web-WebServer, Web-Common-Http, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Static-Content, Web-Health, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Performance, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Security, Web-Filtering, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-App-Dev, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Web-Metabase, NET-Framework-45-Features, NET-Framework-45-Core, NET-Framework-45-ASPNET, NET-WCF-Services45, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, NET-WCF-TCP-PortSharing45, WAS, WAS-Process-Model, WAS-Config-APIs -restart

 

Once the server is back online, you will need to register ASP.Net.

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You will need to apply the following using Command Prompt (as Administrator)). Yes, this is a screenshot from a previous post…Forgot to capture the screenshot when running it this time..

  1. “cd %WINDIR%Microsoft.NETFramework64v4.0.30319“
  2. aspnet_regiis.exe -r
  3. IISRESET
  4. Reboot your server…

Once the server is back online, let’s try that Prerequisites check again….

Great! Now all of Prerequisites have been met!

Provide a meaningful Management Group Name (there’s no going back after this…)

SQL Server will be where your SCOM SQL instance(s) were installed. Remember, to either disable the Windows Firewall, or open SQL TCP Ports 1433.

 

I recommend always keeping this off, and manually updating your SCOM infrastructure.

One quick review. Looks good. Hit Install, and get some fresh air!

A few minutes later….

Sweet! All good. I hope this helps. If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a line.

Happy 2019 SCOM’ing!

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System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2019- Requirements for Windows Server 2019 via PowerShell

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The following PowerShell code is to install all the necessary IIS components for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2019 Web Console on Windows Server 2019.

Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server, Web-WebServer, Web-Common-Http, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Static-Content, Web-Health, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Performance, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Security, Web-Filtering, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-App-Dev, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Web-Metabase, NET-Framework-45-Features, NET-Framework-45-Core, NET-Framework-45-ASPNET, NET-WCF-Services45, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, NET-WCF-TCP-PortSharing45, WAS, WAS-Process-Model, WAS-Config-APIs, web-asp-net -restart

You can also find this in Microsoft’s TechNet Gallery, HERE.

Installing SCOM 2016 License Key

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Launch the PowerShell console, and Run as Administrator:

Import-Module OperationsManager
Set-SCOMLicense -ProductId "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
Start-Sleep -s 10
Restart-Service healthservice, omsdk, cshost

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Don’t forget, in order for the Product Key to be applied, you will need to restart all SCOM Services, (or you can run the code above (there is a 10 second delay after the key is applied before the services are restarted)):

  • Microsoft Monitoring Agent (healthservice)
  • System Center Data Access Service (OMSDK)
  • System Center Management Configuration (cshost)

 

Cheers!

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2016 – Requirements for Windows Server 2016 via PowerShell

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The following PowerShell code is to install all the necessary IIS components for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2016 Web Console on Windows Server 2016.

Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server, Web-WebServer, Web-Common-Http, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Static-Content, Web-Health, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Performance, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Security, Web-Filtering, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-App-Dev, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Web-Metabase, NET-Framework-45-Features, NET-Framework-45-Core, NET-Framework-45-ASPNET, NET-WCF-Services45, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, NET-WCF-TCP-PortSharing45, WAS, WAS-Process-Model, WAS-Config-APIs, web-asp-net -restart

You can also find this in Microsoft’s TechNet Gallery, HERE.

Installing SQL 2016 for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2016 – Step-by-Step

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The following is a guide on how to install SQL 2016 for your System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2016 environment. I will be installing SQL 2016 on a brand-new server with Windows Server 2016 installed.

To begin, I am going to set the following accounts as a Local Administrator on the server. Also, I am going to be creating two SQL instances, one for the Operations database, and the other for the Data Warehouse. Since this is for my personal lab, I am not dedicated storage/drives for the databases.

 

Domain\Account Description
domain\SCOM_AA SCOM Action Account
domain\SCOM_DA SCOM Data Access/SDK Account
domain\SCOM_SQL_READ SCOM SQL Reader
domain\SCOM_SQL_WRITE SCOM SQL Writer
domain\SQL_SA SQL Service Account

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Next, let’s run the setup wizard as the SQL_SA account to make life easier down the road…

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First thing I noticed, between SQL 2012/2014 and SQL 2016, a few changes/features have been removed/added. One that stands out is, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) console is no longer here. Hmm.. I guess we can always connect to the databases from a console on another server/PC.

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As mentioned, I am dedicated an instance for the Operations DB, and one for the Date Warehouse DB.

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Setting the  SQL Server Agent to Automatic, and specifying the service accounts for the two services.

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Keeping the database engine collation as default, “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS“.

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Here, I am adding all the SCOM/SQL service accounts and SQL service accounts as SQL server administrators.

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Nice! This is new for SQL 2016 — being able to create TempDB‘s. Since my VM has 8 vCPU’s, looks like SQL 2016 picked up on that, and has decided to create a one-to-one relationship. Great, let’s get started within the installation…

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Perfect! No errors. Keep in mind, we will need to repeat these steps to create the Data Warehouse instance.

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Great! Now we can go ahead with the SCOM 2016 installation! See HERE, for that post.

If you need to install the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), continue reading…

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SCOM 2016 Web Console Face-Off

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I had some free time so, I figured let’s test out the SCOM 2016 Web Console with respect to HTML5…

In my test, I tested the following browsers. Please note, metrics/data collected was within the built-in browser development tools.

  • Internet Explorer 11 (Obviously)
  • Chrome (v 54.0.2840.71 m)
  • Firefox (v 49.0.2)

I tested out the following views within each browser:

  • Alerts View
  • State Views
  • Performance Views
  • Diagram Views
  • Dashboard Views

Let’s get started:

First, let’s try my default (go-to) browser, Chrome…

Alerts View:

alerts

State View:

state

Performance View:

performance

Diagram View:

diagram

Dashboard View:

dashboard

Verdict: Well, that’s a bummer… All but the dashboard view worked. I suspect Silverlight is still required… But good to know most, or at least in this exercise 80% of the functionality tested works in Chrome.

 

Next, let’s test Firefox.

Alerts View:

alerts

State View:

state

Performance View:

performance

Diagram View:

diagram

Dashboard View:

dashboard

Verdict: (See Chrome…)

 

Lastly, Internet Explorer (not Edge).

Alerts View:

alerts

State View:

state

Performance View:

performance

Diagram View:

diagram

Dashboard View:

dashboard

Verdict: Well, there you have it, the SCOM 2016 Web Console is not all HTML5, as it still requires Silverlight. Maybe the MOM team will step their game up, and have this fully integrated in SP1 or maybe R2 versions — After all, HTML5 was released in 2014. Or maybe, this is Microsoft’s gentle way of pushing users to OMS (Operations Management Suite).

Also, Google Chrome was notably faster than Firefox and IE.

OpsMgr Page View; Browser Google Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer (11)
Alerts View 1.84 s 2.73 s 2.73 s
States View 2.62 s 2.13 s 2.12 s
Performance Views 2.88 s 4.68 s 5.50 s
Diagram Views 0.87 s 2.97 s 1.76 s
Dashboard Views 1.96 s 1.40 s 2.18 s

 

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Step-by-Step – Installing System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2016 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL 2016

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This post I will be installing System Center Operations Manager 2016 (SCOM) RTM, Build Number 7.2.11719.0.

Here is some of the background information. As this post will concentrate on the installation of SCOM 2016, I am going to omit the setup and configuration of the Domain Controller, Windows Server 2016 for both SCOM Management Server and SQL Server (Please note, I am using SQL Server 2016, both servers on Windows 2016).

If you need help setting up SQL 2016 for SCOM 2016, please visit HERE.

Environment:  Virtual; ESX 6.0 Hypervisor

SCOM Management Server:

  • Windows Server 2016
  • 4 vCPU (2.00GHz)
  • 12 GB memory
  • 100GB Diskspace
  • 1GB vNIC

SQL Server:

  • Windows Server 2016
  • SQL Server 2016
  • 4 vCPU (2.00GHz)
  • 24 GB memory
  • 300GB Diskspace
  • 1GB vNIC

Service Accounts and Local Administrator:

Domain\Account Description Local Admin on…
domain\SCOM_AA SCOM Action Account SCOM & SQL
domain\SCOM_DA SCOM Data Access/SDK Account SCOM & SQL
domain\SCOM_SQL_READ SCOM SQL Reader SQL
domain\SCOM_SQL_WRITE SCOM SQL Writer SQL
domain\SCOM_Admins SCOM Administrators Group SCOM
domain\SQL_SA SQL Service Account SQL
domain\SQL_SSRS SQL Service Reporting Services Account SCOM

 

Now, if you’re lazy like me, or are tired of doing this setup for environments, I have scripted the automation of these accounts. You can find that link here, Microsoft TechNet Gallery.

Let’s Begin:

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For completeness, let’s install all the features of SCOM 2016. (I am hosting a default SQL 2016 instance on the SCOM Management Server for SSRS)

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Well, that’s not new… Errors. Since this is a clean, vanilla Windows 2016 server, we will need to install all the necessary Web Console components, along with Report Viewer Controls (probably SQL CLR Types too..).

  • For the Report Viewer Prerequisites, go HERE.

Note, oddly I was unable to install with CLR SQL 2016, Reports Viewer still complained and required CLR SQL 2014.

  • Here is the PowerShell command I ran to install the necessary IIS features/roles:
Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server, Web-WebServer, Web-Common-Http, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Static-Content, Web-Health, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Performance, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Security, Web-Filtering, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-App-Dev, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Web-Metabase, NET-Framework-45-Features, NET-Framework-45-Core, NET-Framework-45-ASPNET, NET-WCF-Services45, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, NET-WCF-TCP-PortSharing45, WAS, WAS-Process-Model, WAS-Config-APIs -restart

 

Once the server is back online, you will need to register ASP.Net.

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You will need to apply the following using Command Prompt (as Administrator)).

  1. “cd %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\“
  2. aspnet_regiis.exe -r
  3. IISRESET
  4. Reboot your server…

Once the server is back online, let’s try that Prerequisites check again….

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Great! Now all of Prerequisites have been met!

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Provide a meaningful Management Group Name (there’s no going back after this…)

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SQL Server will be where your SCOM SQL instance(s) were installed. For me, I have built two instances on my SQL2016 server (SCOM_OPSMGR & SCOM_DW).

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I recommend always keeping this off, and manually updating your SCOM infrastructure.

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One quick review. Looks good. Hit Install, and get some fresh air!

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A few minutes later….

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Sweet! All good. I hope this helps. If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a line.

Please note, it is STRONGLY ADVISED to install the Update Rollup 1 once you have deployed SCOM 2016. For that walk-through, please visit the following post, HERE.

Happy 2016 SCOM’ing!

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