Hi, I'm looking to address the old issue in SCOM in large infrastructures were systems are maintained by many different groups including 3rd parties and thier use of scom console, or should I say lack of!! means machines are'nt getting put into maintenance mode and hence many unnecessary alerts in console and skewed availability reports.
I've been trawling multiple on line references offering possible solutions, however many which are listed have feedback posted back that they have issues with the particular solution and/or some work for 2007 but not 2012.
I am trying to get a solution that will allow MainMode to be triggered automatically when server is placed in Planned Maint Mode - by an admin doing standard server mgmt activities, or for applying patches on a standard patching schedule.
Preferably I'd want the solution NOT to require specific deployments of scripts or powershell down to agents - so I'm thinking the method where monitoring event log for specific event ID and then creating a command line notification channel which invokes a script on RMS based on particular Event IDs, seems to be the most robust solution?? - though the ones I read have comment on duplicated alerts, delays in applying maintenace in large mgmt groups etc! Happy to consider other options too!
Can anyone identify definate WORKING solutions for 2007R2 and/or 2012, any pointers to working resources much appreciated as I'm drowning in links which end up with feedback that the solution doesnt work!.