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SCOM 1801 REST API Interfaces

  • 19/02/201819/02/2018
  • by Martin Ehrnst

For many years SCOM have delivered state of the art infrastructure monitoring. The platform itself is very flexible, but it has lacked an easy integration interface. This has now changed.

SCOM UnOfficial REST API

A year ago we needed an easier way to integrate monitoring data with non Microsoft products customer portals, CMDB etc. Some of these systems also needed the ability to trigger maintenance mode and create maintenance schedules. As an internal project with a very steep learning curve I started on a SCOM Web API. In May 2017 everyone on the Internet could see how poorly I knew C# as I pushed the whole project to GitHub (First commit).

Latest version now supports many new features and a lot of code changes.

 

SCOM Official REST API

As I follow Microsoft’s monitoring space closely I was very surprised when Jasper VanDamme started talking about a official SCOM REST API released with SCOM 1801. This was something never seen (by me) in the release notes and not talked about at all. If we had got this news when 1801 first announced I believe people had seen it as one of the big news along side HTML5 dashboards, which I understand is why the API now exists.

Being very passionate about SCOM and it’s possibilities despite being an old dinosaur, I feel this official API can open doors for many non SCOM admins creating very cool solutions. I was hoping this could happen to the one I created (and to some extent it have) but now we have a officialy backed SCOM API which is consistent and professional in every corner – future looks promising.

 

Resources

Official REST API Reference

Custom Dashboard Example

SCOM REST API on GitHub

 

Remarks

When I find the time to upgrade my labs to 1801 I will write a blog post dedicated to the new API. Please let me know if you have developed anything cool using either of the API’s available. I’m happy to check it out and provide feedback.

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Operations Manager

SCOM 1801 released

  • 08/02/201813/02/2018
  • by Martin Ehrnst

[Quick publish]

Today Microsoft released System Center 1801 which includes the semi-annual release for Operations Manager. That it self is a huge step for SCOM, but the latest release also includes a lot of fixes and many new features. Read the announcement here

SCOM 1801 Announced

What’s in System Center, version 1801?

System Center, version 1801 focuses on enhancements and features for System Center Operations Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Data Protection Manager. Additionally, security and bug fixes, as well as support for TLS 1.2, are available for all System Center components including Orchestrator, Service Management Automation, and Service Manager.

I am pleased to share the capabilities included in this release:

  • Support for additional Windows Server features in Virtual Machine Manager: Customers can now setup nested virtualization, software load balancer configuration, and storage QoS configuration and policy, as well as migrate VMware UEFI VM to Hyper-V VM. In addition to supporting Windows Server, version 1709, we have added support for host monitoring, host management, fall back HGS, configuration of encrypted SDN virtual network, Shielded Linux VMs on Hyper-V management, and backup capabilities.
  • Linux monitoring in Operations Manager: Linux monitoring has been significantly improved with the addition of a customizable FluentD-based Linux agent. Linux log file monitoring is now on par with that of Windows Server (Yes, we heard you! Kick the tires, it really works).
  • Improved web console experience in Operations Manager: The System Center Operations Manager web console is now built on HTML5 for a better experience and support across browsers.
  • Updates and recommendations for third-party Management Packs: System Center Operations Manager has been extended to support the discovery and update of third-party MPs.
  • Faster, cost-effective VMware backup: Using our Modern Backup Storage technology in Data Protection Manager, customers can backup VMware VMs faster and cut storage costs by up to 50%.
  • And much more including Linux Kerberos support and improved UI responsiveness when dealing with many management packs in Operations Manager. In Virtual Machine Manager, we have enabled SLB guest cluster floating IP support, added Storage QoS at VMM cloud, added Storage QoS extended to SAN storage, enabled Remote to VMs in Enhanced Session mode, added seamless update of non-domain host agent, and made host Refresher up to 10X faster.
  • As well as consistent evaluation and license experiences across components.
  • Customers should consider supplementing System Center with Azure security & management capabilities for enhanced on-premises management and for the management of Azure resources. We have included the following updates in System Center, version 1801:
  • • Service Map integration with Operations Manager: Using the Distributed Application Diagram function in SCOM, you can automatically see application, server, and network dependencies deduced from Service Map. This deeper endpoint monitoring from SCOM is surfaced in the diagram view for better diagnostics workflows.
  • Manage Azure ARM VMs and special regions: Using a Virtual Machine Manager add-in, you can now manage Azure ARM VMs, Azure Active Directory, and more regions (China, US Government, and Germany).
  • Service Manager integration with Azure: Using the Azure ITSM integration with Azure Action Groups you can set up rules to create incidents automatically in System Center Service Manager for alerts fired on Azure and non-Azure resources.

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Operations Manager

Operations Manager and MSOMS 101

  • 05/02/2018
  • by Martin Ehrnst

Today I was collecting information for a colleague interesting in learning more about SCOM. Apart from sharing my own knowledge, I browsed “all” the known SCOM oriented blogs available collecting information. When I got to Kevin Greene‘s blog he had published a blog post saying that Antoni had rewritten his SCOM 101 PDF in to a new blog series . It is eight years ago since Antoni Hanus and Jesse Harris (Microsoft PFE) wrote an Operations Manager 101 for SCOM 2007. That Antoni have gotten around to rewrite this definitely deserves a blog post just to link to his blog.

Read the entire series here

ps: the original document can be downloaded here. Nostalgia!

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