by Dieter Wijckmans Go beyond the borders of windows machines and expand the horizon of SCOM… In fact you can virtually get everything in your SCOM console! In this session we’ll go over the cross platform capabilities and even beyond. Getting data in of API applications, linux machines,... I’ll showcase the fact that SCOM can be the heart of all your monitoring needs and even monitor your home if you have the right connected devices. Join this session to open the door to getting everything in your console and let SCOM become your central point of monitoring!

1. Can SCOM monitor my non windows things?
Euhm yes it can!
Dieter Wijckmans

2. About me
Scug.be

3. Motto

5. Agenda
Think outside the box
Linux
PowerShell your way in
API: The possibilities are endless

7. Get ready to start
Check what you want to do
Check who to involve
Check how you want to proceed

9. Distro’s?

10. Installing the agent on Linux…

11. Mechanism
Check Correct FQDN certificate on Linux machine
Check servers for correct certificate
Connection made over SSH
Package copied to Linux
Install + feedback to MS
Final Certificate signing

12. See it in action

14. What tools can I use?

15. Put Scomness in your script
$API = New-Object –ComObject “MOM.ScriptAPI”
$PropertyBag = $API.CreatePropertyBag()
$PropertyBag.addValue(“name”,”value”)
$PropertyBag

16. Test the script
Run the script without the $propertybag to check value
$API.Return($Propertybag)

17. Collection vs Monitoring
Performance
Collection
Monitoring
vs

18. Combining
the
powers

19. Creating the script monitor with MP Author

21. Search for capable devices

22. Search for API’s
Nest: https://github.com/gboudreau/nest-api
Netatmo: http://dev.netatmo.com/doc/
Flukso:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/13wB85cPx_5nykBq3ZShnClHa1rpkRE5edN
EluMqxrFaCRlvJrD8Bn_6UDCs9/edit?pli=1
Wemo: http://developers.belkin.com/wemo/sdk
Synology: http://www.synology.com/en-
global/support/surveillance_station_web_api

23. See it in action

25. Try to get as many devices in 1 monitoring tool
Look to find your way in…
PowerShell is the way to go…

27. Links
• Scug blog: http://scug.be/dieter/
• SCOM 2012 link overview blog: SCOM 2012 overview link blog
• Monitor your home with SCOM
– http://scug.be/dieter/2014/02/19/monitor-your-home-with-scom/
• Installing Linux agents walkthroughs
– http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2012/03/18/depl
oying-unix-linux-agents-using-opsmgr-2012.aspx
– http://stefanroth.net/2014/02/03/scom-linux-agent-deployment-
signed-certificate-verification-operation-was-not-successful/

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