A while ago I was tasked to suppress the alerts from SCOM for servers which were being patched and rebooted. There is a checkbox in SCCM which allows you to suppress the SCOM alerts but it did not work in my case and we got bombarded with alerts during a patching window.
This management pack in your environment should help in catching those alerts and suppressing your servers when there is a reboot for patching. Copy the code below and create your own xml file.
Name it Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml before you import it or you can rename it to the company or organization you work for.
But make sure that you replace Contoso everywhere.
This management pack will monitor the agents for an event 1074. Which is the Configmgr initiated reboot.
Then run a power shell script which will put those agents in maintenance mode.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ManagementPack ContentReadable="true" SchemaVersion="2.0" OriginalSchemaVersion="1.1" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<Manifest>
<Identity>
<ID>Contoso.Patching.Maintenance</ID>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
</Identity>
<Name>Contoso Patching Maintenance</Name>
<References>
<Reference Alias="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010">
<ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
<Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="SystemLibrary7585010">
<ID>System.Library</ID>
<Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="SystemCenter">
<ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
<Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="Health">
<ID>System.Health.Library</ID>
<Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
</References>
</Manifest>
<Monitoring>
<Rules>
<Rule ID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule" Enabled="true" Target="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Alert</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">
<ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<LogName>System</LogName>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="UnsignedInteger">1074</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">User32</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">EventDescription</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>ContainsSubstring</Operator>
<Pattern>The process C:\Windows\CCM\Ccmexec.exe</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">EventDescription</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>ContainsSubstring</Operator>
<Pattern>has initiated the restart of computer</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="Alert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">
<Priority>1</Priority>
<Severity>0</Severity>
<AlertName />
<AlertDescription />
<AlertOwner />
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Data/LoggingComputer$</AlertParameter1>
<AlertParameter2>$Data/EventSourceName$</AlertParameter2>
<AlertParameter3>$Data/EventNumber$</AlertParameter3>
<AlertParameter4>$Data[Default='']/EventDescription$</AlertParameter4>
</AlertParameters>
<Suppression />
<Custom1 />
<Custom2 />
<Custom3 />
<Custom4 />
<Custom5 />
<Custom6 />
<Custom7 />
<Custom8 />
<Custom9 />
<Custom10 />
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>
<Rule ID="Contoso.ConfigMgrInitiated.Reboot.Script.Rule" Enabled="true" Target="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.AllManagementServersPool" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Custom</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="Scheduler" TypeID="SystemLibrary7585010!System.Scheduler">
<Scheduler>
<SimpleReccuringSchedule>
<Interval Unit="Minutes">2</Interval>
</SimpleReccuringSchedule>
<ExcludeDates />
</Scheduler>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="ExecuteScript" TypeID="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellWriteAction">
<ScriptName>SuppressPatchedServers.ps1</ScriptName>
<ScriptBody>
## This script will suppress the patched servers
Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
Function WriteEvent ($Messages,$ID) {
$Messages = $Messages + "`t" + $(get-date).ToString()
Write-EventLog -LogName Application -Source PatchingSuppress -EventId $ID -Message $Messages
}
#WriteEvent "Starting patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp" "1234"
$Date = Get-Date
$path = $date.Month.ToString() + $date.Day.ToString() + $date.Year.ToString() + ".log"
$minutes= 15
$comment= "Rebooted by Configuration Manager"
$reason="PlannedOther"
$startTime = [System.DateTime]::Now
$endTime = $startTime.AddMinutes($minutes)
$Agents = Get-SCOMAgent
$Alerts = Get-ScomAlert -Criteria {Name like 'Contoso Reboot Initiated Alert' and ResolutionState = 0}
foreach($Alert in $Alerts)
{
$agent = $Agents | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -eq $alert.MonitoringObjectName}
if(($clusters = $agent.GetRemotelyManagedComputers()))
{
$clusterNodeClass = Get-MonitoringClass -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.Node
foreach($cluster in $clusters)
{
$clusterObj = Get-MonitoringClass -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cluster | Get-MonitoringObject -Criteria "Name='$($cluster.ComputerName)'"
if($clusterObj)
{
$clusterObj.ScheduleMaintenanceMode($startTime,$endTime,$reason,$Comment,"Recursive")
$nodes = $clusterObj.GetRelatedMonitoringObjects($clusterNodeClass)
if($nodes)
{
foreach($node in $nodes)
{
$message = $node.ToString()
WriteEvent "Putting node $message into maintenance mode by patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp." "1235"
}
}
}
$message = $($cluster.Computer).ToString()
WriteEvent "Putting cluster computer $message into maintenance mode by patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp." "1236"
New-MaintenanceWindow -StartTime $startTime -EndTime $endTime -MonitoringObject $cluster.Computer -Reason $reason -Comment $comment
}
}
else
{
$message = $($agent.HostComputer.DisplayName).ToString()
WriteEvent "Putting server $message into maintenance mode by patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp." "1237"
New-MaintenanceWindow -StartTime $startTime -EndTime $endTime -MonitoringObject $agent.HostComputer -Reason $reason -Comment $comment
}
$Alert | Set-SCOMAlert -ResolutionState 255 -CustomField8 "Patching maintenance completed"
}
#WriteEvent "Ending patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp" "1238"
</ScriptBody>
<TimeoutSeconds>60</TimeoutSeconds>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>
</Rules>
</Monitoring>
<Presentation>
<Folders>
<Folder ID="Folder_5e3e9391b6394ab288bd1c95f83e90cd" Accessibility="Public" ParentFolder="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.Monitoring.ViewFolder.Root" />
</Folders>
<StringResources>
<StringResource ID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule.AlertMessage" />
</StringResources>
</Presentation>
<LanguagePacks>
<LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="false">
<DisplayStrings>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.Patching.Maintenance">
<Name>Contoso Patching Maintenance</Name>
<Description>Author: Parag Waghmare
Reason: Created to suppress the servers during reboots initiated by patching</Description>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Folder_5e3e9391b6394ab288bd1c95f83e90cd">
<Name>Contoso Patching Maintenance</Name>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule">
<Name>Contoso Reboot Initiated Alert</Name>
<Description />
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule.AlertMessage">
<Name>Contoso Reboot Initiated Alert</Name>
<Description>Computer:{0}
EventSource:{1}
EventID:{2}
Event Description: {3}
</Description>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule" SubElementID="DS">
<Name>DS</Name>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule" SubElementID="Alert">
<Name>Alert</Name>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigMgrInitiated.Reboot.Script.Rule">
<Name>Contoso suppress patching server script</Name>
</DisplayString>
</DisplayStrings>
</LanguagePack>
</LanguagePacks>
</ManagementPack>
This management pack in your environment should help in catching those alerts and suppressing your servers when there is a reboot for patching. Copy the code below and create your own xml file.
Name it Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml before you import it or you can rename it to the company or organization you work for.
But make sure that you replace Contoso everywhere.
This management pack will monitor the agents for an event 1074. Which is the Configmgr initiated reboot.
Then run a power shell script which will put those agents in maintenance mode.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ManagementPack ContentReadable="true" SchemaVersion="2.0" OriginalSchemaVersion="1.1" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<Manifest>
<Identity>
<ID>Contoso.Patching.Maintenance</ID>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
</Identity>
<Name>Contoso Patching Maintenance</Name>
<References>
<Reference Alias="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010">
<ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
<Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="SystemLibrary7585010">
<ID>System.Library</ID>
<Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="SystemCenter">
<ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
<Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="Health">
<ID>System.Health.Library</ID>
<Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
</References>
</Manifest>
<Monitoring>
<Rules>
<Rule ID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule" Enabled="true" Target="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Alert</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">
<ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<LogName>System</LogName>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="UnsignedInteger">1074</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">User32</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">EventDescription</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>ContainsSubstring</Operator>
<Pattern>The process C:\Windows\CCM\Ccmexec.exe</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">EventDescription</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>ContainsSubstring</Operator>
<Pattern>has initiated the restart of computer</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="Alert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">
<Priority>1</Priority>
<Severity>0</Severity>
<AlertName />
<AlertDescription />
<AlertOwner />
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Data/LoggingComputer$</AlertParameter1>
<AlertParameter2>$Data/EventSourceName$</AlertParameter2>
<AlertParameter3>$Data/EventNumber$</AlertParameter3>
<AlertParameter4>$Data[Default='']/EventDescription$</AlertParameter4>
</AlertParameters>
<Suppression />
<Custom1 />
<Custom2 />
<Custom3 />
<Custom4 />
<Custom5 />
<Custom6 />
<Custom7 />
<Custom8 />
<Custom9 />
<Custom10 />
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>
<Rule ID="Contoso.ConfigMgrInitiated.Reboot.Script.Rule" Enabled="true" Target="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.AllManagementServersPool" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Custom</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="Scheduler" TypeID="SystemLibrary7585010!System.Scheduler">
<Scheduler>
<SimpleReccuringSchedule>
<Interval Unit="Minutes">2</Interval>
</SimpleReccuringSchedule>
<ExcludeDates />
</Scheduler>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="ExecuteScript" TypeID="MicrosoftWindowsLibrary7585010!Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellWriteAction">
<ScriptName>SuppressPatchedServers.ps1</ScriptName>
<ScriptBody>
## This script will suppress the patched servers
Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
Function WriteEvent ($Messages,$ID) {
$Messages = $Messages + "`t" + $(get-date).ToString()
Write-EventLog -LogName Application -Source PatchingSuppress -EventId $ID -Message $Messages
}
#WriteEvent "Starting patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp" "1234"
$Date = Get-Date
$path = $date.Month.ToString() + $date.Day.ToString() + $date.Year.ToString() + ".log"
$minutes= 15
$comment= "Rebooted by Configuration Manager"
$reason="PlannedOther"
$startTime = [System.DateTime]::Now
$endTime = $startTime.AddMinutes($minutes)
$Agents = Get-SCOMAgent
$Alerts = Get-ScomAlert -Criteria {Name like 'Contoso Reboot Initiated Alert' and ResolutionState = 0}
foreach($Alert in $Alerts)
{
$agent = $Agents | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -eq $alert.MonitoringObjectName}
if(($clusters = $agent.GetRemotelyManagedComputers()))
{
$clusterNodeClass = Get-MonitoringClass -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.Node
foreach($cluster in $clusters)
{
$clusterObj = Get-MonitoringClass -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cluster | Get-MonitoringObject -Criteria "Name='$($cluster.ComputerName)'"
if($clusterObj)
{
$clusterObj.ScheduleMaintenanceMode($startTime,$endTime,$reason,$Comment,"Recursive")
$nodes = $clusterObj.GetRelatedMonitoringObjects($clusterNodeClass)
if($nodes)
{
foreach($node in $nodes)
{
$message = $node.ToString()
WriteEvent "Putting node $message into maintenance mode by patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp." "1235"
}
}
}
$message = $($cluster.Computer).ToString()
WriteEvent "Putting cluster computer $message into maintenance mode by patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp." "1236"
New-MaintenanceWindow -StartTime $startTime -EndTime $endTime -MonitoringObject $cluster.Computer -Reason $reason -Comment $comment
}
}
else
{
$message = $($agent.HostComputer.DisplayName).ToString()
WriteEvent "Putting server $message into maintenance mode by patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp." "1237"
New-MaintenanceWindow -StartTime $startTime -EndTime $endTime -MonitoringObject $agent.HostComputer -Reason $reason -Comment $comment
}
$Alert | Set-SCOMAlert -ResolutionState 255 -CustomField8 "Patching maintenance completed"
}
#WriteEvent "Ending patching script in Contoso.Patching.Maintenance.xml mp" "1238"
</ScriptBody>
<TimeoutSeconds>60</TimeoutSeconds>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>
</Rules>
</Monitoring>
<Presentation>
<Folders>
<Folder ID="Folder_5e3e9391b6394ab288bd1c95f83e90cd" Accessibility="Public" ParentFolder="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.Monitoring.ViewFolder.Root" />
</Folders>
<StringResources>
<StringResource ID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule.AlertMessage" />
</StringResources>
</Presentation>
<LanguagePacks>
<LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="false">
<DisplayStrings>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.Patching.Maintenance">
<Name>Contoso Patching Maintenance</Name>
<Description>Author: Parag Waghmare
Reason: Created to suppress the servers during reboots initiated by patching</Description>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Folder_5e3e9391b6394ab288bd1c95f83e90cd">
<Name>Contoso Patching Maintenance</Name>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule">
<Name>Contoso Reboot Initiated Alert</Name>
<Description />
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule.AlertMessage">
<Name>Contoso Reboot Initiated Alert</Name>
<Description>Computer:{0}
EventSource:{1}
EventID:{2}
Event Description: {3}
</Description>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule" SubElementID="DS">
<Name>DS</Name>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigmgrInitiated.Reboot.Alert.Rule" SubElementID="Alert">
<Name>Alert</Name>
</DisplayString>
<DisplayString ElementID="Contoso.ConfigMgrInitiated.Reboot.Script.Rule">
<Name>Contoso suppress patching server script</Name>
</DisplayString>
</DisplayStrings>
</LanguagePack>
</LanguagePacks>
</ManagementPack>
