SCOM Linux – OMI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – CVE-2024-21334

On 12th March 2024 Microsoft has released new UNIX\Linux packages for both SCOM 2019 and SCOM 2022 regarding to OMI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability coded CVE-2024-21334  It is stated that;  “A remote unauthenticated attacker could access the OMI instance from the Internet and send specially crafted requests to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability.”  And as an … Read more

SCOM 2022 “Failed to find a matching agent kit to install” error

In SCOM, monitoring cross-platform is almost a straightforward process when you configure the environment as explained in the documentation. You rarely have issues when discovering, installing, and monitoring the Linux agents and mostly the problem becomes agent-based, such as accounts, sudo elevation, hostname, or the firewall. This sometimes changes when there are new announcements like … Read more

SCOM 2022 UR2 is available

Microsoft has released UR2 for SCOM 2022 today. The article is found here Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2022 Operations Manager – Microsoft Support on the System Center Blog. This will bring the KB5031649 version to 10.22.10280.0. This time we see a number of fixes, improvements, additions for Linux monitoring (newer distros supported). UR2 … Read more

Silect MP University is around the corner

Hello friends! Have you noticed that Silect MP University is around the corner again? It is over 5 hours of content about SCOM and management packs and SCOM Managed Instance by some of the most well-known SCOM speakers in the community. On Thursday 19 October 2023, we are gearing up for this again. Make sure … Read more

Visual Studio with GitHub Copilot

As you might be aware, nowadays we see more and more AI generated content and helpers. Microsoft often calls those Copilot. There are a fair number of those out there already. One of those is the copilot for helping to write code through GitHub. It is not just to write code, it can also be … Read more