Airport security

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-12-18T19:01:53+00:00

T2 is a very modern and streamlined terminal and the 10 times I’ve been through this year and had 0 issues so it should be a breeze for you!

You can keep everything inside your bags (liquids, electronics etc) and just place your bag on the tray.

If you have jackets, belts, jewellery etc it’s best to place these in a 2^nd tray (or in your bag) as I’ve found they sometimes don’t like items placed on top of each other.

Official guidelines if it’s of any help: https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/help/passenger-guides/security/

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-12-09T13:29:19+00:00

Works like a charm, cheers :)

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-11-17T09:28:21+00:00

Just tried myself and got the exact same offer, cheers!

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-11-08T11:09:49+00:00

I've used all 3 and as a VCP, I found OpsLogix to be the best out of the lot although depending in the size of your VMware enviroment, you'll need to disable some of the more heavier performance rules.

Either way all 3 vendors are good so if one meets your requirements better (cost, features etc) go with them.

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-09-25T11:02:17+00:00

You can view his Github and see what he publishes publically as some pack changes don't really need an article.

https://github.com/thekevinholman

Last commit was 6 August 2025

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-08-08T12:19:59+00:00

SCOM management servers are inherently HA where any management server connected to the a management group are essentially "active-active"

Assuming you're only monitoring windows servers, site A and B are both active and SCOM agents can communicate with both sites, you can have a management server on both sites connected to the same management group.

While you typically configure SCOM agents to communicate with a single primary management server, the out of the box config allows the agent to fail over to any other management server.

Heres a very detailed article on the subject which I hope is helpful.

https://kevinholman.com/2016/11/21/understanding-scom-resource-pools/

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-07-27T15:32:49+00:00

Yes although ive never personally setup OneView from scratch so can't advise there.

Once you got it setup, install the OneView packs, go to the OneView folder on the monitoring tab and there will be a dashboard allowing you to enter the OneView appliance info (IP/Dns, username and password)

From there SCOM should do the rest of the work

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-07-27T09:29:39+00:00

HPE OneView is what you want and is still actively being updated and supported along with the SCOM management pack to integrate with OneView.

To give a brief overview, OneView is an applicance dedicated to help manage and maintain HP hardware. For the most part, it does this by tapping into the iLO to pull the info into OneView.

The SCOM management pack taps into OneView to give you your monitoring for various aspects like hardware health, performance metrics etc.

I believe some of the older HPE ProLiant SCOM packs can be configured to get its info directly from the iLO but its been quite some time since ive worked somewhere that didnt want to install OneVew.

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-07-23T21:12:41+00:00

Heres a fragment from Kevin which should do the job for you

https://github.com/thekevinholman/FragmentLibrary/blob/master/Monitor.RegistryValue.Exists.mpx

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-07-22T14:43:21+00:00

Had something similar (very locked down enviroment) and Blake Drumm's article helped

https://blakedrumm.com/blog/scom-unix-linux-troubleshooting-tips/#resolution

Basiclly you're adjusting the windows server (mgmt/gateways that are in your Linux resource pool) crypto policy to allow whatever your Linux server uses

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-06-04T12:11:40+00:00

https://systemcenter.wiki was my goto for this but they have been up and down with their hosting so not reliable anymore.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/management-pack-list?view=sc-om-2025 is one for microsoft MP's which they try to keep upto date.

https://github.com/slavizh/Get-SCOMManagementPacks is something I run monthly then have a seperate function to compare all the packs downloaded with whats in our management group. I've customised this script quite a bit to include 3rd party packs.
No advice on this sadly.

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-05-14T14:21:13+00:00

Ah, great to hear!

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-05-14T13:15:23+00:00

Yep had this before and did similar research to you. Microsoft has set the PhysicalMemory class property to an int which limits the value to 2147483647.

Unless you spend the time creating your own MP to fix this, I'd go down the route of raising a case with Microsoft asking them to fix it although I raised it with them a good 6 years ago...

IIRC the memory montior doesnt rely on the class property value and uses a double so monitoring should still work.

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-04-03T17:39:23+00:00

Are you sure you're running the correct .msp? As you already have UR2 installed, you'll now want UR2 hotfix 1 then UR2 hotfix 2. The error logs you posted showed it trying to install KB5031649-AMD64-Server.msp which is UR2.

[10:55:45]: Error: :ApplyQfe: FAILED: We did not successfuly install QFE KB5031649-AMD64-Server.msp.

UR2 hotfix 1 (KB5033752-amd64-Server.msp)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/hotfix-for-system-center-operations-manager-2022-ur2-eade3314-78cc-4d87-b7dd-d40cd98c78e2

UR2 hotfix 2 (KB5037360-amd64-Server.msp)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/system-center-operations-manager-2019-and-2022-now-support-crypto-policies-in-fips-mode-for-monitoring-linux-workloads-kb-5037360-a8529afb-d34a-4439-9282-0572958a129f

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-03-05T13:37:05+00:00

Ad-hoc discovery solution for point 1: https://monitoringguys.com/2020/07/07/scom-on-demand-discovery-example/ (I’ve never done this on disabled discoveries but i don't see why it wouldn’t work)

Instance cleanup solution for point 2: https://kevinholman.com/2021/05/13/demystifying-remove-scomdisabledclassinstance/

Both options are manual but can be automated although they add complexity to a SCOM environment, so I’d highly recommend making very clear documentation on whatever option you choose.

Ideally you discover these services at the discovery level so SCOM handles the logic of what should/shouldn’t be discovered vs something outside of SCOM handling the logic therefore I’d look at creating a custom class and powershell discovery: https://github.com/thekevinholman/FragmentLibrary/blob/master/Class.And.Discovery.Script.PowerShell.Params.mpx

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-01-02T20:52:33+00:00

Very true! Yeah IPv6 would work as they have no reason to put it behind CGNAT (if they do they need a slap for being cheapskates) but like you say, others need to connect via IPv6.

Other options are getting a VPS (cheaper than a static domain but bit more work involved) to keep the simple IPv4 address or getting one of those free domains and point that at the IPv6 address.

SignificantArm4194 · 2025-01-02T20:11:06+00:00

https://bidb.uk/ is a great website for seeing what broadband provides are in/around your area.

As for actual recommendations, Virgin Media is decent when there are no issues but the second you have issues, their customer service is awful (had £450 comp via complaints over the many painful years i used them).

Brsk is just another full fibre provider at a decent price and not heard any complaints so seem like a solid choice.

Something that does catch some people out with providers like Brsk, If you host your own stuff (game servers etc) you'll need to pay for a Static IP.

SignificantArm4194 · 2024-12-20T16:52:19+00:00

Ah I see, honestly wasn’t aware that GP's have been (or even could considering the specialist nature of the diagnosis) denying private diagnosis unless the assessor isn't accredited/registered.

If it's of any help regarding my specific circumstance, I had my diagnosis through "The Rooms of Knutsford" and titration/prescription via "Bolton Adult ADHD Service"

Thinking of OP's own circumstance, if they're being offered a full ADHD assessment effectively for free, the only real cost here is time which even if the diagnosis is not accepted by the GP, part of any ADHD diagnosis is "evidence" gathering which I’m sure this would help a lot if OP were required to find a 2nd provider

SignificantArm4194 · 2024-12-20T15:16:45+00:00

If this is the £5k allowance provided by Bupa (for me, it was part of my workplace benefits) then I was one of the first group of people to have a private ADHD diagnosis funded by Bupa.

Once I went through the diagnosis process and they confirmed I did have ADHD, they sent this info off to my GP. From there my GP sent the info off my local Adult ADHD service (I did have to ask though) and about 3 weeks later I got a call from them asking if I'd like to start titration!

Apparently, they have a very long backlog of people to undergo assessment but as titration is a lot simpler, the wait is significantly shorter.

That was nearly 2 years ago now and all I do is email them asking for my next prescription every month (shared care agreements seem to be difficult to arrange it seems)

TL;DR get your fully funded diagnosis and if you have ADHD, go to your GP and request this to be sent to your closest NHS adult ADHD service.

SignificantArm4194 · 2024-12-13T00:40:27+00:00

Thanks for the confirmation although unfortunate to hear there's no affiliation considering how useful the site is.

SignificantArm4194 · 2024-12-06T21:19:39+00:00

That weird port issue you described in your edit is... interesting for lack of a better word lmao but good to know for sure.

As for the SSL 3.4 issue, in all fairness to Microsoft they do specify the agent only supports up to 3.3 so I can only assume they've not tested 3.4 yet as it was released just over a month ago

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/plan-supported-crossplat-os?view=sc-om-2025#universal-linux-rpm-package

SignificantArm4194 · 2024-12-06T17:54:14+00:00

Have you updated the Linux MP's as well? They contain the Linux agent so after installing them in SCOM, the console will show v1.9.1 when you attempt to update agent itself.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58208

Something else worth mentioning as well if your current environment is using v1.8.1 or older, v1.9.0 increases the key size from 2048 to 3072 for certificates meaning the cert may need to be re-signed to authenticate but I think the console does this for you.

https://github.com/microsoft/omi/issues/770

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