Tag Archives: automate

PDT – Install System Center in 1 (one) hour

Posted on 27/04/2013 by Marcel Zehner

If you are a Microsoft System Center enthusiast like me, then you are faced with the challenge to install all those products over and over again. Well, when using the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit this gets a bit easier because it … Continue reading →

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Auto-Assign unassigned Incidents by using the SCSM Extensions V2.0 OIP

Posted on 03/05/2011 by Marcel Zehner

What about days when no one feels responsible for assigning Incidents to Support Groups and/or Analysts? In such cases a workflow that reports unassigned Incidents would be helpful. If needed, the workflow could also assign these Incidents automatically to a … Continue reading →

Posted in SCSM, System Center (without SCSM) | Tagged assign, auto-assign, automate, automation, opalis, scsm extensions, workflow | 11 Comments

SCSM Extensions V2.0 OIP (Opalis Integration Pack)

Posted on 01/05/2011 by Marcel Zehner

Some weeks ago I released the first Version of the SCSM Extensions OIP. This OIP allows Administrators to create workflows in Opalis to automate things. It contains some activities that are not contained in the SCSM OIP from Microsoft. During my work with Service … Continue reading →

Posted in SCSM, System Center (without SCSM) | Tagged automate, automation, opalis, runbook, scsm, scsm extensions, workflow | 13 Comments

Opalis Integration Pack Extension for Service Manager

Posted on 02/04/2011 by Marcel Zehner

I started a new Opalis Integration Pack project that allows administrators to easily communicate with Service Manager. The Integration Pack that Microsoft delivers is great, but some often used activities (I use) are not present and you have to use … Continue reading →

Posted in SCSM, System Center (without SCSM) | Tagged auto-close, autoclose, automate, automation, export, management packs, mp, opalis | 10 Comments

Creating special Activities – Part 2/2

Posted on 09/02/2011 by Marcel Zehner

Using Activities in Service Manager allows you to collect Information about tasks and build them together in Change Requests. In the first Part I talked about custom activity classes and how to use them in Templates. In the second Part I … Continue reading →

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