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Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Script: Audit Task Creation in 2005

The auditing of tasks being run the Ops Console was a nice addition to MOM 2005. I am working with a client needing to delegate tasks at a somewhat more granular level than the MOM security groups accomodate. To fill the gaps, we're using scripts to audit for changes MOM doesn't handle out of the box.

The latest installment is this script, which audits the creation (or deletion) of tasks from the MOM Administrator Console
http://www.it-jedi.net/scripts/Audit_Task_Creation_in_MOM.html

Output looks like this:



Previously posted was the Audit Global Settings script
http://www.it-jedi.net/scripts/AuditGlobalSettingsChanges.htm

And the original script I cribbed from Jesse Harris that audits creation/deletion/modification of rules and rule groups (thanks Jesse!)
http://www.it-jedi.net/scripts/AuditRuleChanges.htm

The scripts have all been configured to generate informational events on periods with no changes, and warning events when changes are encountered. By default, they're watching for changes in the last 1 hour, so you'll need to create a rule that uses a timed event provider and runs the script as a response every 60 minutes.

I have a couple of additional scripts I've rolled into this along with an event rule to alert on changes. I'll throw some reports on this in the next few days and roll out as an .akm to the community if anyone is interested.

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