This is the part three of a set of articles related to SCOM
Why scripting with SCOM?
Scripting is the most powerful tool in SCOM, with scripts and imagination you can monitor everything, from a folder in the filesystem to a coffee machine.Usually we use Visual Basic Script for scripting in SCOM, because it works in all Windows systems, from 2003 to 2012R2, but you can use Powershell if you prefer, as long as it is installed in the monitored system. Bash or Python can be used as well, if you are monitoring Linux servers.
Scripts could be emebeded in Management packs or can be developed from the administration console as monitor or rule.
This article is focused on monitor scripts, but it can give you an idea about how scripts work in SCOM and how to use them on rules or management packs.
