Obviously, a great way to learn how to author a management pack is to look at existing ones.  The problem is that most of the interesting ones are sealed so you can't read the file, and the Operations Console won't allow you to export a sealed management pack. 

This is actually very easy using Command Shell.  You can export a single management pack or export the entire set of installed management packs from a management group.  This is my personal favorite as I like to have the entire set of management packs available for my reference.

Command Shell is an optional com