July, 2010

In a Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site hierarchy, each site must be able to communicate with its parent site and all of its child sites. This communications capability is one of the features...

Symptom A package cannot be updated successfully on a Branch DP (BDP) and the Peerdpagent.log shows the following: Package ABC00001 in state 'DownloadComplete'. 6/9/2010 11:42:55 AM 3800 (0x0ED8) Raising event: [SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]...

On a site server that is running System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the handle count and memory usage for the SMS_Executive service (Smsexec.exe) process keeps increasing. After a while, the available memory resources may be...

I know this isn't ConfigMgr specific but since SCE 2010 has some ConfigMgr features I thought I'd post here just as a quick FYI. When you monitor some Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) devices by using System Center Operations Manager or System...

This article describes how to enable console usage and client access license (CAL) reports in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager 2007) 2007 and in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. To enable console usage...

Just an FYI that we announced a couple new support changes for ConfigMgr 2007 that you'll probably want to be aware of.  Our very own Yvette O'Meally did  such a great job documenting all the new changes on the product team blog that instead...

When running the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 client agent on a Windows Server 2003 based computer you may notice one or more of the following symptoms: · Task Manager does not open. · Windows Explorer becomes unresponsive. · The computer...

On a system that is running Windows 7 x86 (32 bit) the System Center Service Manager 2010 Console fails to launch.  Additionally, The following event is logged in the Application log: Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category...

This one isn't necessarily support related but if any of you are in the Seattle area here's a really cool opportunity for you. Microsoft User Research is in need of Seattle area IT Professionals of larger organizations of at least 500 PC’s and...

Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 is available for download at the Microsoft Download website. This cumulative update is a rollup of fixes for System Center Service Manager 2010. This cumulative update is also a prerequisite...

Symptoms When using the Opalis Integration Server "Log Purge" functionality either scheduled or directly from the Opalis Integration Server Client via the "Purge Now..." button, the purge operation either times out and does not complete...

The goal of this offering is to assist customers with the configuration of Native Mode for Configuration Manager 2007, including prerequisites and dependencies, deploying the certificate and PKI requirements and managing clients. So what is Microsoft...

Opalis Integration Server provides a robust means of integrating with products such as Event Management Systems that can monitor hardware and software technology components but what monitors Opalis Integration Server? Many aspects of the Opalis Integration...

When attempting to import a license into the Opalis Integration Server License Manager, one of the following issues may occur: 1.  The license may seem to import correctly, however, when attempting to connect to components, various error messages...

An existing Active Directory Group Policy Object (GPO) named "SCE Test GPO" may be deleted during the configuration of System Center Essentials 2010.  This can happen because the System Center Essentials 2010 policy configuration process...

I know this isn’t necessarily specific to Configuration Manager but I wanted to let you know of a new support offering that we're rolling out. I am sure many of you have contacted Microsoft for support in the past and are aware of our various support...