Caution Test the script(s), processes and/or data file(s) thoroughly in a test environment, and customize them to meet the requirements of your organization before attempting to use it in a production capacity.  (See the legal notice here)   Note: The workflow sample mentioned in this article can be downloaded from the Opalis project on CodePlex:  http://opalis.codeplex.com   Overview The “AD Password Reset” sample is designed to be called from an external system when a user requests...

Caution Test the script(s), processes and/or data file(s) thoroughly in a test environment, and customize them to meet the requirements of your organization before attempting to use it in a production capacity.  (See the legal notice here)   Note: The workflow sample mentioned in this article can be downloaded from the Opalis project on CodePlex:  http://opalis.codeplex.com   Overview The Microsoft SQL Server Cluster Patching sample is designed to highlight a workflow design approach...

Caution Test the script(s), processes and/or data file(s) thoroughly in a test environment, and customize them to meet the requirements of your organization before attempting to use it in a production capacity.  (See the legal notice here)   Note: The workflow sample mentioned in this article can be downloaded from the Opalis project on CodePlex:  http://opalis.codeplex.com   Overview The MS SQL Server Dump/Copy/Load workflow has been built as an example of how to automate a common...

When attempting to export a large structure of Policies and/or Global Resources (Variables, Counters, Schedules and Computer Groups), the following error is returned in the Opalis Integration Server Client: "Export operation failed. Please see the Opalis Client and Management Server logs for more information. Additional information: Export failure _com_error, Unspecified error, -2147467259" Exceptions like the following are recorded in the Management Server logs: 2011-01-04 10:03:28 [2632...

In the Getting Started with the Configuration Manager IP article, I talked about the basic scenarios we thought about when creating the Configuration Manager Integration Pack. Now it's time to go deeper and address some specific datacenter scenarios in detail. One of the things we hear from customers is that although ConfigMgr makes it a lot easier to patch computers through the use of WSUS and the Software Updates Management features, and ConfigMgr lets you assign maintenance windows to avoid taking...

Caution Test the script(s), processes and/or data file(s) thoroughly in a test environment, and customize them to meet the requirements of your organization before attempting to use it in a production capacity.  (See the legal notice here)   Note: The workflow sample mentioned in this article can be downloaded from the Opalis project on CodePlex:  http://opalis.codeplex.com   Overview A collection of Workflows that demonstrate Activities from the ‘Workflow Control’ category of...

Caution Test the script(s), processes and/or data file(s) thoroughly in a test environment, and customize them to meet the requirements of your organization before attempting to use it in a production capacity.  (See the legal notice here)   Note: The workflow sample mentioned in this article can be downloaded from the Opalis project on CodePlex:  http://opalis.codeplex.com   Overview The “Working with FTP” samples have been designed to demonstrate typical automation one could...