Last Wednesday I commented on an issue we ran into where the System Center Configuration Manager install might fail because it is unable to download the client bits. As a workaround we advised people to turn on “Automatically detect settings” in Internet...

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Configuration Manager Forums off of the Configuration Manager TechCenter on TechNet! ConfigMgr TechCenter Community Page: ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/bb625749.aspx ) This is the next...

Here's an interesting issue I came across the other day that I thought you all would be interested in hearing about. A customer using Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM2007) called in saying that the reporting section of the console didn't show any reports...

A question that seems to come up a lot around here is from people who already have existing SMS 2003 servers and they want to either change the domain name or move the server to a new domain. Before we can truly address that question though, we must understand...

We're getting a couple calls on this issue so I thought I send it out and let you know you can receive the hotfix without having to call support. If you're experiencing the issue below then you can use our new hotfix web submission form to get it. Just...

There has been some confusion with SMS 2003’s ability to detect and patch MS07-053 so hopefully I can clear some of that up. The Subsystem for Unix applications on Windows Server 2003 is a native part of the Windows operating system which can be detected...

Boris Yanushpolsky recently blogged about a utility he wrote that allows you to disable or enable multiple rules, monitors or discoveries at once over on his MSDN blog . If you haven't seen it you might want to check it out. It's been out there a couple...

This isn't specific to SMS, MOM or System Center but I thought you might like to know about this anyway. Should be a nice way to find out what you need to do to be ready for the upcoming time change. ====== Please join Microsoft Experts for an Online...

Language(s): English. Product(s): System Center. Audience(s): IT Professionals. Duration: 92 Minutes Start Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:30 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event Overview In this session, we provide an overview of how the new...

I haven't seen the list of all available reports in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 out there anywhere else and we get questions about them every once in a while so I thought I would post them here. It's a long list and I may have missed one...

Language(s): English. Product(s): System Center. Audience(s): IT Professionals. Duration: 60 Minutes Start Date: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event Overview The next major release of Microsoft Systems Management Server...

We've been getting a couple calls on this one so I thought I'd send a heads up and maybe save you some time. There's an issue where after you install SMS 2003 SP3, the Wmiprvse.exe process may generate high CPU usage on client computers during hardware...

A question we get a lot these days concerns whether you can upgrade an existing Configuration Manager 2007 site running the 120 day evaluation version of the software to the retail version when it's available. In short, yes you can. We actually document...

While reviewing some of the calls we've been getting I came across this issue which seems to be popping up every so often. The cause and the resolution are pretty straight forward but I thought I'd pass it along just in case you happen to run into it...

Here's a list of the new SMS, MOM and System Center Knowledge Base articles that published between August 26th and September 1st. Hope these help! http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936161 The MOM service may crash in discovery in MOM 2005 http://support...

Here's a list of the new SMS, MOM and System Center Knowledge Base articles that published between August 19th and August 25th. Hope these help! http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936339 - Windows computers are not displayed in the Network Topology diagram...

Last week I mentioned that many of the calls we get in customer support involve advanced client push installations and this week I want to mention another common call, that being SMS Administrator Console connectivity. As is the case with advanced client...

There's only one this week but here it is: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941409 The Discovery Wizard may stop responding during the discovery process in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 J.C. Hornbeck

Back in June we blogged about an issue where the SMS 2003 SP3 Add/Remove Programs reports may cause a CPU Spike and/or SQL Timeout and we mentioned that a fix was being developed. Well, the fix is now available - for details please review KB939872 . Note...

Here's another question we get a lot so I thought I'd send out the scenario in case some of you had this question as well. ====== Question: Hey J.C., I'm an SMS administrator at a rapidly growing widget manufacturer and for the last few years we...

Here are the new Knowledge Base articles we published last week: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941461 How to manually determine the license and sale origin channel information for a software product when the Asset Intelligence reports in SMS 2003...

This is the first of what will be many flowcharts that describe various functions within Systems Management Server 2003. The biggest hurdle to troubleshooting SMS is understanding the workflows involved with various tasks so as long as you have a good...

This actually came out sometime yesterday but I figured I'd send a heads up in case you missed it: ============= Overview The Distributed File System 2003 Management Pack monitors events placed in the Application event log by DFS and raises alerts...

Overview This MP is designed to be used for monitoring DNS 2000 or DNS 2003 events, collecting DNS component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts...

Here's another work flow for you. As the tile says, this one is on advertisement execution and status reporting. J.C. Hornbeck