We've been getting some calls here and there on this so I wanted to send out a quick clarification regarding official support for renaming computers on which System Center Operations Manager 2007 roles are installed.  The short answer is that we...

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine who was trying to troubleshoot a custom process and he wanted to know if there was any way to track how many times it restarts using OpsMgr 2007.  It seems the process would randomly terminate without throwing...

In an odd twist of fate we don't have any new Knowledge Base articles that posted during this week so my list is empty.  You may think it's kind of strange to post about not having anything to post about but I didn't want anyone to think I forgot...

International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007. ICP downloads contain only the Config Mgr client files, not the English-language SC Config Mgr 2007, which is...

The product documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007 continues to grow and evolve so if you haven't taken a look in a month or two then you might be surprised to find there's some cool new stuff out there.  Here are the documents that...

Looking to upgrade from Operations Manager 2007 to Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1?  If so then the Operations Manager 2007 SP1 RC Upgrade Guide is where you want to start.  We document this on the TechCenter site but here's a quick intro...

This has already come and gone but you can view it any time online or listen to it as a Podcast.  If you're interested in Asset Intelligence but don't know much about the details, this is a good place to start: ====== Language(s): English. Product...

We get a few questions about Wake On LAN (WOL) every now and then so if this is something you're looking at implementing then here are a few tips and links to get you headed in the right direction. So why do I care about Wake On LAN?  WOL allows...

A couple days ago I wrote about the Action Account Tool that can be used to view and manipulate the action account in System Center Operations Manager 2007 and I wanted to follow up today with a little more information about the account, what it does...

This is kind of old but I want to make sure that Asset Intelligence doesn't fall under anyone's radar. Most of the Asset Intelligence stuff first shows up in our " Configuration Manager – Asset Intelligence " TechNet forum posted by our very own Dan Boldo...

A month or so ago, one of our esteemed Program Managers named Satya Vel wrote a great blog post describing the network bandwidth utilization for the various OpsMgr 2007 Roles.  Now I'm not going to try to expand or improve on what Satya already wrote...

During the course of your OpsMgr 2007 admin duties you may find it necessary to view or change the action account that OpsMgr uses to run processes and scripts and much much more.  So what is the action account?  Several MOM processes run under...

Just a quick heads up about a webcast we're doing this Thursday.  If you have some time stop by and check it out. ====== Language(s): English. Product(s): System Center. Audience(s): IT Professionals. Duration: 75 Minutes Start Date: Thursday, December...

It seems that a week doesn't go by without a couple questions from people looking for a capacity planner tool for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.  While we do have a tool for Systems Management Server 2003 , we don't have a standalone...

This is an oldie but a goodie if you're faced with the decision of how to roll out your ConfigMgr 2007 clients.  You can view the webcast on-demand and you can also listen via a podcast in either WMA or MP3 format. ====== Event Overview Successfully...

Here you go: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945084 Error message after you insert the System Center Essentials 2007 DVD into a DVD drive: "Not a valid Win32 application" 11/30/2007 Sys Center Essentials 2007 EN Microsoft Operations Manager...

We get questions about this every so often so I figured I would send you all a heads up.  A Knowledge Base article is forthcoming but it happens enough that I wanted to go ahead and get this out now. Symptoms: Although a maintenance mode window has...

You may notice that suddenly a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site has stopped displaying new and updating existing offers in the advertisement status in the ConfigMgr admin console, along with a status message for the SMS_OFFER_STATUS_SUMMARIZER...

I've been hearing a lot of questions lately about what the supported clustering configurations for OpsMgr 2007 are so I wanted to post this quick graphic that may help explain things a little bit.  One of our top Program Managers for System Center...

Sometimes you may find it necessary to copy the WSUS catalog and updates from a server in one site to another, or to simply copy/move the data on one server to another, and since I don't think we spell that out anywhere I thought I'd post the steps here...

So let's say I have a functional OpsMgr 2007 infrastructure in place and then for whatever reason have to reinstall/replace the Root Management Server (RMS), but I didn’t backup my RMS encryption key.  What are the exact ramifications of this...

Just a quick heads up that the AEM Management Pack is available: ====== Brief Description A Management Pack that enables you to identify generic errors sent by Windows Error Reporting (WER) clients to Management Servers that are AEM-enabled. Without this...

We had one new KB article during this time and it applies to System Center Operations Manager 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943706 The MonitoringHost.exe process on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 root management server may consume...

The issue of overrides in System Center Operations Manager 2007 can really cause you a lot of grief if you somehow get them misconfigured.  This is an issue that's been covered pretty well in the past but I wanted to send this out again in case some...

Here's a quick heads up that we just updated the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability Guide to include Audit Collection Services (ACS) sizing information. You can download a hardcopy here: http://download.microsoft.com/download...