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Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:00 AM

Making groups of logical disks – an example from simple to advanced

I have been seeing this question come up a lot lately – as customers try and create groups of their disks – in order to create overrides for “certain” disks.  So – I am creating this post to give some real world examples.   Well – I will start
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:53 PM

Updated Active Directory ADMP Management Pack released – Version 6.0.7065.0

This is now available on the catalog. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/cc539535.aspx   Changes in this update: Support for monitoring Windows Server® 2008 R2 server operating systems as well as Windows® 7 client operating systems Support
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:35 AM

Why do my group memberships for Windows Computers have machines that don't belong there?

Here is a little tip if you find that your Windows Computer Groups (and state views scoped by groups) contain computers that should not be there.   Have you noticed that you have state views or Windows Computer Groups that contain servers that you
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:00 AM

Holy Management Packs Batman – we are surrounded!

  Wow – what a plethora of new MP’s to look at. Just in the past week – we have gotten a bunch of updated MP.  I wont take any time to go into details on the changes in this post – but be aware!  You probably need to get these in your evaluation
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Monday, October 05, 2009 6:29 AM

What is config churn?

There have been a couple good articles briefly covering this topic…. you might have read them.  I will reference some below.  Config churn is basically, when your RMS is in an almost never-ending loop of generating config.  This can be
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Friday, October 02, 2009 9:31 PM

Keep your management pack names SHORT in SP1!

I have seen this twice now… so I will blog about it.  It seems to be rare in the wild, but it will completely cripple a management group when this occurs.  So beware SP1 users!   This article does not apply to R2.  This is only an
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Monday, September 28, 2009 5:09 PM

New Base OS MP 6.0.6667.0 adds file fragmentation monitor to all Logical Disks

I recently blogged about the new Base OS MP that was recently released:  HERE   One of the things you will notice RIGHT off the bat… is that a huge percentage of your logical disks will go into a warning state, if you don't already have some
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:37 PM

New KMS MP released version 6.0.7234.0 and some things you should know

A new KMS (Key Management Services) MP is released.  I don't expect this is a widely used MP out there…. but there are some things you should know if you ever imported the previous versions. First – the new MP is available on the catalog:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/cc539535.aspx
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:40 PM

New Base OS MP released 9-18-2009 version 6.0.6667.0 to add support for Windows Server 2008R2 and other fixes

As you can see from the “Changes in this update section” of the guide – this isn't just about supporting Server 2008 R2 – there are many fixes and updates, so this would be a good one to get through your testing cycles and plan for production.  
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:08 PM

Community Cisco Network Hardware Management pack available

This guy has some serious talent. http://operatingquadrant.com/2009/09/14/scom-advanced-snmp-monitoring-part-iii-the-completed-cisco-management-pack/ Make sure you check out all of Kris’s blog posts – amazingly good stuff there on using SNMP to accomplish
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Friday, July 24, 2009 10:53 PM

New SQL MP released – version 6.0.6648.0 and why you NEED it.

  Get it from the MP catalog:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/cc539535.aspx   This is considered a “minor” update.  However, there are some SIGNIFICANT changes you should consider.  Not all of the changes are documented
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Monday, June 29, 2009 8:45 PM

Error alerts from the DNS MP – script failures, WMI Probe failed?

Updated 9/28/09 I have seen this at several customer sites, and even in my own lab. You might find the following alerts (below) stemming from the DNS MP. To start, I would recommend the resolutions in my previous post: Getting lots of Script Failed To
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Monday, June 29, 2009 3:24 PM

Getting lots of Script Failed To Run alerts? WMI Probe Failed Execution? Backward Compatibility Script Error?

In OpsMgr 2007, it is likely that your most common alert is not really a MP based alert from a technology management pack…. it could be a built-in alert that a script failed, or WMI could not be accessed.  This is because when WMI is broken on a
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:09 AM

Creating custom dynamic computer groups based on registry keys on agents

I have had a few requests now for this, so I thought I would take the time to write up the process.     Lets say I have three support levels of servers:   Level 1 – servers critical to business operations (ex: customer facing web applications,
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:29 PM

Quick tip – using regular expressions in a dynamic group

Here is a quick tip on using a regular expression when creating a group.   OpsMgr dynamic inclusion rules are case sensitive. If I have a group that I want to contain all computers that START with “OM”…. I can use the following expression:  
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