January 2008 - Posts
One of the big issues we had in OpsMgr 2007 RTM was if you installed the Database and the Root Management Server(RMS) on a standalone server with the SDK and Config services running under a domain account users could not install the Web Console Server
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Attachment(s): Setting Up Constraint Delegation.docx
The attached Word 2007 file written by Daniel Savage contains information about data retention and grooming that many of you might find useful. Click the heading title to drill into the post and then a link to the attachment will appear.
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Attachment(s): Operations Manager Data Retention & Grooming..docx
What level of privileges are required to install the product? Someone recently asked a question regarding what level of privileges are required to install the product and later they asked me why the accounts had to be what they were. I thought I would
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The question has recently come up, what about password expiration used for Run As Account (and action account) credentials? If you are using Local System, there is no password to expire. If you specified a domain account, we have you covered (for the
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We got a query through the blog email about how to get started writing connectors and I've heard of a few other requests for this type of information. For starters, take a look at this MSDN topic on creating connectors: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb437511.aspx
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Walter Chomak is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft out of the Boston area and does some really great work with our OpsMgr customers. Check out his blog here: Everything OpsMgr 2007 http://wchomak.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
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We got a question through the blog email about how to tell which version of Operations Manager was installed on a computer. This is easy to check, so I thought I'd throw up a quick tip about it. In the console, click Help -> About and take a look at
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A lot of good stuff is going on in Seattle these days, Seahawks have made it to the playoffs, we have actually been seeing some sunshine in month of January and Windows Server 2008 aka Longhorn is picking up a lot of good buzz at least that’s what I hear
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Happy New Year!!! One of my colleagues had shared with me some detailed information on how Active Directory (AD) integration works (in particular how the service connection points (SCP) are created) and I thought it would be a good blog post for this
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