January 2008 - Posts
After the first post about our job openings we got some some great responses from you manageability experts out there but we still need a few more guru's to fill out our ranks. Do you like working with SMS, MOM and our System Center products? Do
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We have a couple updates (with more to come soon) regarding which Operations Manager 2007 Server Roles we officially support on a specific cluster setup. The latest chart is below: ============= Server Role Compatibility An Operations Manager 2007
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Here's our latest batch of newly published KB articles: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944693 Software updates cannot be deployed if the software update catalogs that are imported by System Center Updates Publisher 3.0 contain a /qn switch in the
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With all the interest around creating custom OpsMgr 2007 solutions, I thought I'd write a simple code sample to help app development teams instrument their code to further gain value from OpsMgr 2007. Keep in mind the attached sample is just that - a
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My buddy Jamie recently posted a great write-up on how to review and analyze log files quickly and easily. It's a great post and if you ever have to troubleshoot any part of SMS 2003 or ConfigMgr 2007, or any System Center product for that matter, you
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Since the date is getting closer I wanted to send a quick reminder about Internet Explorer 7 being distributed via WSUS in a couple weeks. I blogged on this once before and we have a KB article ( 946202 ) that we recently published that describes
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Yea, I know this really isn't SMS/MOM/System Center specific but it's pretty cool no matter what Microsoft technology you're planning on rolling out. So as you plan your migration to any of Microsoft’s latest OS and Office solutions, how great
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Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes when an SMS 2003 client makes a program request? It's not the kind of information you'll use every day but if you ever find yourself in the position of having to troubleshoot this kind of problem then it
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This is a condensed troubleshooter that addresses some common issues that we see with client-side software distribution. It doesn't include all of the possible situations you may run into but if you're new to the product and looking for someplace to start,
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Ever have questions like these? Can I install the Operations Manager Database on this version of Windows? Will the Management Server run on that version of Windows? What's the minimum hardware requirements for a Gateway Server? How about the Operations
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Here's our latest batch of newly published KB articles: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945946 Event ID 2115 is logged, and a management server generates an "unable to write data to the Data Warehouse" alert in System Center Operations Manager
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Confused about which OS deployment technology to use? ADS, WDS, Lite-Touch, what does it all mean? To help eliminate some of the confusion and answer your questions we put together our System Center Configuration Manager 2007 OSD Comparison
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OK, I know this isn't a tech tip or some news about one of our upcoming releases but I thought you'd appreciate a heads up all the same. Due to the incredible popularity of our System Center products we find ourselves with the need to add more Support
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Here's a link to a cool poster we have that can help you determine the proper targets when creating rules and monitors in System Center Operations Manager 2007. The poster shows some common scenario's with their associated "Do's" and "Don't's"
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I'm sure you're already on top of this but just in case, Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2008 begins April 28 at the fabulous Venetian Hotel in sunny Las Vegas, NV. Registration has already begun but there's still plenty of time, just stop by
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Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we recently published. The title is "The "wake on LAN" feature does not work as expected if a site server uses a non-daylight saving time zone in System Center Configuration Manager 2007" and the details are below:
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Just a quick heads up on a new KB article ( 946202 ) that we recently published. If you use WSUS to manages updates in your organization then depending on how you have it configured, you may need to take some action to ensure you end up with the
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Ever want an easy way to have an email notification sent whenever a specific alert occurs? Back in the MOM 2005 days this was pretty simple but today with System Center Operations Manager 2007, while the functionality is still there, the UI is somewhat
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The first wave of Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 specific training videos are now live on TechNet. If you haven't seen any of the previous video's then you're really missing out. These are hands-on videos from a how-to perspective
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Yesterday Satya Vel, Program Manager for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 , wrote a fantastic blog post about the support plans regarding Windows Server 2008 . I won't steal his thunder here but the opening paragraph is below along
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So you got one of the awesome new Microsoft Zunes (or a player from those other guys) over the holidays and you’re looking for some cool podcasts to fill it? Well you've come to the right place. We have an entire series of podcasts that
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Looking for the complete list of Resource Kit tools for System Center Operations Manager 2007? Here you go: Name: Sample Vista Gadget Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0f5a060b-635d-4355-b0ac-32ee2943bfd9&DisplayLang=en
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Many customers will want to send specific notifications, raised on specific event IDs to specific groups of people. Unfortunately, in System Center Operations Manager 2007 notifications are based on Alerts, and not on Events. This means that by default,
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MOM 2005 administrators may find in certain instances that their OnePoint database grows in size unexpectedly, even though the administrator has not added new agent machines, additional management packs, or enabled additional rules in existing management
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We had a couple recent additions to our System Center Pack Catalog you might be interested in. The entire catalog can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/catalog.aspx but the table below includes those published in the last week:
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We're running a little behind due to the holidays so here's my attempt to get caught up. Enjoy! ====== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944542 The "wake on LAN" feature does not work as expected if a site server uses a non-daylight saving
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Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays - I know I did. I've been out of the office for a few days so that's why the blog has gotten pretty stale but now that I'm back I'll kick it off with a quick Q&A on something that seems to be commonly
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