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Dell video on integrating SCVMM and OpsMgr 2007

Source: Virtualboy Matt McSpirit blogged about how you could run ESX 3.5/ESXi on a VMware Workstation for testing System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Which I also posted on more than an year ago, but with different versions ;-) But he also tells

Webcast: Microsoft's Investments in Virtualization and Cross-Platform Management

Source: NEXUS SC: The System Center Team Blog Brad Anderson, GM of the Management Services Division, talks with us about his perspective on Microsoft's developments and directions in the virtualization and x-plat spaces, and where System Center fits in.

Finding scripts in MP with PowerShell

Have you ever wanted to know which scripts are being using in a Management Pack? I did ;-) You would normally use the MPViewer from Boris Yanushpolsky to have a look into the MP. But the MPViewer does not show you a list of all the scripts being used

Operations Manager with Barry Shilmover on UGTV

Source: UGTV (User Group Television) Because of my Achillus Tendor Rupture I can’t do much except watching tv (the Olympics) or movies on my laptop. That's why I stumbled on a webcast from the User Group Television (UGTV) in which Barry Shilmover demoes

Dutch System Center Event “Meer dan Beheer 2008”

On September 12th 2008, the Dutch System Center User Group , INOVATIV (the System Center specialists) and Secure Vantage , will organize the System Center event of the year: " Meer dan beheer 2008 " in The Netherlands. Dutch speaking professionals

OpsManJam Tip for SharePoint Dummies

I already blogged about the new OpsManJam website where you can find unofficial management packs, management pack authoring tutorials and guidance, featured articles on everything OpsManager 2007, command shell scripts, and more.  Kevin Holman also

OpsMgr 2007 Cross Platform Extensions Beta Update

Source: Microsoft Connect There is a new Beta update for OpsMgr 2007 Cross Platform Extensions on Microsoft Connect available. New in this beta: OpsMgr x64 support Gateway role support IBM AIX 5.3

Autopilot: Automatic Data Center Management

Source: Twitter My colleague Daniele Muscetta posted a Tweet about how much of OpsMgr is used for AutoPilot. Last year, Michael Isard of Microsoft Research wrote a paper entitled Autopilot: Automatic Data Center Management which describes the technology

New OpsMgr 2007 and MOM 2005 MP’s available

Source: MPNotifier Windows 2008 Network Policy Server MP for MOM 2005. Release date: 8/5/2008. http://tinyurl.com/5rlgot Deployment Service MP for OpsMgr 2007. Release date: 8/5/2008. http://tinyurl.com/6g8z46

Back from holiday

I’m back from a long holiday to the South of France (Port-Grimaud). We had great sunny and warm weather and spend quite some time at the beach. I didn’t check my (work) email and only did some twittering during my holiday. So if you want to know what

Can Xplat monitor Linux Monitoring Device?

Source: Cnet News.com “ Plat'Home , a Linux company from Japan that specializes in combining eco-friendly, small, tough hardware with their own version of Linux, is announcing another in their series of MicroServers. Kanshi BlockS Pro , made to

Email Alert Notification based on Alert Descriptions

Have you ever wanted to create email notifications for Alerts based on Alert Descriptions? This cannot be done using the E-mail Notification Channel and Subscriptions settings. This can be done however with the use of the Notification Command Channel

OpsMgr Scripting explained

Source: SCOMNIVORE at myITforum.com Vin DiPippo  has written a great article about about some important concepts regarding how scripts are processed by OpsMgr. “Returning to the main topic, anyone that is a script developer has a particular

TechNet Magazine: Windows PowerShell in System Center Operations Manager

Marco Shaw , has published an article about how Windows PowerShell can be used with System Center Operations Manager 2007 on the August Technet Magazine . Go read this great article about PowerShell and OpsMgr 2007 . He even mentions my PowerShell Event

New Management Packs for OpsMgr 2007

In the last couple of days new or updated Management Packs for OpsMgr 2007 are released. mpnotifier Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 MP for OpsMgr 2007. Date Published: 7/1/2008. http://tinyurl.com/54jyzj mpnotifier Microsoft Windows