January 2009 - Posts

[Windows 7] Looking Better..
So I thought I’d give downloading the ISO from Connect another try and I’m pleased to say that this time Hyper-V likes it and the install has got a LOT further (although not finished as I type this)...( read more ) Read More...
Posted: Jan 30 2009, 12:14 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Hyper-V] R2 Live Migration Overview & Architecture
Feed: Virtual PC Guy's WebLog There is a new whitepaper that details how live migration in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 works: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdd083c6-3fc7-470b-8569-7e6a19fb0fdf&DisplayLang...
Posted: Jan 30 2009, 10:44 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[ConfigMgr] Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Jan 21 – Jan 29 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period January 21 st – January 29 th , 2009: TechEd 2009: Configuration Manager 2007 Pre-Conference Seminar MMS 2009 - Session...
Posted: Jan 30 2009, 09:01 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[SCVMM] Looking for information on System Center Virtual Machine Manager?
Well I’ve been posting the info from the   but in case you missed it here’s a timely reminder from J.C. not only about this but also to update your Feed Readers for the ConfigMgr and OpsMgr blogs: If you've been following the SMSandMOM blog...
Posted: Jan 30 2009, 07:32 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Rant] Where is it all going to end?
Watching the News last night it was sad to see the scenes of the riots in the streets of Paris and hearing about the Greek farmers blockading the principle motorway for a week but I understand these people’s frustrations and I can sympathise with them...
Posted: Jan 30 2009, 06:58 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Windows 7] NOT impressed so far…
So as I’m in the process of building my lab server I thought I’d build a Windows 7 machine to have a “play with”. So I downloaded the ISO and tried to create a new VM in Hyper-V. VM starts and I click “Install Now”. Then I get the following message back...
Posted: Jan 30 2009, 03:52 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Hyper-V] Fixed Disks vs. Physical Disks
Feed: Virtual PC Guy's WebLog I recently was setting up a Home Server on top of Hyper-V (Note: this is not a supported configuration, so if you wish to do the same - be it on your head) and had to decide between using physical disks directly attached...
Posted: Jan 29 2009, 10:46 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[MMS] 2009 Session List is Now Available
Just a quick heads up that the Session catalogue (including breakouts), for this year’s MMS is now available at: http://www.mms-2009.com/public/sessions.aspx NOTE: Of course this is subject to change but should give you a good starting point to start...
Posted: Jan 29 2009, 04:17 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[MS Security Bulletin] Major Revisions Issued: January 28, 2009
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS08-074 - Critical Bulletin Information: * MS08-074 - Critical - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08...
Posted: Jan 29 2009, 03:42 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[ConfigMgr] Can I Use a Public CA for Configuration Manager Native Mode?
[Today's post comes from Carol Bailey ] Many companies do not currently have their own public key infrastructure (PKI) with an issuing Certification Authority (CA) but still want to benefit from native mode and Internet-based client management - which...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 01:34 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Hyper-V] How to handle a missing, but still running, virtual machine
Feed: Virtual PC Guy's WebLog It is possible under Hyper-V to get into a state where you have a virtual machine that is still running correctly - but does not show up in the virtual machine list under the Hyper-V management console.  The two...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 10:47 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[ConfigMgr] KB 961269 - Only two expired user-state stores are deleted on a site server that is running System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1
SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario: On a site server that is running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1, you configure a state migration point role. On the state migration point, you capture several user states and...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 08:37 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[ConfigMgr] KB 960448 - The Asset Intelligence Catalog Sync Service of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 cannot connect to a System Center Configuration Manager database that is installed on a SQL Server 2005 named instance
SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack (SP1) site server is installed. A System Center Configuration Manager database is installed on a SQL Server 2005 named instance. You install an Asset Intelligence...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 08:29 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[SCVMM] SCVMM 2008 Releases Management Pack Update
We have been getting a lot of excitement and questions about the reports for the VMM 2008 MP.  With this blog post we can announce that this update is ready and available for download today.  This update to the MP includes updated reports for...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 07:25 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[OpsMgr] Error running report: "Message: Loading reporting hierarchy failed.” “Access is denied"
Hi Everyone, my name is Prakash and I recently worked an interesting case that I wanted to share with you here.  The issue was that whenever you tried to run a report in System Center Operations Manager 2007 you would receive this error: Error message...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 06:13 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[ConfigMgr] Troubleshooting database growth issues in Configuration Manager 2007
Hi Everyone, my name is Prakash and I recently worked an interesting case that I wanted to share with you here.  The issue was that the ConfigMgr 2007 database had suddenly grown quite large and threatened to consume all available disk space. ...
Posted: Jan 28 2009, 06:11 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 27 Jan 2009 - Weekly Summary
.NET Framework 2.0 958445 FIX: Changes are committed even if you roll back the transaction when an application uses the System.Data.OracleClient Oracle Provider to connect to an Oracle database in the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 960754 FIX: You receive the...
Posted: Jan 27 2009, 02:04 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[OpsMgr] One new Operations Manager Knowledge Base article for the week ending 24th Jan 09
Last week we had one new System Center Operations Manager 2007 Knowledge Base article - The link and title is below: ======== KB957561 - How to install the Web Console component of Operations Manager 2007 on a stand-alone server that is using Windows...
Posted: Jan 27 2009, 05:17 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[ConfigMgr] R2 VHD now available for download
Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Configuration Manager. Evaluate the abilities for System Center to provide you a solution for operating system deployment, patch management, software distribution, virtual application...
Posted: Jan 27 2009, 05:10 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[WSUS] SP2 Public Beta Now Open
Many thanks to Wally for the heads up on this one. But please remember at the moment this is NOT supported with ConfigMgr. Within 45 days of this SP going RTM Microsoft will release a support statement for ConfigMgr but no reason why you can’t download...
Posted: Jan 27 2009, 05:08 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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