May 2009 - Posts

[OpsMgr] DB Grooming – How it works
I came across this post on Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr : “ A while back I wrote up a blog post on how grooming works for the OpsMgr DB and the warehouse http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/archive/2007/12/13/scom-2007-operational...
Posted: May 31 2009, 09:44 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[OpsMgr] What’s new in R2 Deployment and Upgrade
Wondering what’s new? Check out this blog post on the System Center Operations Manager blog: http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/05/29/what-s-new-in-r2-deployment-and-upgrade.aspx...( read more ) Read More...
Posted: May 29 2009, 02:29 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[OpsMgr] Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 now available
Posted on The Operations Manager Support Team Blog : “The Service Level Dashboard Management Pack 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 was delivered late last week by the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team, and is available for you to download...
Posted: May 28 2009, 03:14 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[SCVMM] P2V using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 may fail with error 3154 (0x8099319E)
From the System Center Virtual Machine Manager blog: “When you perform a physical to virtual (P2V) conversion using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, the P2V job may fail with the following error: Error (3154) An internal error has occurred...
Posted: May 28 2009, 01:12 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , ,
[HP] EDS, an HP Company, Welcomes Symantec as EDS Agility Alliance Marks Five-year Anniversary
Doesn’t seem like 5 years since this was setup but it’s produced some great solutions and long may it continue: PLANO, Texas, May 28, 2009 EDS, an HP company, today announced the five-year anniversary of the EDS Agility Alliance, a coalition of technology...
Posted: May 28 2009, 11:08 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , , ,
[HP] HP Helps Small and Midsize Businesses Save Time and Money
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 28, 2009 HP today expanded its Total Care initiative for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with several new products, solutions and services that reduce costs, improve productivity and enhance efficiency. (1) To help SMB customers...
Posted: May 28 2009, 09:02 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , , ,
[ConfigMgr] Examining some common problems for the Software Updates Client Agent
This post by Brent on the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog   is worth sharing: “ Hello System Center, In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from recent support incidents regarding the Configuration Manager 2007 Software...
Posted: May 27 2009, 01:57 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[MS Security Bulletin] Major Revision - Issued: May 26, 2009
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.  Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.   * MS09-003 - Critical Bulletin Information: * MS09-003 - Critical - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security...
Posted: May 27 2009, 04:03 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[MS Security Bulletin] Minor Revisions - Issued: May 26, 2009
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a minor revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.   * MS07-026 Bulletin Information: * MS07-026   - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-026.mspx...
Posted: May 27 2009, 04:01 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Revising an Update
In his latest Screencast Jason Lewis looks at how to revise an update in SCUP: http://blogs.technet.com/jasonlewis/archive/2009/05/26/screencast-system-center-updates-publisher-revising-an-update.aspx...( read more ) Read More...
Posted: May 27 2009, 03:05 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , ,
[ConfigMgr] ConfigMgr and OS Deployments/ MDT 2008 Training in London in June
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that my fellow MVP Johan Arwidmark (MVP in Setup & Deployment), is coming to the UK next month to deliver the following ConfigMgr-related courses: Mastering SCCM 2007 - London June 2 - 4 This highly popular...
Posted: May 27 2009, 03:00 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , , ,
[WSUS] SP2 Release Candidate now Available on Connect
A heads up that you can now download the SP2 Release Candidate of WSUS SP2 from Connect , details below. Don’t think you need to have friends in high places to get access because as it says on the Connect site: “ We appreciate your participation in this...
Posted: May 26 2009, 04:30 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[SQL 2005] UPDATED: PRB: 'Script table as' reports an error for linked servers created using...
Full Title: PRB: 'Script table as' reports an error for linked servers created using MSDASQL provider in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 Symptom Consider the following scenario: You create a linked server from SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server...
Posted: May 23 2009, 08:08 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , , ,
[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Publishing an Update
The latest Screencast from Jason Lewis is now available - System Center Updates Publisher – Publishing an Update...( read more ) Read More...
Posted: May 22 2009, 11:38 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , ,
[ConfigMgr] The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with...
Full Title: The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with Error 0x80072EE9 This post is a quick AMT troubleshooting post from Carol Bailey : “ It's recently come to our attention that the out of band management console...
Posted: May 22 2009, 08:04 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[WMUG] Next Meeting - Thursday 18th June 2009, Cardinal Place, London
I’m delighted to be able to announce our next meeting on Thursday 18th June at Microsoft’s office in Cardinal Place London where this time we'll be kicking off with an in-depth look at Windows 7 courtesy of Viral Tarpara and Andrew Driver from Microsoft...
Posted: May 22 2009, 05:55 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: , , , , , ,
[OpsMgr] How to configure a gateway to communicate with a different management server...
“ Here’s a neat piece of documentation I came across today that was written by one of our top Support Escalation Engineers, Ganesh Babu gnana Sundaram.  If you ever need to reconfigure a Gateway server to communicate with a different Management server...
Posted: May 22 2009, 02:41 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[SCVMM] Quick Tip: How to change the Owner value for all VMs in SCVMM 2008
This is a cool tip from the System Center Virtual Machine Manager blog: “ Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you have a bunch of virtual machines (VMs) where the OWNER value is set to UNKNOWN and you wanted to set a value owner without...
Posted: May 21 2009, 04:57 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[OpsMgr] Which System Center Operations Manager 2007 hotfixes should I apply?
From The Operations Manager Support Team Blog : “ If I had a nickel for each time I heard that one.  It’s a great question too, and one that sometimes isn’t as easy to answer as you might think.  Fortunately for us, the esteemed Kevin Holman...
Posted: May 21 2009, 02:23 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
[ConfigMgr] Examining some common problems for Software Update Points
I saw this posted over on The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog and thought it worth sharing: “ Hello System Center, In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from a quarters worth of support incidents as regards Configuration Manager...
Posted: May 21 2009, 01:56 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
Filed under: ,
More Posts Next page »