Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er

System Center Essentials Team Blog : Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in System Center Essentials 2007 SP1

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:45:28 GMT

This table indicates the current support for the indicated operating systems by System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 components. Operating system Support installing the System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 management server? Support installing the System Center...(read more)

Download details: Operations Manager 2007 R2 Documentation

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:35:04 GMT

The Operations Manager 2007 R2 technical documentation helps you plan, deploy, operate, and maintain Operations Manager 2007 R2. For information about the specific guides available in the library, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb498235...(read more)

Download details: Update Rollup for Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB971541)

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:34:15 GMT

The Update Rollup for Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) combines previous hotfix releases for SP1 with additional fixes and support of SP1 roles on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This update also provides database role and SQL...(read more)

Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr : SCCM: Forcing a Task Sequence to Rerun

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:32:55 GMT

There are well known methods to force an advertisement to rerun – including several add-on tools available for the SMS or SCCM console. To date, however, there are not equivalent methods to force a task sequence to rerun. Part of this...(read more)

Gearing up for the next trip to China…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:18 GMT

It’s been a busy time around the Trent house for what seems like forever. China in March, MMS 2009 in April, local soccer program all summer, a kid starting college on a Track scholarship, a new baby, a daughter turning 16, etc., etc. So,...(read more)

Version Control in System Center Operations Manager 2007 | Cupfighter.net

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:18:47 GMT

The current version of System Center Operations Manager 2007 doesn’t use version control for management packs. If you manage complex environments and use lot of custom monitoring, it would be nice to see when there is something changed and even...(read more)

Telnet in Windows 7?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:42:27 GMT

Telnet is available for Windows 7, but it is not installed by default. This was the same for Windows Vista. Microsoft removed the Telnet client for security reasons. Whenever you have the choice you should use SSH instead of Telnet....(read more)

Bink.nu | Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface - Bink.nu

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:34:30 GMT

With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7. Engineers are now hard at work at creating hot fixes for application compatibility and ironing out any bug reports they receive. The same...(read more)

POSTPONED - Technical Overview: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 (Level 200)

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:31:09 GMT

Event Name: TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 (Level 200) Event ID: 1032428200 We have rescheduled this webcast for the following date and time: Date: 11/24/2009 Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM U.S...(read more)

Xian Wings 2010 coming from Jalasoft

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:22:10 GMT

Jalasoft informed a close network of contacts today that they are going to announce the release of Xian Wings 2010. Wings 2010 will be part of the Xian suite and will make it possible for network and server administrators to gain better control...(read more)

System Center Service Manager : Overview of Problem Management in Service Manager

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:39:30 GMT

The objective of Problem Management is to resolve the underlying root cause of incidents and consequently prevent incidents from recurring [ITIL]. Proactive Problem Management aims to identifying and solving Problems and Known Errors before the...(read more)

Savision at Teched Europe

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:36:08 GMT

Savision will be present at Teched Europe in Berlin, 9-13 November. We will be demonstrating our System Center solution at booth E26 . Make sure you pay us a visit and win a Sony eReader! To learn more about Live Maps you can also visit the following...(read more)

PowerShell: AD Workstation Cleanup Script version 2.0 « Trevor Sullivan's Tech Room

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:14:32 GMT

A little while ago, I posted a PowerShell script that detects old machine accounts in Active Directory, and disables or deletes them, based on certain ages (in days). I’ve continued work on this script, such that it now logs information to Excel...(read more)

The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) is available

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:04:42 GMT

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using...(read more)

ConfigMgr Web Page Accelerator

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:41:36 GMT

Have you ever been reviewing a report out of SMS or ConfigMgr and wanted to be able to send a machine name to your SMS Remote Tool Page? Well with IE 8, and accelerators you can. Windows Live space's Blog - Windows Live Read More......(read more)

MMS 2010 Content Survey is live…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:05 GMT

As we start putting the plans for the Microsoft Management Summit 2010 (MMS 2010) together, we'd like to ensure that the event matches your needs and requirements. Our aim is to provide you with the information and resources you need to manage your...(read more)

Updated: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 - myITforum.com

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:01:06 GMT

10/28/2009 – Version 6.0.6000.2 – Added support for monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 in a 64-bit environment with Operations Manager 2007 R2 or Operations Manager 2007 SP1 hotfix (KB971541). Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager...(read more)

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Hey, Scripting Guy! What Are the New Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:56:36 GMT

The number of cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0 has nearly doubled over the number that shipped with the original product. These are core cmdlets and do not take into account the number of cmdlets that are included with Windows 7.0. Many of these...(read more)

Large Files, Sharepoint, and Windows 2008

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:50 GMT

I ran across this problem and thought I’d share. After much troubleshooting, I found that Sharepoint 3.0 on Windows 2008 is limited to 28MB file uploads – this includes multiple file uploads that, combined, equate to a total of 28MB. There’s a fix...(read more)

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog : Renaming the Configuration Manager 2007 database

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:22 GMT

You may find that at some point you need to change the name of the SCCM 2007 database and the steps to do so are below. I worked on a case just like this a few days back and during that time I got the opportunity to confirm that this procedure...(read more)