Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er : System Center

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings : Workaround posted for ConfigMgr SP2 issue with USMT 4.0

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:15:24 GMT

Levi Stevens posted a blog entry today describing a workaround for an issue with ConfigMgr SP2 and USMT 4.0 that causes USMT to not capture all of the user state information. Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings : Workaround...(read more)

4 quick ways to connect with myITforum.com

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:08:26 GMT

At the top of the main myITforum.com web pages, you can now find quick link icons to connect with the System Center community in various social “settings”. We’ve added a quick icon for our ever-growing list of RSS feeds, but also to the myITforum...(read more)

Changing Domains and/or Domain Names with SCCM 2007

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:39:25 GMT

A question that seems to come up a lot around here is from people who already have existing SMS 2003 servers and they want to either change the domain name or move the server to a new domain. Before we can truly address that question though...(read more)

Quest Management Xtensions

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:10:20 GMT

QMX Monitoring for Operations Manager and MOM Monitor Extensions Read More......(read more)

Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog : Tuning tip – turning off some over-collection of events

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:28:31 GMT

We often think of tuning OpsMgr by way of tuning “Alert Noise”…. by disabling rules that generate alerts that we don't care about, or modifying thresholds on monitors to make the alert more actionable for our specific environment. However Read...(read more)

Configuration Manager with Jason Lewis : System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) 4.5 now supports WSUS 3.0 SP2

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:06:32 GMT

We just released an updated version of SCUP 4.5 to support WSUS 3.0 SP2. You can download SCUP 4.5 here . With this released we also fixed a number of customer reported issues. Crashes Fixed a number of crash bugs in the import and create update...(read more)

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog : Service Manager Beta Process Management Pack Now Available

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:33:10 GMT

Two weeks ago, at TechEd EMEA, Ryan O’Hara announced the Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack for System Center Service Manager. I am excited to let you know the Beta of this process management pack is now available for evaluation...(read more)

Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog : Writing monitors to target Logical or Physical Disks

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:08 GMT

This is something a LOT of people make mistakes on – so I wanted to write a post on the correct way to do this properly, using a very common target as an example. When we write a monitor for something like “Processor\% Processor Time\_Total” and...(read more)

Comparing Monitor Information Reporting to Community Monitor Information Scripts

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:51:11 GMT

One of our myITforum.com partners, Enhansoft, has put together a really comprehensive report in the differences between using community scripts to inventory monitors versus the Enhansoft “enhanced” inventory product. Great job… On a regular base...(read more)

How-To: Configure OpsMgr R2 Service Level Tracking on Live Maps views

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:28:24 GMT

In this article I will give a step-by-step instruction how to configure Service Level Tracking on a Live Maps view and show the results using the Service Level Tracking report in OpsMgr and the Service Level Dashboard in SharePoint. How-To: Configure...(read more)

Info and images of SCCM vNext and R3 from TechEd – thanks to Marnix Wolf

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:01:25 GMT

Thanks to Genesis Fleary for bringing these posts (and this blog) to my attention… Tech-Ed Berlin 2009: Day 2, Tuesday 10th of November, part I Tech-Ed Berlin 2009: Day 3, Wednesday 11th of November Tech-Ed Berlin 2009: Total Recap Read More......(read more)

USMT Issues with MDT 2010 | System Center Ideas

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:41:34 GMT

I’m working on a Windows XP to Windows 7 migration project (I think we’ll all be working on those for the next couple of years!) using a standalone MDT 2010 solution. Overall it’s been working great and the improvements in MDT over each version...(read more)

Dudeworks posts mandatory upgrade to Inventory Manager for SCCM 2007 SP2 customers

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:41:24 GMT

Inventory Manager v.1.9.5 for SCCM 2007 SP2 ( 4.00.6487.2000 ) has been posted at www.dudeworks.com . If you have upgraded to or are planning to upgrade to SCCM SP2 you will need to install this update. This update provides version recognition only, there...(read more)

1E is hiring in the U.S.

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:39:47 GMT

1E is hiring SMS/SCCM consultants right now in Michigan and Ohio. If you want to work for a good company and have the expertise they are looking for, drop an email to: USRecruitment@1e.com 75% travel is required for these jobs. Read More....(read more)

“Doc My Project” – Call for auto-documentation application beta testers

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:36:32 GMT

How would you like to just click a mouse button and have your project documentation created for you on the fly? Documenting a project can take longer than the actual project itself sometimes, and new company is trying to help minimize that process...(read more)

The most current System Center Roadmap – circa, November 2009, TechEd Europe

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:07 GMT

BranchCache Design Guide « System Center Spartan

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:01:10 GMT

BranchCache is a WAN bandwidth optimization technology that is included in the Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. To optimize WAN bandwidth, BranchCache copies content from your main office content servers and caches the content at branch office...(read more)

Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack Announced in Berlin

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:23:28 GMT

The compliance and Risk Process Management Pack will be fully integrated with System Center Service Manager 2010 and will ship following the release of Service Manager in the first half of calendar year 2010. Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog...(read more)

Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog : 29106 event on RMS – Index was out of range. Wait. What?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:04:30 GMT

Was working with a customer on this one – figured it might help others. Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog : 29106 event on RMS – Index was out of range. Wait. What? Read More......(read more)

ConfigMgr v.Next gets a new name

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:19:23 GMT

At TechEd 2009 in Berlin, ConfigMgr v.Next (the next full version of System Center Configuration Manager) was first announced publicly as ConfigMgr 2011. That gives Microsoft almost 2 years to complete the next leap in ConfigMgr technology, ready...(read more)