CARL is back … And System Center Universe will never be the same
You think you know CARL from SCU? You haven’t seen anything yet. Check out the latest update in the CARL saga at System Center Universe! http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/
A few Savision Live Maps configuration tips
During a recent client engagement, one of my co-workers ran into a few items with Savision Live Maps which I thought would be good to share what the issue was and what the resolution was. Web Console installation error: When installing we ran into issues installing the Savision web console. The message was: “Error…
Updated agent and server troubleshooting issues when reporting to an Operations Manager 2012 R2 environment
Let me start by stating up front – this issue was not caused by the upgrade of my lab environment from 2012 to 2012 R2. It occurred soon after upgrade to 2012 R2, but the blog post below shows what issues I was seeing and the debug steps taken. The debug steps are the same…
Comparing Generation 1 and Generation 2 virtual machines
One of the cool new features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 was the addition of Generation 1 and Generation 2 virtual machines. Benefits I’ve seen listed for Generation 2 virtual machines include a faster boot time, fewer devices, and boot from SCSI virtual drive. The idea is interesting, but I was curious…
MMS and TechEd
Effective this year MMS will be merging with TechEd (this was announced at http://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/archive/2013/10/01/what-s-next-for-mms.aspx). This may be a tough integration as MMS has a long history and an existing culture. I have been pondering this for a little while and came up with some suggestions which I will summarize below as my MMS 5×5 plan.…
How to change a virtual machine from high availability to normal availability and back
During an upgrade from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2 I ran across a setting called “Availability” for the VM. High availability is available in a host cluster and is documented at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc967323.aspx “Highly available virtual machines, also known as HAVMs, can easily be migrated to a different virtual machine host in a failover cluster…
Converting a Hyper-V cluster from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2 step by step (upgrading to 2012 R2 series)
With the release of Windows 2012 R2, my primary goal was to upgrade my lab environment to gain the new features available in Windows 2012 R2 (including tiered storage, enhanced deduplication, generation 2 vm’s and dynamic memory enhancements). My first upgrade was for a single server upgrade for my SMB file share server and…
Upgrading Operations Manager from 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2 step by step (upgrading to 2012 R2 series)
The following blog post was written by Brett Boone. Thank you for sharing this with the community Brett! The following blog posts discusses the process to upgrade from Operations Manager 2012 SP1 to Operations Manager 2012 R2. This blog post also shows the steps required to integrate the new System Center Advisor functionality available with…
Automated defragmentation using OpsMgr for Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 (#SCOM, #SYSCTR, #WinServ, #PowerShell)
If you have been using Operations Manager 2012 for a little while you have probably had that moment when you log into your servers on a Monday morning and see a plethora of new warning alerts related to fragmentation levels on drives. This is one of those items that generates a lot of alerts and…
Presentation road trip before SCU 2014: Houston Texas!
It’s hard to believe, but it’s not too long until SCU 2014! My first road trip (other than SCU DACH of course!) is to this year’s home for SCU: Houston Texas! I’ll be at the Houston HASMUG event tomorrow. If you are in town stop by to check out the presentation and bring with your…