I wanted to start out by saying that PowerShell 3 and ISE are just awesome. The Microsoft team did a great job on all fronts, including simply getting this tool to load so much faster in comparsion to previous versions. Because of this I’ve started to use PowerShell 3 ISE for all of my SharePoint scripting needs. I’m…
I recently came across an installation issue where the prerequisites would fail on the ASP.NET 4.0 Registration Check. TechNet has always suggested the following: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj656649.aspx "Important You must install IIS before installing .NET Framework 4. If you installed IIS after installing .NET Framework 4, you must register ASP.NET 4.0 with IIS. Open a Command…
There was a new release of the SharePoint 2010 Management Pack (now called Monitoring Pack) for use with OpsMgr 2012. This includes new documentation as well as the necessary Task to run in OpsMgr 2012. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34697
During a ConfigMgr Installation, it was found that the Computer Account did not have the correct permissions to the SQL instance. In order to add the Computer Object, use the query below (run against master). You will then need to add the correct User Mapping within the SQL Security of the Account to have proper…
After applying KB2677070, the System Center Data Access Service may have a problem starting due to a Timeout error. Apparently there were updates to the URLs used to set up a connection to Windows Update in order to download the trusted and untrusted CTLs. You may see an issue if the previous URLs were hardcoded…
Here’s a few quick points I wanted to make regarding Lessons Learned from upgrading OpsMgr 2007 R2 to OpsMgr 2012. These points will help streamline the upgrade process and help you to upgrde OpsMgr in an efficient manner. Lessons learned outline: · Use ‘Run As Administrator’ on Setup.exe to initiate upgrade sequence o I noticed…
Recently I had a few questions regarding what it means to have a SQL Run As account and what High and Low Privilege security means to me. So, In short, this is what SQL Security means to me in regards to SQL MP Discoveries\Monitoring\Tasks… Here’s a link to the documentation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd767429.aspx For High Privilege…
Recently I had a few questions regarding what it means to have a SQL Run As account and what High and Low Privilege security means to me. So, In short, this is what SQL Security means to me in regards to SQL MP Discoveries\Monitoring\Tasks… Here’s a link to the documentation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd767429.aspx For High Privilege…
I noticed that after a complete failure of an upgrade from OpsMgr 2007 R2 CU6 to OpsMgr 2012, the SDK Service would not start. Here’s what I did to fix it, in its entirety. The Steps are below the screenshots. NOTE: You might be able to begin at step 3 if the SDK assembly files…
Lync Monitoring Server Summary (Clifs Notes) The purpose of this post is to help identify the requirements to monitor your Lync Implementation holistically. Real-Time montioring happens within the (optional) OpsMgr Managment Pack, and detailed reporting happens within the Lync Monitoring Server and the Reports deployed along with the Lync Monitoring Server Role. In order to…
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