System Center 2012–using a common SQL backend database (#SYSCTR, #SCOM, #SCSM)
Now that System Center 2012 is one “product” we’re seeing a heavier focus towards using a common back-end for the…
Power On Virtual Machines with PowerShell Script
Here is a script that I wrote for powering on the virtual machines in a specific order. This script creates…
IT Consulting: The power of singletasking, chunking it down & a mini-sabbatical (#ITConsulting)
What do you do when you are falling behind on the big things in life that need to get done…
Programming Windows, 6th Edition eBook–Available Now
Charles Petzold is returning with a 6th edition of his Programming Windows book, this time focused on Windows 8. XAML,…
Microsoft Datacenter Tour
So Today was a good day! I am right now sitting in the San Antonio airport waiting on a flight…
Subscriptions do not fire for sub-groups members in OpsMgr (#SCOM, #SYSCTR) or DO they…
During a recent discussion on OpsMgr 2007 R2 environments, I was told that OpsMgr subscriptions do not fire for sub-group…
Why don’t the CPU totals match on the diagnostic in Health Explorer for OpsMgr? (#SCOM, #SYSCTR)
Background: Operations Manager has a feature which alerts which a monitor has exceeded a certain threshold for processor utilization and…
Auto-closing alerts via a subscription in OpsMgr (#SCOM)
Problem: We have legacy Alert Generating Event Collection rules that legitimately create alerts so that a particular group gets notified…
Using Aero Themes with System Center OSD
There are many Windows 7 deployment projects out there and recently I had a request to compose an Aero theme…
QuickTricks: What user roles can put a server into maintenance mode in #SCOM?
Summary: Operator role and higher (operator, advanced operator, and administrator) should be able to put systems into maintenance mode. My…