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Updated agent and server troubleshooting issues when reporting to an Operations Manager 2012 R2 environment – Part 2

InfrastructureBy Cameron Fuller November 5, 2013

I wasn’t planning on doing a part 2 to this blog post but it turns out that when I originally blogged on this issue at https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2013/11/01/updated-agent-and-server-troubleshooting-issues-when-reporting-to-an-operations-manager-2012-r2-environment.aspx I thought I had fixed it but I had not. Checking back later in my lab I found that it was not in the state that I had left…

CARL is back … And System Center Universe will never be the same

InfrastructureBy Cameron Fuller November 4, 2013

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

InfrastructureBy Cameron Fuller November 4, 2013

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…

Creating a Linux VM Template in VMM 2012 R2 – Part 4: Create Template

InfrastructureBy Matthew Dowst November 3, 2013

This post is part 4 of a 4 part series on creating a Linux VM template in System Center 2012 R2 – Virtual Machine Manager. This post assumes that you have completed the steps from the previous posts. Part 1: Create VM – Creating the VM and Installing CentOS 6.4 Part 2: Configure VM…

Creating a Linux VM Template in VMM 2012 R2 – Part 3: Prep VM

InfrastructureBy Matthew Dowst November 3, 2013

This post is part 3 of a 4 part series on creating a Linux VM template in System Center 2012 R2 – Virtual Machine Manager. This post assumes that you have completed the steps from the previous posts. Part 1: Create VM – Creating the VM and Installing CentOS 6.4 Part 2: Configure VM…

Creating a Linux VM Template in VMM 2012 R2 – Part 2: Configure VM

InfrastructureBy Matthew Dowst November 3, 2013

This post is part 2 of a 4 part series on creating a Linux VM template in System Center 2012 R2 – Virtual Machine Manager. This post assumes that you have completed the steps from the previous post. Part 1: Create VM – Creating the VM and Installing CentOS 6.4 Part 2: Configure VM…

Creating a Linux VM Template in VMM 2012 R2 – Part 1: Create VM

InfrastructureBy Matthew Dowst November 3, 2013

This post is the first in a 4 part series on how to create a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) template in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 R2. For this series I will be using the CentOS 6.4 Linux distro. CentOS is based upon the Red Hat Enterprise architecture, so this article should be applicable to Red Hat and…

Updated agent and server troubleshooting issues when reporting to an Operations Manager 2012 R2 environment

InfrastructureBy Cameron Fuller November 1, 2013

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…

Weekly Exchange PowerShell Tip: Export Users Contacts to PST

CloudBy Catapult Systems October 31, 2013

Export User’s Contacts Folder: New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox user1 -IncludeFolders “#Contacts#” -ExcludeDumpster -filepath \\server\share\user1.pst

The Alternatives to Top Down Design

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy David Broussard October 31, 2013

Second in a series, read the first entry here. The Big Reveal is dead…long live, the Little Reveal As I talked about in my first post in the series, most Intranet projects focus on a Big Reveal where the project works towards completion and has a big massive launch with much fanfare. There are a…