Now that System Center 2012 is one “product” we’re seeing a heavier focus towards using a common back-end for the products. Microsoft has done a good (not great) job on providing a consistent set of back-end database requirements so that a single version...

While everybody installs SCOM 2012 these days, today I've got experience to uninstall it Spent a few seconds to realise that the "Install" word should be clicked to begin uninstallation process. Really liked the warning from the system w...

Here’s a not-so-minor aggravation related to VM deployment and a workaround I wanted to share with you as another lesson in the “private cloud in the real world” series. It's not every day you create a VM templates with multiple logical drives, especiall...

This blog post provides guidance on how to use a runbook in System Center Orchestrator 2012 to schedule maintenance mode for members of a group in System Center Operations Manager 2012.

New Video: QMX - Configuration Manager iPad, iPhone, Android Mobile Device Management QMX - Configuration Manager Edition - Now Supporting Android Mobile Devices (effective 4/20) in addition to iPads & iPhone. View the videos on: Quest TV: http://quest...

What do you do when you are falling behind on the big things in life that need to get done but there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day? Please note – this blog article is really about a process of my own learning how to integrate writing into...

Problem: I had to convert a VMware VM guest in my VMM 2012 test environment, but the virtualization team would not let me connect to vCenter from System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. This means a virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversion is not possible...

KB2626076 - Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is available If you haven’t updated your SCOM 2007 R2 environment in a while, consider taking a look at CU6. This CU provides some xplat features and a number of fixes to bugs....

During a recent discussion on OpsMgr 2007 R2 environments, I was told that OpsMgr subscriptions do not fire for sub-group members. I decided to test this and see if this works the same way in OpsMgr 2012. To test this I created a total of three groups: A...

This update rollup contains updates for the entire System Center 2012 family: Virtual Machine Manager Server Update (KB2663959) Virtual Machine Manager Console Update (KB2663960) Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal Update (KB2663961) App Controll...