February 03 2012 12:29 PM

Moving the #SCVMM database when it’s running in a virtual controlled by SCVMM

When I was building my System Center 2012 testing lab I installed SQL server in a virtual running on my HyperV systems I was controlling with SCVMM 2012 RC. I’ll admit it, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I put all of the System Center products in...

February 02 2012 5:21 PM

OpsMgr 2012 (#SCOM) Overriding the default AutoSignOut value for the web console

A colleague of mine was having issues with the new OpsMgr 2012 web console that it would return to the login prompt after a period of time. This would represent an issue for organizations who want to display this web page on views which would not be regu...

January 30 2012 1:42 PM

QuickTrick: Find alerts from a monitor or rule in OpsMgr 2012 (#SCOM)

Since I started with Operations Manager 2007 this has been a commonly asked question – “How can you tell what alerts are created by a rule versus those that are created by a monitor?” (This is important because you generally do not want to close alerts w...

January 27 2012 8:09 AM

MMS 2012, Session Declined & The Avengers?

The Microsoft Management Summit 2012 looks like it will be an incredible experience with all of the updates occurring in the System Center 2012 space (pun somewhat intended)! I highly recommend that if you can be there – be there. I think that this will...

January 26 2012 2:49 PM

ConfigMgr 2012–Notes from three days with Wally in Austin!

This summary is the work of a colleague of mine Eric Morrison who attended both the SystemCenterUniverse event and two days of user group meetings presented by the infamous Wally Mead. Well done Eric (and of course well done Wally for spending time with...

January 26 2012 11:23 AM

OpsMgr 2012 (#SCOM) and ConfigMgr 2012 (#SCCM) Q&A

The following questions are the result of yesterday’s self-proclaimed game of “stump the chump” with myself playing the chump in a room full of IT folks (who had some excellent questions on Configuration Manager and Operations Manager). The responses bel...

January 17 2012 11:59 AM

Why I am no longer an Operations Manager MVP… but I am a System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP!

There was an interesting discussion today (Taming IT with the Microsoft Private Cloud) which shows the deeper level of integration occurring in the System Center space. The following is my “Summary for Geeks” from the meeting above: Packaging and Pricing...

January 13 2012 2:36 PM

System Center Universe registration has passed the 1000 mark! (#SCOM, #SCCM, #SCVMM, #SCDPM, #SCSM)

Cool news update, I just received word that System Center Universe (www.systemcenteruniverse.com) has passed the 1000+ registration mark! Let’s make this into the biggest System Center community event ever!

January 11 2012 4:58 PM

What does the Root Management Server Emulator (RMSE) actually DO in OpsMgr (#SCOM)?

OpsMgr 2007 introduced the concept of a Root Management Server and Secondary Management Servers. In OpsMgr2007 the RMS comprised 3 services providing the following functionality: · SDK Service o Console access and role based access control o Connectors t...

January 09 2012 1:20 PM

Exchange Back Pressure & OpsMgr Notification Channels

Up until recently in environment where the client has a highly available Exchange server environment I used to agree to using a single SMTP relay when defining an OpsMgr channel for notification. My thought process was that as long as the Exchange server...