December 2004 - Posts

• OSD Notes

  Check the log files in the temp directory or the minint (root of the c:) for troubleshooting Error code 16389 - check to make sure the file system is NTFS. Posted Dec 15 2004, 04:10 PM by Anonymous with no comments Filed under: OS Deployment

• Changes to Patch Management with SMS 2003 SP1 WebCast Notes

  Here's a rundown of interesting notes from the MS webcast on 12/09/2004:   New patch management reports with SP1, will be more new reports for PM with SP2 Automatic insertion of new updates into the SMS database without waiting for clients to scan. This will only apply to new updates after the initial Security Catalog download. Additionally, by default, it will only address updates released within the last 30 days. There is a mechanism to change that value, but that was not addressed. Also, this is only security updates; this does not include Office updates. No mention of adding this feature was addressed, as this is a different product group. SP1 introduces 3 new Inventory classes to the hardware inventory - extended software updates, vulnerability and scan package version. Extended SU - 3rd party scan tools (such as Dell) Vulnerability - look for SMS to get a vulnerability scanning tool next year. They did not give specifics on it, but they directed us to the support article on MBSA, so I would assume it would be MBSA information. Scan Package version - see what clients are scanning on what version of the security catalog, as well as what patches are tied to what security catalog version. They also briefly touched on WUS integration with SMS 2003. No real info, just a couple of quick sentences. SP1 client has and integrated patch install agent, instead of being a separate component in SMS gold client. This is the patchinstall.exe component, the client side of the Software Updates piece (notification, scheduling, actions, etc.) Posted Dec 14 2004, 04:30 PM by Anonymous with no comments Filed under: SMS 2003

• Welcome

  Just to give you some background on myself, I am a senior consultant with a company called Certified Security Solutions (CSS). CSS is based out of Seattle, but has offices in Portland and Cleveland, with several others opening soon. We specialize in IT security, across a range of platforms and offerings. I specialize in Systems Management, specifically SMS 2003 and MOM 2005. I've been working in the IT space for about 10 years, principally in the U.S. Air Force, and made the transition to the private sector last year. If you have any comments or advice for my WebLog, please do so!  This is my first attempt at this, and your comments are appreciated.  Just shoot me an email at derrb@hotmail.com Posted Dec 14 2004, 09:01 AM by Anonymous with no comments