October 2008 - Posts

• Garth Jones answers your certification questions

  Garth Jones has signed-on to be the myITforum.com resident certifications guru.  You can ask your certification questions through the FAQ system using the “Ask a Question” menu item. http://www.myitforum.com/myITFAQs/   Would you like to become an official section myITforum.com FAQ section guru?  Drop a note to:  admin@myITforum.com When questions are posted to your FAQ area of expertise, you receive an email prompt to login to the FAQ system to help resolve the problem and help build our FAQ system.  More evidence that myITforum.com promotes you and your knowledge and experience. Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:08 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Site News, FAQs

• Today’s Articles; October 31, 2008

  System Center News SQL Views documentation is Live! by Steve Thompson - 10/31/2008 A while back, I was able to provide some assistance to Garth Jones in documenting the existing SMS/SCCM SQL Server views. Doug Eby, a Senior Technical Writer at Microsoft created some fine documentation, in part based on our work. System Center Configuration Manager Deploying SQL Server 2005 with SP2 Using an OSD Task Sequence (Part 1) by Jeff Gilbert - 10/31/2008 One of the coolest features (I think) of Configuration Manager is the ability to deploy software using task sequences, but because task sequences are generally associated with operating system deployment, a lot of people never really use them unless they're deploying new operating systems. System Center Operations Manager SQL Query for Alert Information by Scott Moss - 10/31/2008 One of the users on SystemCenterCommunity requested a SQL query for scom to get the following information: Managed computer, Alert description and Alert severity. Scripting VBS Script To List All SMS Classes On A Site Server by Don Hite - 10/31/2008 This VBS Script was written to allow you to list all of the WMI classes available on an SMS or ConfigMgr site server for your reference. The classes will be written and sorted for easier use. Windows Running Scripts in x64 Windows XP by Shaun Cassells - 10/31/2008 Some scripts will fail if they use the wrong native scripting host. Posted Oct 31 2008, 07:52 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Articles

• Today’s Downloads; October 31, 2008

  Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 Administrator's Guide, for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 Administrator's Guide, for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008. Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 The Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of Windows HPC Server 2008 for a cluster environment. It monitors Windows HPC Server components – such as head... Managing Virtualization with SCVMM and Powershell Take an inside look at Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager from an architectural and experience a real world view. Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Design and configure SQL Server 2008 with High-Availability while leveraging the new features of Windows Server 2008 Clustering and Hyper-V virtualization at this session. Get an in-depth understanding... Application Virtualization Application Listing Tool The App-V Application Listing Tool (ListVApps) is a tool which lists all the virtual processes that are running at a specific time on a specific computer. You can use the tool to get information about... Application Virtualization Client Log Parser Utility You can use the fields and values contained in the output file to filter information obtained from the log files. The output file generated by the application log parser utility contains the following... Application Virtualization SFT Parser Tool You can use the Application Virtualization SFT Info utility to extract the following information from SFT files: Validation of SFT files —Process corrupted SFT files, and recover information from corrupted... Application Virtualization Dynamic Suite Composition Tool Dynamic suite composition is a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) feature that enables applications to be sequenced separately from the plug-ins and middleware applications they rely on, while... Application Virtualization Cache Configuration Tool The App-V client cache tool (AppVCacheSize) allows administrators to increase the Microsoft Application Virtualization client cache size through a scriptable command line interface. AppVCacheSize uses... Managing Virtualization 360 from the Datacenter to the Desktop Managing Virtualization 360 from the Datacenter to the Desktop Infrastructure Planning and Design: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 with R2 Infrastructure Planning and Design guides share a common structure, including: Definition of the technical decision flow through the planning process. Listing of decisions to be made and the commonly available... Infrastructure Planning and Design: Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Infrastructure Planning and Design guides share a common structure, including: Definition of the technical decision flow through the planning process. Listing of decisions to be made and the commonly available... Posted Oct 31 2008, 07:50 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Downloads

• SMS Analyst Contract

  This is a 1 year contract in Bridgewater, NJ with sanofi-aventis Pharmaceutical.The individual will be responsible for creating and modifying packages for automated installation and distribution via SMS 2003. The main package creation / modification software will be Wise Package Studio 7 with adherence to defined Global Packaging guidelines. Any questions please feel free to contact me. -- Sincerely, Marc Tanner Resource Manager NewAgeSys, Inc. 231 Clarksville Road, Suite 200, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 Office: 609-919-9817(NJ)/650-491-7731(CA) Toll free: 1-888-863-9243 ext 817 Fax: 609-919-9831 email: marc.tanner@newagesys.com www.newagesys.com Posted Oct 30 2008, 10:41 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Jobs

• Over 120 Windows PowerShell script in the myITforum.com Windows PowerShell repository!

  There are lots of great community-generated scripts available to use straight off the page.  And, you can use the concepts displayed in the scripts to learn PowerShell.   The Windows PowerShell Community Script Repository: http://www.myitforum.com/myITWiki/WPScripts.ashx Posted Oct 30 2008, 10:05 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Site News, Wiki

• Today’s Articles; October 30, 2008

  System Center Configuration Manager Configuration Manager Remote Tools for Helpdesk Staff by Mohammad Asem  Alhourani - 10/30/2008 Making a great SMS 2003 solution work for ConfigMgr 2007. System Center Operations Manager Manual Agent Assignment vs. Auto Agent Assignment by David StClair - 10/30/2008 I have found that the Manual Agent assignment doesn’t work as well as advertised. In the env I was working in, we had agents set to failover to between GW servers, GWs set to failover between the RMS and Mgt servers. That didn’t happen and the agents would just drop offline. Scripting VBS Script To Send A Remote Machines Service Information To A Web Page by Don Hite - 10/30/2008 This VBS script will allow you to enter a remote machine name into an input dialog box and will in turn list the services on that machine with their current state marked Green (Running) or Red (Stopped) as appropriate to a web page. Windows PowerShell PowerShell one liner to query servers in AD by Ying Li - 10/30/2008 Let's say you want to query all the servers in AD Security CounterSpy Enterprise 3.1 Maintenance Release by Andrew Berges - 10/30/2008 Just posted to the web at the below URL: http://go.sunbeltsoftware.com/?linkid=400 SQL Server Calculate a client's subnet mask when defining subnet boundaries (using BITWISE AND & in SQL) by John Nelson - 10/30/2008 I was recently pointed to Jeff Gilbert's blog where he has an article on determining a client's subnet mask and using them in subnet boundaries. Active Directory and Group Policy PowerShell one liner to query servers in AD by Ying Li - 10/30/2008 Let's say you want to query all the servers in AD Posted Oct 30 2008, 08:20 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Articles

• Today’s Downloads; October 30, 2008

  Virtual Application Management with Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 This paper discusses the integration of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, including supported scenarios, best practices, deployment planning considerations... Microsoft Application Virtualization Version 4.5 Trial Guide This guide is designed to help you quickly set up and evaluate a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) environment. This guide outlines steps necessary to install Microsoft Application Virtualization... App-V Application Publishing and Client Interaction This white paper provides information about how the client operates and where it stores data to support virtual applications. Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 The SQL Server Management Pack provides the capabilities for Operations Manager 2007 to discover SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 installations and components and to monitor them, primarily from the perspective... Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 Administrator's Guide, for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 Administrator's Guide, for XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008. Posted Oct 30 2008, 08:18 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Downloads

• Beta products section added to the ConfigMgr 2007 Wiki

  And, our first beta product is listed… Roger Zander’s SCCM Client Center 2.0 BETA: http://www.myitforum.com/myITWiki/SCCMTools.ashx Posted Oct 29 2008, 04:46 PM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Site News, Wiki

• Packaging Contractor in Bridgewater, NJ

  A contract position is available in Bridgewater, NJ for an experienced application packager. The individual will be responsible for creating and modifying packages for automated installation and distribution via SMS 2003. The main package creation / modification software will be Wise Package Studio 7. Brief list of Job Requirements:     - 4 or more years demonstrated experience with Wise Package Studio     - 4 or more years experience creating SMS packages     - VBScript experience is required      - Moderate experience working with SMS 2003 is required     - Moderate experience with SQLServer 2005 is helpful     - The ability to write custom scripts / programs     - Excellent oral and written communication skills     - A thorough knowledge of the Windows operating systems, registry and WMI     - The ability to maintain good documentation of standards and procedures. Please email me offline for additional information ..  henry.wilson@sanofi-aventis.com Posted Oct 29 2008, 04:40 PM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Jobs

• Today’s Articles; October 29, 2008

  System Center Configuration Manager Advertisements do not enumerate in a remote ConfigMgr Console by Sherry Kissinger - 10/29/2008 If you have a remote Administrative ConfigMgr Console (i.e., you install the console on a computer or server which is not the primary Site Server), you may notice that Advertisements do not enumerate. System Center Operations Manager Get-Alert Examples by Scott Moss - 10/29/2008 From a request on the SystemCenterCommunity a user wanted a SQL query to display the following information: Managed computer, Alert description and Alert severity. Windows PowerShell is easier. MOM MOM 2005 Onepoint DB Perf data tuning by Scott Moss - 10/29/2008 The following should help MOM Admins get a good picture of what is going on in their onepoint database. Scripting VBS Script To Retrieve Service States That Are Set To Automatic But Are Not Started by Don Hite - 10/29/2008 This VBS script will prompt you for a server name and will write all of the service names to an Excel spreadsheet where the Start Mode is set to automatic but the State is stopped or not started Windows PowerShell Get-Alert Examples by Scott Moss - 10/29/2008 From a request on the SystemCenterCommunity a user wanted a SQL query to display the following information: Managed computer, Alert description and Alert severity. Windows PowerShell is easier. Windows Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1 by Ronni Pedersen - 10/29/2008 Microsoft has just released and updated version of this great tool. Posted Oct 29 2008, 07:54 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Articles

• 12,305 Articles on myITforum.com

  Can you believe it? With the latest article posted today (incidentally, it was a PowerShell article), myITforum.com now has 12,305 live articles.  That’s an enormous stack of information.  How many other organizations can say that?  And, how many organizations can say that the information provided is all community generated? We have some seriously smart people in this community who are willing to take time and share their knowledge and expertise with you. Fortunately, you can sift through all of this information using the Article Search engine:  http://www.myitforum.com/index/myITSearch.asp And, don’t forget, there’s plenty of other things to look for using the Full Site Search:  http://www.myitforum.com/Search.asp   Want to join the myITforum.com columnist bunch?  Drop an email to find out how:  admin@myITforum.com Posted Oct 28 2008, 09:08 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Site News, Articles

• Today’s Articles; October 28, 2008

  System Center Configuration Manager win32_servercomponent - what is it? by Sherry Kissinger - 10/28/2008 I'd like to know, too! Actually Rob Olson (the Dude from www.dudeworks.com) believes it was an earlier beta WMI class for Windows Server 2008. When it went RTM it was likely renamed win32_serverfeature. System Center Operations Manager Cluster information showing up as not monitored in OpsMgr cluster diagram view by Brad Bird - 10/28/2008 I ran into an interesting issue with SCOM. After having imported the cluster MP version 6277 and confirming that agent proxying is enabled on all monitored nodes, cluster information still does not get populated for all clusters. Scripting VBS Script To Send A Remote Machines Logical Disk Information To Excel by Don Hite - 10/28/2008 This VBS Script will take a local or remote machine name from an input dialog box and will send the machine name, drive letter and disk type to an Excel spreadsheet. Windows PowerShell Get information about the installed printers by Rod Trent - 10/28/2008 Use this Windows PowerShell script to retrieve information about the printers that have been installed on a specific computer. SQL Server SQL Query To Find All IBM And Lenovo Machines by Don Hite - 10/28/2008 This SQL Query will provide you with a list of all of the IBM and Lenovo machines. Web Technologies HTA Script To List Roles For A Specified Site Server by Don Hite - 10/28/2008 This HTA script will take a site server name and site code and list all of the available site system roles for the server and send the results to the active window. Posted Oct 28 2008, 07:25 AM by rodtrent with no comments Filed under: Articles

• Today’s Downloads; October 28, 2008

  Active Directory and Group Policy Group Policy Management eit863 Active Directory and Group Policy 10/28/2008 488 kb GPO concepts whitepaper. Scripting Script to get Info on Share folder size on NAS eit863 Scripting 10/28/2008 < 1 kb It will get information about all the parent folders, total count of sub folders and size information.