September 2008 - Posts

• Interesting Virtualization links

  Whilst preparing for the TechNet Virtualization roadshow I came across some interesting links to help me with the configuration of the integration of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and System Center Operations Manager 2007 . Opsmgr 2007 Management Pack for Windows Server 2008: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3529D233-5E3E-4B51-8F66-5D6F27005EC3&displaylang=en How to integrate SCVMM and Opsmgr 2007: Please follow the following blogposts to integrate both...(read more) Posted Sep 24 2008, 08:54 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: Operations Manager 2007, SCVMM, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Windows Server Virtualization

• TechEd IT Professional EMEA: Windows Server Track

  With the TechEd IT Professional EMEA  coming closer I wanted to start share some of the top sessions in different tracks in this first post I will share with you what I think will be the 5 best rated or attended sessions in my track:   Windows Server 2008R2 Hyper-V: Feature Dive Want to get a sneak peek at what’s new in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 R2? This session focuses on the new capabilities of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. The session also covers the base architecture of Hyper...(read more) Posted Sep 23 2008, 12:14 PM by SCUG.be Filed under: SCVMM, Event, TechEd IT Professional, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, TechEd, IT Professional

• Changing the ACS DataRetention Period for Opsmgr

  Changing the Audit Collection Service DataRetention Period (based on the info found on the technet site) Operations Manager grooms, or removes, data from its various databases at regular configurable intervals. For the Operations database, this is done in the Operations console. For the ACS database, these settings are configured during setup with a default value of 14 days. This means that every day, all database partitions (and their data) that are older than 14 days are dropped or deleted. Because...(read more) Posted Sep 19 2008, 09:23 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: Operations Manager 2007, scom, acs, opsmgr, audit collection service

• Operations Manager/SSAS and PerformancePoint Scorecards

  Daniel Savage posted on the team blog that the performancePoint team released a sample solution that shows how to build cubes from the Operations Manager DW and then build balanced IT scorecards using Office PerformancePoint server from these cubes. I had to look for 30 minutes on the net before I finally found what I needed ! Because I know you're all lazy people I just put the links below. :-) Scorecards and Dashboards for your IT Department A solution accelerator to help you create a complete...(read more) Posted Sep 18 2008, 12:03 PM by SCUG.be Filed under: Operations Manager 2007, scom, opsmgr, reporting

• October Edition of TechNet Magazine Online

  Virtualization: An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today’s virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves the manageability, reliability, and security of virtualization. Virtualization: Manage Your Virtual Environments with VMM 2008 System Center Virtual Machine Manager provides a consolidated interface for managing your virtual infrastructure. The latest...(read more) Posted Sep 17 2008, 09:58 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: Technet, SCVMM, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, App-V, MAP, Tips & Tricks, Hyper-V, SCVMM 2008, Microsoft Application Virtualization

• Competition voting assistance requested

  Hi all,  I am not in the habbit of posting personal info/requests on my blog, but I am going to violate my own policy on that for just this once. It's for a greater cause.  The belgian nivea website currently has a competition running to award people with a "beautifull heart". A friend of mine was entered into the competition for trying to keep running a childrens welfare center in Nepal in extremely difficult circumstances. I would like to ask you all for just 2 minutes of your time to visit the below website, and click on the button "Stem", which is dutch for vote. http://www.nl.nivea.be/imported_specials/show/14677?dummy=1&gid=1709 You would be doing me a huge favour with this. Kim Oppalfens Posted Sep 09 2008, 09:09 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: personal

• “Get Virtual Now” Launch event with Demo of “Live Migration”

  Later tonight we will officially launch our new virtualization products with the “Get Virtual Now” campaign but the news is on the web now. Now you can virtualize from the data center to the desktop, and manage with the same tools you're already using for your physical infrastructure. Here are some excerpt of the press release: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a new hypervisor-based server virtualization product, will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web. Microsoft...(read more) Posted Sep 08 2008, 09:34 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: SCVMM, System Center, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, App-V, Hyper-V, Announcement, Webcasts, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

• TechDays are coming to Luxembourg

  The “TechDays 08” are coming to Luxembourg on Sept 30th, the registration for this event is open. It’s a free event organized by the MS Belux team so be quick to register as places are limited. During this event you will have the possibility to choose between two tracks one track for developers and one for IT Pro’s. In the IT Pro track we will have Vista SP1 Deployment , Group Policy Preferences and a SQL 2008 session. We will finish the day with three Virtualization sessions which will help you...(read more) Posted Sep 08 2008, 02:00 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: SQL Server 2008, SCVMM, Event, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, techdays, GPO, IT Pro days, Vista SP1, Vista

• Opsmgr Exchange 2007 management pack

  Here are some guidelines if you want to import the Exchange 2007 management pack in your scom environment: Requirements This Management Pack requires the Operations Manager 2007 updates specified in Knowledge Base articles 950853 , 951979 and 951380 (see the Management Pack Guide for details). Ensure that all systems running Exchange Server 2007 that are managed by Operations Manager use Local System as the Agent Action Account If you are monitoring Exchange Server 2007 clusters, ensure that all...(read more) Posted Sep 06 2008, 03:51 AM by SCUG.be Filed under: Operations Manager 2007, scom, opsmgr, Management Pack

• SCCM : How to avoid that SCCM or SMS will place components on the c:\ or any other drive

  Place the "NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS" file on the drive you want ( aka c:\ ) to prevent that SMS/SCCM places any components on one of the forbidden drives in the future. Simple but effective Thats it ! Hope it helps ! Kenny Buntinx...(read more) Posted Sep 04 2008, 06:45 PM by SCUG.be Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, SMS, Sms 2003

• ConfigMgr 2007: Unable to boot from USB Flash Drive Task Sequence Media

  Here's another great tip from the Manageability blog, If you planning on doing a little work with bootable flash drive media you'll want to read this first: Issue: After creating a bootable Task Sequence Media on a USB Flash Drive, the USB Flash Drive does not work and will not boot up on a PC. You may also see the following error messages when trying to boot from the USB Flash Drive: Error message: ---------------Windows Boot Manager---------------- Windows failed to start. A recent hardware...(read more) Posted Sep 04 2008, 06:36 PM by SCUG.be Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, AdminUi, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, SCOM 2007

• Customize the SCCM 2007 console - deep dive - 3

  Hi All, In the first 2 posts of this series on customizing the configmgr admin console we talked about creating the xml to add actions to the console. I quickly skipped over implementing these xml's by stating that you just need to copy them to the <Installfolder> \Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminUI\XmlStorage\Extensions\Actions\< GUID> folder. Where < GUID> is the guid of the respective location in the console where you want the action to appear. This all sounds great...(read more) Posted Sep 01 2008, 04:10 PM by SCUG.be Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, AdminUi, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007