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System Center 2012 CU2 available

July 26th, 2012 by

  Microsoft is continuously developing and improving the System Center 2012 suite. A proof is the recent release CU2. The majority of fixes are for DPM, Service manager and orchestrator but other minor fixes are also available for SCOM. For a detailed overview of all the problems this CU2 fixes take a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2706783/en-us …

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SCOM: Install both SCOM2007R2 and SCOM2012 console

July 25th, 2012 by

  In this blog post I’m going to show you how you install both consoles on your workstation. I visit a lot of customers lately who have either SCOM2007R2 or SCOM2012 installed. So I recently also installed the SCOM2012 management console on my laptop to have them both on my machine. By default it’s not …

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SCOM: Failed to deploy Data Warehouse Component

July 19th, 2012 by

  During a recent health check at a customer site I found that the RMS in a SCOM2007 install was in critical state. During my health check this is basically the first thing I check because in SCOM2007 this is still the heart of your environment. Check of  the health explorer revealed the following rather …

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SCOM: Update ACS: The curious case of the Invalid column name ‘DescHash’

July 13th, 2012 by

Recently I came across an issue where there was not much info on the web so I thought I would write it on my only sketch book (yep this blog) for my reference and if you have found this post you’ll probably have the same issue so here comes my solution! Case: After upgrading SCOM2007R2 …

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SCOM: The great error messages of scom2012: Common.UnknownServiceException.

July 12th, 2012 by

Yesterday I launched my SCOM2012 environment in my lab to test some scripts to find the error message below when I started the management console: No reason or indication is given for the error message. A quick search online showed that it had to do with the fact that my environment was still in eval …

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SCOM: The next generation of Authoring tools is finally here

July 6th, 2012 by

  Finally the next generation of authoring tools has arrived to make your authoring life easier and use a combination of the different tools to develop your management packs faster and easier. Already showcased at MMS and now finally available for download. Get them here: Visio Management Pack Designer (VMPD): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30170 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions …

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Best of MMS 2012: Belgium Edition

May 10th, 2012 by

MMS 2012 is already in the rearview mirror but we are looking back one more time during our traditional “Best of MMS” event on the 7the of June in Mechelen. This year SCUGBE will again provide you with all the new System Center info received and viewed at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. …

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SCOM 2012: CU1 available for download

May 8th, 2012 by

SCOM 2012 is just generally available and the first CU1 has already arrived. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29697 For a full list of the improvements check the official KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686249/en-us For the install experience check this blog post of Kevin Greene: http://kevingreeneitblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/scom-2012-deploying-cumulative-update.html My personal experience with the install will follow shortly. Don’t you just …

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