So the System Center Operations Manager 2012 is almost rolling in the station… What are the cool new things which will make your life so much easier as an SCOM Admin? Will they help you to convince others of the great things SCOM is capable of doing? There will be small things which will make …
Read moreThis post is part of a series What’s new: Check here for the other parts. In SCOM2007R2 you could multihome an agent to different management groups but it was quite the hassle as there was no option in the management console to control this feature. In SCOM 2012 this has changed by including the Operations …
Read moreAt one of my clients they are using a custom build problem management tool + cmdb tool. This means there’s not much flexibility of getting data in and out of these systems. At one point the question came to make a division between either critical servers and non critical servers to adapt the level of …
Read moreOk first of all I’m wishing you all a very nice year 2012 with everything you wish for as well on private as professional fields… But enough chit chat. That’s not why I’m so excited. THIS… yes THIS year will be a milestone in the System Center family. All the new versions of System Center …
Read moreI have the privilege of giving a session at the “Meet the System Center operations Manager 2012 Experts” event of Scug NL on 06/01/2012. On the link below you can find the different topics + timetable. http://www.scug.nl/2011/12/07/meet-the-system-center-operations-manager-2012-experts-6-januari-2012/ I’ll go over the different aspects of preparing yourself for the upgrade / move to the next best …
Read moreThe Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is THE event for all professionals who are working with the System Center Suite products. This year the event is held from 16/04/2011 – 20/04/2011 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. 5 days packed with sessions of qualified speakers, hands-on labs and different opportunities to meet with peers and …
Read moreIn my recent session I’ve showcased an error I encountered when upgrading my SCOM2007R2 environment to SCOM2012beta. After the upgrade was finished successful I performed my standard after migration health check and opened my web console to check out the new features of the SCOM 2012 console. Only to find out this very “nice” cryptic …
Read moreDuring the prep of my lab I came across an error which was in fact not this very common so I’ve decided to share my solution with you to save you some trouble when performing this in your environment. After running through the entire installation wizard my upgrade process started fine… But after 10 minutes… …
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