The title says it all… Don’t be the IT-Rambo but prepare yourself for the move to SCOM2012 by checking my session which I gave the 20th of September and is now available online. Check it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/Hh443650 The slide deck is also available here: https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=documents&cid=f14edda98c2a18de#!/view.aspx?cid=F14EDDA98C2A18DE&resid=F14EDDA98C2A18DE%21126
Read moreDuring my session on how to prepare yourself I’ve showcased some tips and tricks which will make your live much easier when you upgrade your existing SCOM 2007 R2 installation to SCOM2012. One of the tricks I’ve mentioned was to run the SCOM2012 web console in it’s own app pool. During the upgrade of your …
Read moreWell the beta is live now. So let’s start installing it. In this particular case I’m installing it on a Hyper-V machine in my test environment. The SQL is on the same machine as this is just a lab environment. Always make sure to run the Setup.exe as administrator. When opened we get the familiar …
Read moreOn 20th of September I’ll be hosting a live meeting where we’ll go over the different steps to prepare yourself and your environment for the move from SCOM 2007 to SCOM 2012. The upgrade path has been said to be easier than the one from MOM2005 to SCOM2007 (god thank). But still there are some …
Read moreIn SCOM 2007 it’s possible to fill in custom fields with rules like you did in MOM 2005 as explained here: http://scug.be/blogs/dieter/archive/2011/05/13/scom-2007-custom-alert-fields.aspx However this is not possible in monitors because there’s a fundamental change in how the alerts are created. In Rules the GenerateAlert module is used to create the alerts. In this GenerateAlert module …
Read moreSCUG Belgium is holding it’s first offsite event after the summer. Join us on Thursday 29th september 2011 to discuss the brand new version of SCORCH 2012(the product formerly known as Opalis). This event will consist out of 2 sessions of an hour: Session 1: System Center Orchestrator 2012 overview will go over the new …
Read moreScom is a great product but from time to time you need a custom build tool or script to do just the thing, or change just that bit that’s not possible in the SCOM console. I’m personally a huge fan of the Powershell cmdlet supplied with SCOM. For most of the tasks (whether it’s automating …
Read moreI came across an excellent list written by Sonda (MPFE in UK) of all the required resources you’ll need to get up to speed with SCOM 2007 R2. There’s plenty of info for the absolute rookie and the novice. You can find the exhaustive list here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/archive/2011/08/03/ramp-up-guide-system-center-operations-manager-2007-r2.aspx If you are looking for a similar list …
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