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SCOM 2007: How to backup your SCOM IIS settings

June 24th, 2011 by

This blog post is part of a series how to backup your SCOM environment. You can find the other parts here: How to backup your SCOM environment How to backup your SCOM dbases How to backup your SCOM encryption key How to backup your SCOM IIS settings How to backup your unsealed management packs How …

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SCOM 2007: How to backup your encryption key

June 23rd, 2011 by

This blog post is part of a series how to backup your SCOM environment. You can find the other parts here: How to backup your SCOM environment How to backup your SCOM dbases How to backup your SCOM encryption key How to backup your SCOM IIS settings How to backup your unsealed management packs How …

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SCOM 2007: Convert MOM2005 management pack guide

June 22nd, 2011 by

Recently I was working on a migration from MOM2005 towards SCOM2007R2. Unfortunately the MOM2005toSCOM2007 migration tool which was included in the SCOM2007 install media was not working anymore so I had to convert the management packs manually. This post is for my reference whenever I need it again but in my search on the web …

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SCOM 2007: How to backup your dbases

June 22nd, 2011 by

This blog post is part of a series how to backup your SCOM environment. You can find the other parts here: How to backup your SCOM environment How to backup your SCOM dbases How to backup your SCOM encryption key How to backup your SCOM IIS settings How to backup your unsealed management packs How …

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SCOM 2007: How to backup your environment

June 22nd, 2011 by

The funny thing is most of the admins think of backups just after they had a major crash and there were no backups available. Most of the admin’s think backups are a hassle and they take some but loose interest in the long term. When disaster strikes they miss a vital piece to restore their …

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SCOM: Target a rule or monitor to a computer group

June 20th, 2011 by

Today I had to explain to a customer how you need to target a rule or monitor to a specific computer group. This is actually not a very intuitive process and if you are used to work with MOM2005 the process is different and can have big implications in the behavior of the rule / …

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Start to SCOM: Phase 1: The design doc

May 31st, 2011 by

So now that you normally have a clear view on the assessment and what people expect you can start writing your design document. I’ll be pointing out how I usually write my design docs. You can use these guidelines or create your own totally different layout + structure. Feel free to do so. NOG AANVULLEN …

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SCOM 2007: Start to SCOM.

May 31st, 2011 by

Everybody who has been working with SCOM remembers his first time when he opened the console. It can be overwhelming and you just got passed the experience of designing and installing the SCOM system. So you lean back and ask yourself… Where do we go from here. Where to start. Where to get the info …

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