Posted by Pete on 04 / 25 / 09
Archive for the ‘Tips -n- Tricks’ Category
Posted by Pete on 04 / 23 / 09
SCE Tip: How to remove unwanted updates to reclaim disk space
I recently received a very good question regarding update management in Essentials 2007. Q: How can I remove unwanted update content to reclaim disk space? Here's a bit of b... read more Posted by Pete on 04 / 15 / 09
Great Articles on vSwitching and Networking in Hyper-V & VMware ESX
There are some truly awesome resources explaining virtual networking and switching in VMware and Hyper-V. The 46 page Dell guide includes best practices for working with network ad... read more
Posted by Scott Weisler on 04 / 14 / 09
SCOM R2: Service Display Name Changes
I noticed in the lab that the display names of the services changed in the R2 version of Opsmgr 2007. The names themselves did NOT change, so if you do a 'net stop' or 'net start... read more Posted by Pete on 04 / 10 / 09
SCVMM Tip: Moving guests between Hyper-V hosts with different processor architectures
A great workaround and hotfix I just saw on my RSS. The Problem If you have multiple Hyper-V hosts of varying architectures, some Intel and some AMD, you've also no doubt seen th... read more Posted by Pete on 03 / 26 / 09
April 1st, 2009: Microsoft TechDays - Defy All Challenges (virtual event)
On April 1st, 2009, Microsoft is putting on a free 24 hour virtual event covering developer-related topics. There will be 95 live sessions provided via Live Meeting in the follo... read more Posted by Pete on 03 / 13 / 09
OpsMgr: Why is an accurate value for the “IsVirtualMachine” attribute important?
I posted a copy of the Virtual Machine Discovery MP the other day, which updates the default discovery behavior in OpsMgr to include VMware guests running Windows computers, it bro... read more Posted by Pete on 03 / 10 / 09
TIP: How to reset / re-run the Feature Configuration Wizard in Essentials 2007
Here is a question posed recently that may be useful to adminstrators or consultants working with Essentials. Question: Once I've run the Feature Configuration Wizard in Es... read more Posted by Pete on 02 / 27 / 09
Understanding hotfixes and common issues when installing Essentials or OpsMgr 2007 on Windows 2008
I've had a handful of questions regarding how to install Essentials 2007 / Operations Manager 2007 on Windows 2008 recently, especially when it relates to hotfixes. That being sa... read more Posted by Pete on 02 / 23 / 09
