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MP Blog - VEEAM MP Update - v7 MP for System Center
Today VEEAM updated its Management Pack .The MP can be downloaded here : http://www.veeam.com/system-center-management-pack-vmware-hyperv.htmlSome highlights of the update:Hyper-V support! Including...
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Agent install and configuration for Hyper-V hosts when using Microsoft Azure...
Microsoft recently announced that Azure Site Recovery, an enterprise wide disaster recovery solution, now comes with the capability to protect virtual machines to Microsoft’s public cloud, Azure. In...
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KB: "Failed to create virtual machine" error message when you try to create a...
When you try to create a new virtual machine in Windows Azure Pack after you apply Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Rollup Update 2 to your VMM server, you may receive an...
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A step-by-step example of configuring a reporting services point for HTTPS in...
~ Rafid AliHello Everyone, Rafid Ali here with another support tip for you on configuring a ConfigMgr 2012 reporting service point for HTTPS. I have typically seen this requirement when the ConfigMgr...
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KB: Request Count data is missing from APM reports after upgrade to...
After you upgrade from System Center 2012 Operations Manager Service Pack 1 (OpsMgr 2012 SP1) to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, request counts are no longer available in Application...
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The case of the “Silly” DSC custom resource
In recent customer conversations, we got feedback that documentation on writing a custom Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) resource is still something which can use improvement,...
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It turns out that weird things can happen when you mix Windows Server 2003...
We have been getting quite a few calls lately where Kerberos authentication fails intermittently and users are unable to log on. By itself, that’s a type of call that we’re used to and we help our...
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Active Directory: Mixing Server 2003 DCs and Server 2012 DCs May Result In...
Hey y’all, Mark here again with a quick announcement. Our brothers in arms at AskDS have just posted something that you need to be made aware of if you have a mix of 2003 DCs and 2012 R2 DCs in your...
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Acquisition of InMage Systems
Last Friday we announced the acquisition of a company named InMage. I have written a number of times about how successful and impactful the StorSimple acquisition has been – and I believe InMage is...
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Using the SharePoint Integration Pack with System Center 2012 R2 -Orchestrator
As part of System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, a new integration pack (IP) for integrating and managing SharePoint 2013 was released. In this post I’ll walkthrough how to get started with this IP for...
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KB: "An error occurred while retrieving the list of Virtual Machine Roles" in...
When you attempt to view a list of managed virtual machines (VMs) in Windows Azure Pack 2013, you receive the following error:An error occurred while retrieving the list of Virtual Machine...
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Chef + PowerShell DSC!
BCB Readers – I wanted to call out a great post published today from our friend Adam Edwards over on the Chef blog. Adam has published links to the GitHub repository for the new PowerShell DSC...
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System Center Advisor - Limited Preview: Saved Searches, Cloud Attach Status...
Since launching our preview at TechEd NA 2014, we’ve been hard at work in the Advisor team to deliver new capabilities you have asked for. In this post I would like to announce 2 new features that had...
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PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet...
I just published a PowerShell script to check the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Servers.It assumes a specific configuration for Private Clouds...
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How the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script checks for Storage Cluster health
I recently published the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script to the TechNet Script Center, which checks for the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File...
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How to Use The Same External Ethernet Adapter For Multiple SCCM OSD
Hey, did you miss me? This is Joao Botto again, this time in collaboration with Configuration Manager PFE Neil Potter. You may have noticed that when Platforms PFEs talk about deployment the deployment...
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KB: Virtual machine creation fails when you try to deploy a virtual machine...
When you try to deploy a virtual machine in Windows Azure Pack to a cloud that has a capability profile selected, virtual machine creation may fail and you receive the following errors: Error (31304)VM...
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AAD Sync Beta 2: Selective sync, improved password reset & exchange hybrid...
Howdy folks, Continuing our investments in identity synchronization we have released a second beta of the new AAD Sync Service. We hope you'll download the latest version, and give us feedback by...
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Download our best practice guide for using Task Sequences in System Center...
This month we released a document series that serves as a best practice guide for using Task Sequences in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. The scenario is presented as a case study for the...
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System Center 2012 R2 UR3 releases with new Operations Manager updates
Customers can now download the latest update rollups for System Center 2012 R2. Update rollups provide a cumulative package of fixes for each System Center component and are available from Microsoft...
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