I just noticed this today that Vmware Workstation 6.5 was released on Tuesday this week.  My Vista Media Center is running 24 x 7 recording HD and SD TV shows. …

The new management pack has a bunch of new rules and most importantly doesn’t cause the WMI errors like previous versions. Download: My Custom Dell MP without SNMP After importing…

Microsoft began a major virtualisation push late yesterday, with the introduction of new virtualisation tools and by making its core hypervisor product free of charge. The new Hyper-V Server 2008…

PDF Version     Something that has always puzzled me with MOM 2005 and now System Center Operations Manager 2007 is that when I create a dynamic group of computers…

Feature Summary DHCP 2003/2008 Native Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 MP Windows Server 2008 Support Scope & Superscope Address Availability Health Updated Health Logic New Reports Updated Knowledge Base Information…

If you have ever worked with SNMP devices inside SCOM you probably have noticed that when you discover a SNMP network device and it goes down no alert is created.  The SNMP device will…

Jonathan Hambrook complied this excellent guide a couple of months ago but it looks like the links are broken and he no longer maintains his site so I am going to…

Dell has released an updated version of there Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Essentials 2007 Version 3.1, A01. Fixes and Enhancements Version A01 changes:…

Overview The Windows Deployment Services Management Pack includes monitors, rules, views, tasks and knowledge for the monitoring of your Windows Deployment Services infrastructure for Windows Server 2008. Feature Summary Native…

Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 on Wednesday. The new database software is a continuation of Microsoft’s efforts to bolster SQL Server’s credibility as a highly scalable database and the cornerstone…