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“Run Program” Activity Fails against Windows 2003 Client

jpavleck — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:28:08 +0000

I have opened this bug report on Connect and am curious as to if anyone else has run into this issue as well. If you have, please vote it up – it appears there isn’t much about this issue that I can find online. Some users report a fault in a .NET module while others, [...]

The Orchestrator Peg in the System Center Hole

jpavleck — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:29 +0000

In 2009 Microsoft acquired Opalis. They made some improvements to it, and this year they re-wrote it, renamed it “Orchestrator”, and placed it under the “System Center” moniker. It’s a tool aimed at process automation. We’ve been told repeatedly that it’s aimed at ‘non-developers’ and that it’s drag and drop Runbooks would facilitate quick and [...]

I’ve returned! SQL Query guide updates

jpavleck — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:03:47 +0000

Hello friends! Yes, I know, it’s been awhile. I’ve been busy working. Now, not so busy, not so much working. So if you’re hiring, well let me know. One of the reasons I reduced the amount of posting I did was I had already done all of the cool stuff you could do with SCOM. [...]

MMS 2011 Early Bird registration ends today!

jpavleck — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:17:12 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Today is the last day you can sign up for MMS 2011 at the special “early bird” pricing! Either you – or more preferably your company – can save $275! Tomorrow they move to the standard pricing, so register now and be sure to say hi to me and pick up [...]

SCOM 2007 R2 VHD Test Drive & 2012 thoughts

jpavleck — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:46:50 +0000

Just in case you were interested in test driving Operations Manager 2007 R2, Microsoft published a VHD several days ago, you can download it here. I’m curious as to why it’s only available as a 13 part RAR file, and doesn’t use the typical MS File Transfer Manager like we get on MSDN to download [...]

Expect great things

jpavleck — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:33:25 +0000

Good News, Everyone! It’s been quite some time since I’ve really gotten to roll up my sleeves and get dirty with SCOM. And that’s about to change. I’ve recently accepted a position at Certified Security Solutions as a Senior Consultant. My role? To do the same Operations Manager stuff I haven’t been able to [...]

Is it done yet, is it done yet, is it done yet?

jpavleck — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:59:52 +0000

So, I’ve received a few (Read: a metric ton) of comments regarding if my eBook and Webservice is done yet. In short: No. In long: Yes, but no, well sort of. So I had a lot of bad things that went down in my personal life. I was laid off, the wife and I separated, [...]

PowerShell Cookbook v2 Mirror

jpavleck — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:10:16 +0000

In case you guys missed it, Lee Holmes had a ‘review’ copy of the upcoming PowerShell 2.0 Cookbook on the O’Reilly website for a bit. It has since been taken down in preparation for it’s August 15th release. It just so happens that when it was up it was under a Creative Commons license, which [...]

Visio and Sharepoint 2010 Extensions for OpsMgr

jpavleck — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:00:51 +0000

From the MOMTeam If you’re looking for a reason to roll out Visio 2010, have I got a doozie for you! Using the new Visio 2010 add-in for OpsMgr 2007 R2 and the SharePoint 2010 Visio Services Data Provider, you’ll be able to create a visio-based view of a web application, a service, or even [...]

Powershellpoint

jpavleck — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:47 +0000

People are doing a lot of interesting things with Powershell. Joel Bennett is a magician of “Look what it can do”. But then I came across this post from John Robbins’ blog and was blown away – Powerpoint, in Powershell. What better way to show the power and flexibility of Posh than to do it [...]