Andrzej's "IT Thoughts" Weblog
Loose thoughts about IT management&operations
.NET 2.0 and AZman on Itanium platform
If you ever had doubts about running your .NET 2.0 application on ITANIUM 64-bit platforms you can...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/31/2006
MOM 2005 SP1 OnePoint DB on SQL 2005 x64
You can now install the MOM DB on a SQL 2005 x64 server with the momcreateDBx64.exe tool:...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/18/2006
MOM 2005 and McAfee 8.0i VirusScan
MOM 2005 agent runs it’s scripts in an out-of-service (MOMService.exe) process called MOMHost.exe....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/11/2006
Operations Manager 2007 Reporting DB is empty
OM 2007 has a different design of reporting then MOM 2005 does. It transfers data in real-time as...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/05/2006
Operations Manager 2007 Webcasts
4 webcasts on OM2007: Installing OpsMgr 2007:...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/30/2006
Installing Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2 – some caveats
Recently I blogged about beta2 availability of OM2007. I finally got some time to get it installed...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/28/2006
MOM 2005 SP1 and x64 support [updated!]
People have been often asking about supportability of different MOM components on x64 architecture....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/22/2006
Running MOM 2005 Workgroup on SQL 2005 Express
MOM 2005 Workgroup (or full edition) will not run on SQL 2005 Express, because SQL Express does not...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/19/2006
MOM 2005 console on your mobile?
Well, what do you say… Our Japanese friends (being somewhat more into electronic gadgets;)) have...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/15/2006
Company Knowledge Base in MOM 2005
Two things that I recently came across with regard to the company KB in MOM: Positive: there’s a...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/13/2006
SCRM 2006 Report Model
Tony DeAmicis wrote a SQL 2005 Report Model for System Center Reporting Manager 2006 database. This...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/13/2006
Access Based Enumeration in Windows Server 2003 (with SP1)
Windows Server 2003 has a tool called ABE. From the documentation it seems to be a great tool to use...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/13/2006
Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2 goes live
Here it is. MOM2007 beta2 is out along with documentation. This will be the first time for me to...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/05/2006
Comment spam on my blog
I had to turn on comment moderation, because of a recent few posts that were spam (linking to spam...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/04/2006
Monitoring file/directory creation/deletion in MOM
If you want to monitor file/directory creation or deletion you can create a custom WMI provider for...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/28/2006
Windows Virtualization demo at WinHEC
Jeff Woolsey demoed some interesting things regarding Windows Virtualization during Bill Gates’...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/26/2006
Network Access Protection
When we think about network layer security, we tend to limit ourselves to thinking about firewalls...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/25/2006
MOM Summary Reporting Pack Reports Fail
The issue you might experience when using MOM SRP on a Windows Server with regional settings...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/17/2006
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server – from a newbie’s perspective
Recently I had a chance to set up Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server. I didn’t have a chance...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/14/2006
Monitoring Group Policy in Windows Server
Lot of people at MMS asked about this functionality. There are a couple of companies offering...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/09/2006
After MMS 2006
So after a week in US @ MMS I am back in Poland. Here’s a couple of impressions from the Microsoft...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/30/2006
Working @ Microsoft - great article by Michael Brundage
Michael Brundage has written some time ago a very interesting (and also very true in my opinion)...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/23/2006
Using regular expressions in MOM
Ever used regular expressions in MOM? You can use this handy little tool to help you verify your...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/18/2006
Monitoring Active Directory backups with MOM
Tomek has hinted me with this KB article: https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=914034 You can use it...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/11/2006
Monitoring and backing up event logs with MOM
With MOM you can automate the following tasks: - check event log free space on MOM agent computers -...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/09/2006
Forcing immediate software package distribution in SMS 2003
A lot of people have been asking about it… I have been shortly engaged by a customer using Novell...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/06/2006
How to install MOM 2005 and SMS 2003 on a SQL 2005 backend
I posted an article on this topic if you are interested:...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/03/2006
Installing MOM 2005 and SMS 2003 on SQL 2005 backend [updated!]
INTRODUCTION I know there have been a lot of questions regarding MOM and SMS running on SQL 2005....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/03/2006
Let’s meet at the MMS conference!
Meet me at the MMS If you are going to the Microsoft Management Summit, you can meet me:) I will be...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/02/2006
Windows Live Mail Beta - a user's perspective
Today I got an account in Windows Live Mail Beta (FINALLY, after 2 months). Although it is a little...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/02/2006
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) – Changing Quadrant: the "What", "Why", and "How"
WHAT? This week, Wednesday till Friday, I took part in the MOF – Changing Quadrant training. I...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/01/2006