September 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail -- Manageability
News
Save the Date: MMS 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 19-23, 2010
The 2010 Microsoft Management Summit will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Venetian Hotel. The Save the Date site has been launched at https://www.mms-2010.com/ and registrations will open in the fall. We will provide more information and links to internal sites in coming weeks.
Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr
https://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/
System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten
https://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/
Configuration Manager & SMS
Notification of revised WSUSScn2.cab released on 08/17/2009
On Monday the WU/MU team released a revised WSUSSCN2.CAB file. This new cab file addresses reported issues with last Tuesday’s release of the security bulletin MS09-037 being over-offered on x64 platform systems. No systems are left un-secure as a result of this problem but the updated CAB file corrects the reporting and offering errors. We recommend that .cab users download and run this newer version of the .cab file.
SCCM Unleashed is Unleashed
From Steve Rachui: SCCM Unleashed has been published and it is a very complete book and an easy read. I served as tech reviewer for the book so you can guarantee there are no mistakes! Now please don't shatter my world and point out everything I missed! :)
https://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/archive/2009/08/21/sccm-unleashed-is-unleashed.aspx
Windows AIK for Windows 7 is available for download
Grab it from the download center via https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=696dd665-9f76-4177-a811-39c26d3b3b34 . (Remember that the new USMT 4.0 bits are included in Windows AIK too.)
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0
... is an integrated planning toolkit that makes it easier for Microsoft customers and partners to quickly identify what clients, servers, and network devices are in their IT environment. This agentless and scalable toolkit has the ability to discover all computers within Active Directory and workgroup environments. It performs key functions that include hardware, device, and software inventory, hardware compatibility analysis, virtualization readiness planning, and gen-eration of actionable, environment-specific IT proposals for migration to most major Mi-crosoft technologies
The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/
The Deployment Guys
https://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
System Center Configuration Manager Solutions
https://blogs.technet.com/mwiles/
Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - SCCM/Softgrid
https://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/
Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings
https://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/
Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com
https://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx
Operations Manager & MOM
Visio Add-in for Operations Manager 2007 R2
Combine the strengths of two applications widely used in enterprise IT to simplify the creation of customised graphical dashboards showing the health of an environment.
https://visiotoolbox.com/downloads/addins/
Latest Partner Pack newsletters available on OpsManJam.com
A bi-weekly newsletter focused on Management Pack best practises, including articles and short video bites.
Three new KB articles published for Operations Manager 2007
The KB articles focus on Monitoringhost.exe consuming resources, deploying management pack reports and using timed scripts. Refer to the Operations Manager Support Team Blog for links to all three KBs.
https://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/archive/tags/KB+Article/default.aspx
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper Released
An interactive document design to assist planning and sizing deployments of Operation Manager 2007 R2 and help with uncertainties in making IT hardware purchases and optimises costs.
https://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/08/12/operations-manager-2007-r2-sizing-helper.aspx
The Operations Manager Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/
Other
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool
Are you concerned with keeping you offline virtualized machines safe from attack and in step with new security policies? The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool has free, tested guidance and automated tools to help you get the job done quickly and reliably.
Free e-book: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Microsoft Press offers complimentary book “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions“.
This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions. The technologies covered include: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2009, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, and Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
https://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/
The App-V Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/Softgrid/
Documents
Configuration Manager & SMS
Microsoft Security Update Guide
Microsoft Security Update Guide: Helping IT Professionals Better Understand and Maximize Microsoft Security Update Release Information, Processes, Communications, and Tools.
Other
Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Release Notes
This download contains the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Release Notes.
Downloads
Operations Manager & MOM
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 MP for OpsMgr 2007
This management pack monitors the performance and availability of ISA Server 2006.
Other
Microsoft Operations Framework
MOF 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations. With the release of version 4.0, MOF now reflects a single, comprehensive IT service lifecycle—it helps IT professionals connect service management principles to everyday IT tasks and activities and ensures alignment between IT and the business.
SCVMM 2008 – Evaluation
SCVMM 2008 Evaluation Edition has been removed from this site.
Events/Webcasts
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365
Configuration Manager & SMS
TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployments Using System Center Configuration Manager (Level 300)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
We focus on automating Windows 7 operating system deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in this webcast. First, we cover how to automate hardware and software inventory using Asset Intelligence to determine what applications and hardware are needed for deploying Windows 7. Next, we examine deploying Windows 7 packages, and we discuss how to add Windows 7 packages to System Center Configuration Manager and then the deploy packages to bare metal machines and existing Windows Vista clients across the enterprise.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416867&culture=en-US
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft does IT: Delivering Internet-based Client Management (Level 300)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Internet-based client management (IBCM) requires a significant investment in planning and deployment. Learn from Microsoft’s extensive experience in deploying an internet-facing service based on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM). Plan and architect your Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for use in SCCM 2007 and other certificate-based services. Understand key PKI decisions and terminology to become knowledgeable about IBCM provisioning issues such as digital certificates, revoked certificates, Online Certificate Status Protocols, and certificate chaining. Learn how to provision, secure, and manage the certificate lifestyle for your clients and infrastructure.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032412530&culture=en-US
Other
TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (Level 300)
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 helps you manage your virtual infrastructure by using the enhancements to Hyper-V in the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. In this webcast, we discuss the new features of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, including support for Windows Server 2008 R2 capabilities like live migration, hot addition and removal of storage, and optimized networking technologies. With Quick Storage Migration, shared volume support (both Cluster Shared Volumes and third-party), storage area network (SAN) migration into and out of clustered hosts, and expanded support for iSCSI SANs, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 and Hyper-V provide a dynamic virtualization platform for all of your business-critical applications.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032423216&culture=en-US
New KB's
Configuration Manager & SMS
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The SMS_EXECUTIVE service process (Smsexec.exe) crashes on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 site server that allows SQL server authentication (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/969620/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: When you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 to capture an image of Windows Vista SP2 or of Windows Server 2008 SP2, the image capture process fails during the "Prepare Windows for Capture" stage (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970093/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: An advertised program created in a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site server never runs in a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 client computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970634/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The memory allocation for the Wmiprvse.exe process grows by approx 30 to 40 MB when you run search queries in System Center Configuration Manager 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970637/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Multicast OS deployments fail with a hash value error when the Windows OS WIM file size is larger than 4 GB in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971413/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Packages on Distribution Points are not updated with the latest source version in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 systems (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971583/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The OU property of the DDR is rejected by DDM when the DDR is being inserted in System Center Configuration Manager 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971687/EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The /GLOBAL flag makes the package available to all users instead of just the currently logged on user in System Center Configuration Manager 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972417/EN-US
Operations Manager & MOM
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: The System Center Operations Manager 2007 Prerequisite Checker indicates that ASP.Net is not installed, even though the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is installed (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/934759/EN-US
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Error message when you manually change an agent setting for System Center Operations Manager 2007 by using the Change option in Add or Remove Programs: "Microsoft ESENT Keys are required" (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/969569/EN-US
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Operations Manager 2007-based agents consume 100 percent of CPU resources for the Monitoringhost.exe process
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974051/EN-US
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Responses that are scheduled by the Operations Manager 2007 agent may not run at the specified time
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974098/EN-US
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Error message when you try to install System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 on Windows Server 2008: "Account Verification Error"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974886/EN-US
Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958170/EN-US
Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Expected reports for installed management packs are not visible in the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Operations Console Reporting node
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/962967/EN-US
Other
Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: June 4, 2009 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970867/EN-US
Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: The Data Protection Manager 2007 console crashes when you try to perform the replica volume shrink operation (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973677/EN-US
Sys Ctr Mobile Dvc Mgr 2008 EN: The Group Policy setting "Code word frequency" for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied to Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices when the policy is "Disabled"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974606/EN-US
Sys Ctr Mobile Dvc Mgr 2008 EN: The Group Policy setting "Code Word" for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied to Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices when the policy is Disabled