All things Cloud, by Matt Hansen.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Simple one-liner, very helpful though! Import-Module OperationsManager; Get-SCOMGroup -DisplayName “All Windows Computers” | Get-SCOMClassInstance | sort DisplayName | FT DisplayName This will output just the names of all machines in the “All Windows Computers” group, you can change that name to output the machine names of any other group as well.
Reading Time: 2 minutes I recently ran into this issue when doing an all-in-one VDI install, on top of a server that had been used for other things in the past. The “quick start” VDI option is supposed to essentially do everything for you, but I ran into this issue. “The Server does not have a network adapter available […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nothing too special about this post, just a query statement. Use this query in an SCCM collection and it will give you all WORKGROUP machines. select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup = “WORKGROUP” There ya go! Hope I’ve made your day, at least a little bit easier.
Reading Time: < 1 minute We all know SCCM can be your best friend, and your worst nightmare. Today I had to compile a list of client logs to check for a friend of mine, and thought I’d share. These should get you 95% of the way on your troubleshooting (from the client side anyways). Remember to always use CMTrace […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes So this is the issue — you’re going to subscribe to a report in SCOM and the only options are “Windows File Share” and “Null Delivery Provider”. Well that’s a problem…we want these reports emailed. This error typically occurs when a SQL Migration is done, the reporting role is migrated, or on new installs. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute I had to find the vSphere 5.5 client today and I have to say — it wasn’t very easy. In light of that, I’ll just leave the links here for everyone. Download vSphere Client 5.5 Update 2: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1993072.exe Download vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1b: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1880841.exe Download vSphere Client 5.5 Update 1: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1618071.exe Download vSphere Client 5.5: VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1281650.exe
