All things Cloud, by Matt Hansen.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSimple 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 minutesI 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 minuteNothing 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 minuteWe 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 minutesSo 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 minuteI 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
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis one is going to be short and sweet, I’ve been testing SMTP with and without encryption and wanted a good script for that. Here are the lines that you’ll want to look at configuring: Line 5: “$smtpServer =”InsertYourSmtpServerHere” Line 12: Change the $false value to $true if you want to encrypt your SMTP with […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI came across this today and thought I’d share this helpful little wireshark capture filter. Based on wireshark’s documentation if you use “ip.addr != 10.10.10.10” that should show you everything except for packets with the IP addrress 10.10.10.10. The problem is … it doesn’t work. It turns yellow like this, and doesn’t filter that IP. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSomething that I’ve noticed not a lot people know, is how to get your disk performance to show up on a server’s task manager. Yes, yes, I know. With the new Microsoft model you shouldn’t be RDP’ing to servers anyways — but I still get asked how to do this. For some reason they have […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I went to upgrade an evaluation version of System Center Configuration Manager 2012 to a full version, I noticed unlike Operations Manager — you have to do this through the setup/install interface. Upon first search people were saying just run the setup again and choose “Perform site maintenance or reset the site”, though it […]
