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Manually remove dependency from Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride

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I recently needed to uninstall the Exchange 2007 Management Pack from SCOM 2012. I could remove all the Exchange MP’s except Microsoft.Exchange.Server.2007.Library. This was getting stuck because the Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride was dependent on it. This was the message I would get when I tried to remove it. Here are the “Dependencies” properties from Microsoft.SystemCenter.SecureReferenceOverride. I did … Read more

Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook published

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I am happy to announce the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook was published on March 26th 2013. I had the opportunity to be a  technical reviewer on this book. If you administer SCVMM you will want this book. The author is Microfost MVP Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso.   You can visit his blog … Read more

Protecting Server 2012 VMs on Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V go into Saved State

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Problem: A buddy of mine recently ran into an issue were a 2008R2 Hyper-V host was running Server 2012 virtual machines. SCDPM 2012 SP1 was being used to back up all the virtual machines. Some of the virtual machines running Server 2012 would go into a saved state during the backup process. With virtual machine … Read more

Deduplication for Microsoft DPM using Crunch

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With Microsoft DPM 2012 RTM and SP1 protecting deduplicated data on Windows Server 2012 volumes is possible but there is no deduplication on the DPM storagepool. This is a feature that has been needed and requested in the community for some time. DPM administrators have wanted a way to shrink the storage footprint for their … Read more

New System Center book & SC troubleshooting tool

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This is an exciting week for System Center. First there is a new tool released by Microsoft called System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer (SCCA). The System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer works these System Center products in the stack:   Operations Manager Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Service Manager Orchestrator (plus Service Provider Foundation) Configuration … Read more

MCSE: Private Cloud Certification

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I am happy to announce that today I passed the final exam to obtain the MCSE: Private Cloud certification.   I was able to upgrade from the MCITP: Server Administrator requiring me to only pass two exams. Out of the 70-246 Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012 and 70-247 Private Cloud Configuration … Read more

SCOM failed to open service control manager

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Problem: When pushing a SCOM agent installs or updates you get this error: The Operations Manager Server failed to open service control manager on computer SERVERNAME. Therefore, the Server cannot complete configuration of agent on the computer. Operation: Agent Install Install account: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Error Code: 80070005 Error Description: (null) Notice in the screenshot the … Read more

Tech Review on Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook

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I have been staying busy. I recently finished technical review of a new book titled Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook. Here is what the book will look like.   Here is an overview of what you can expect from the book:   How to use VMM Architecture and plan for a real … Read more