Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012

Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 was released today. This rollup has fixes for App Controller, SCOM, SCORH, SCSM, SCVMM, and DPM. SCORH, SCSM, SCVMM, and DPM. This rollup is packed with updates for DPM. Here is the list: Data Protection Manager (KB2706783) Issue 1 After you upgrade from System Center Data Protection Manager … Read more

DPM failed to communicate with the protection agent

Here is the problem on DPM one of the agents for a protected server stops communicating with DPM.  You see the error “DPM failed to communicate with the protection agent on protectedservername.domainname.com because access is denied. (ID 42 Details: Access is denied (0x80070005))” In my scenario the protected server was in a non-trusted domain. I … Read more

System Center Service Manager 2012 Book

There is another book for the System Center stack coming from Packt. This book is a cookbook on Service Manager 2012. This book will cover the various methods and best practices administrating and using Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2012. How to correctly solve specific problems and scenarios that arise while using System Center Service … Read more

Awarded System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP 2012

Today I received an email that made my year! I was awarded System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP by Microsoft. Here is the email I received: Dear Steve Buchanan, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share … Read more

Change Password of DPM SSRS account

Problem: You want to change or have already changed the DPM SQL Reporting Services account password DPMR$<DPMSERVERNAME> after initial install of DPM. Now when you try to access DPM reports you get this error: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Cannot impersonate user for data source ‘DLS’. (rsErrorImpersonatingUser) Log on failed. Ensure the … Read more

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

There is a new book on Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager coming soon. This book will cover the following: Install SQL before considering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Set up security so administrators can’t see or touch each other’s machines Use the new System Center 2012 Configuration Manager features to set up monthly patching … Read more

SCSM 2012 Self-Service Portal – Server Error in ‘/ContentHost’ Application

While working with the Service Manager 2012 Self Service Portal I was receiving an error when clicking on KB articles.  Here is the error: This deployment was using a self signed certificate. I had already installed the self signed certificate in the trusted root store. To fix this I went to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\System Center Service Manager … Read more