When running the .msi file to install SCOM 2007 R2 on a Windows 2003 SCOM gateway the following error was received: The error continued to appear even when logged in as the local admin. The fix may apply to other .msi when this error is recieved. Solution In a command prompt, run the following: msiexec.exe …
We came across the below issue recently in Service manager , we were using the self service portal which was set up so that users were able to request software and get it installed on there machine. The System Center configuration manager had been set up and was syncing every day, however when users requested …
A few official videos have been produced by the Exchange MCM team, well worth a look if you’re considering attending (which you should because it rocks): Detail from Bojan on his thoughts heading into the MCM: http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/careerfactor/b/bojan/archive/2011/03/18/bojan-s-story-starts.aspx Video featuring a number of instructors for the programme (& a view of the classroom – where you’ll …
As Windows 2008 Core doesn’t have a GUI you are unable to uninstall a program in the usual fashion. In Core you have to uninstall by running the programs uninstall string. The Below Steps will show you how to do this. Run Regedit Expand HLKMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInstallerUserData Expand Products and then you should see lots of …
We came across an issues recently where we wanted to add a new server into our 2008 cluster. We went to add the node in the normal way via failover cluster manager. As soon as we entered the server name and pressed add we were presented with the following error “The Computer ‘Servername’ is joined …
I have a situation where user data is migrating from one forest to another and there is a need to set permissions on folders which will form home ‘drives’ for users. The users’ home directory names match their SAM account names, I have written a simple PowerShell script to assign full control NTFS permissions to …
DCDiag is one of those tools which is generally only used when things are going wrong, it can be very handy in finding directory services issues (which can manifest themselves in all kinds of ways….) Ned Pyle on the Directory Services team blog has written a brilliant post on this tool & what the various …
Hi, I was recently on a call with some Exchange peers & we were fortunate enough to have a guest appearance from Tod Edwards from the Windows Server team at Microsoft. He attended to provide some background & recommendations to making the above technologies work successfully with Windows Server and why they should be …
During a migration from OCS R2 to Lync I started having a problem when testing UM access to voicemail; displayed an error on call or redirect and disconnected. Ran some tracing and the following error was flagged in the diagnostics field: MS-client-diagnostics: 52059;reason=”Invalid SDP in response” Turns out this is caused by the VoIP Security …
Just a quick PowerShell script which will tell you if any active case in Service Manager has not been updated in 2 days. Obviously by changing the values for the time span ($LastModifiedBreached = New-Object Timespan 2,0,0,0,0) you can alter how many days it is before your alerted. CMDLets from “http://smlets.codeplex.com/” Import-Module SMLets $LastModifiedBreached = …