A common question is why MOM don’t generate an alert when diskspace is out. “Run Storage State Monitoring” is a script that among other things check free space. This script has a couple of parameters that will affect when an alert is generated. If we look in the Base OS MP guide we will find [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator
Posted: 29th May 2006 by Anders Bengtsson in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005Will you install MOM Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator? When you download it from Microsoft webpage you have the option to also download a hotfix. Do not install that hotfix until you have experience the issue. I have done some tests and it seems that if you don’t have the issue, you will get it if [...]
The specified language is not supported for DSN creation
Posted: 26th May 2006 by Anders Bengtsson in UncategorizedExchange 12 CTP (now Exchange 12) will only work in English or Japanese. If you server is setup in any other language the installation will halt with the following message: “The specified language is not supported for DSN creation” The solution is to change “Regional and Language Options” and “Standards and formats” in the [...]
MMC3.0 and Exchange 12/2007
Posted: 26th May 2006 by Anders Bengtsson in UncategorizedExchange 2007 (former Exchange 12) CTP require MMC3.0, even if it is installed Exchange installation can halt because it is not found. The cause is that Exchange 2007 CTP is looking for a key in the registry that only MMC 3.0 RC1 refresh will create. The RTM version of MMC 3.0 do not have this [...]
Book of the day
Posted: 25th May 2006 by Anders Bengtsson in Books and courses, Microsoft Operations Manager 2005Book of the day is “Essential Microsoft Operations Manager”, from O’Reilly. There is a lot of useful chapters in this MOM, it assume that the reader have some knowledge about MOM already. There is many useful examples and also a short chapter about SQL and how to operate and maintenance MOM databases. Swedish online bookstore [...]
Basic MOM
Posted: 23rd May 2006 by Anders Bengtsson in UncategorizedIn January 2007 I wrote a article about MOM. With this article I would like to give the reader basic knowledge of MOM components. The article is for IT personnel who know what MOM can be used to in general. MOM artikel (acrobat pdf format)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3 or later. SQL Server 2000 SP3 or later not detected MOM will halt during installation if SQL 2000 SP4 is installed. MOM require SP3 och don’t recognize SP4. If you run this file the version number will be change in the registry and installation will work. After installation you can [...]
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