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SCOM: Alert Generating Rules vs Collection Rules

A quick Google search didn't yield a quick explanation of this, so I'll quickly describe the difference. Alert Generating Rule:…

14 years ago

ISY Python Script for controlling media lights via xbmc

Here is a simple python script to use the REST code in the ISY (http://universal-devices.com) to control devices that are…

14 years ago

Schedule a URL into Maintenance Mode

Found a nice article about how to script a URL (or web application) into maintenance mode. This was a little…

14 years ago

First iphone 4 post

Testing out the new phone. Been a while since the last post. Looks pretty neat to be able to write…

14 years ago

Designing Disaster Recovery … on a budget

This article is still under construction. There are several options for disaster recovery and high availability. There's host based solutions,…

15 years ago

OpsMgr 2007 – No graphs in emailed reports

Some of you may have found that there are no graphs in your emails (scheduled reports) from SCOM 2007. I…

15 years ago

OpsMgr 2007 – Author Privileges

Have you run into setting up permissions/privileges for your administrators within the scom console. This can be quite confusion. You…

15 years ago

NetApp OnTap 8.0rc2 Filerview

Note: FilerView is depreciated on 8.0 and 8.1 versions of Data OnTap 7-Mode. OnCommand System Manager 2.x is now required…

15 years ago

Remotely reboot a server

Always a good tidbit of information to keep around: To perform a remote shutdown: 1. Open Computer Management (Local) 2.…

15 years ago

Greyed out Domain Controllers

I spent a while searching around for this gem. Basically the domain controllers don't trust the local system account so…

15 years ago