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Service Manager slow perfomance
PLEASE WATCH: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/SD-B312 A lot of Service Manager environments (2010 or 2012) suffer from bad performance because of to many entity changes. Let me explain how...
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Build-In User Role missing from Operations Manager 2012
Something strange happened recently where we tried to install OM 2012 Reporting, but that failed with the follwing error message logged into the installation log file: Warn: :Message:SRSPolicySetter...
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When you try to create a Calendar in Service Manager 2012 you get the error -...
In some environment, depending on the TimeZone settings - most important of all Daylight Saving, you may get this error message when you try to create a Calendar in the Service Manager 2012 Console...
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Configuration Manager Connector's DCM Rule can cause massive performance...
IMPORTANT: Always perform a FULL Backup of the database before doing anything to it !!!ALSO: It is advised that you open a case at Microsoft before doing this - directly editing the database is not...
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How to manually execute WorkItem Grooming in Service Manager
IMPORTANT: Always perform a FULL Backup of the database before doing anything to it !!!ALSO: It is advised that you open a case at Microsoft before doing this - directly editing the database is not...
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Custom Activity with User Picker in Service Manager 2012
Well, so we need to create an extended Manual Activity Class/Form or a brand new custom Activity Class/Form and we want to have a new User Picker (or Single Instance Picker) on the Form to be able to...
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Bad OM Performance because State Change Events are not groomed out
IMPORTANT: Always perform a FULL Backup of the database before doing anything to it !!!ALSO: It is advised that you open a case at Microsoft before doing this - directly editing the database is not...
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Orchestrator and Activity data size limits - a case of re-executing Runbooks
I am going to start by mentioning this great article which explains about the maximum size of the parameters we can use in Orchestrator:...
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Resetting and running the Service Manager Data Warehouse Jobs separately
We can see quite some issues with running the SM Data Warehouse Jobs or finishing the Cube Processing Jobs. Most of these issues are related to performance problems due to down-sizing of the hardware...
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Tweaking the AD and CM Connectors in Service Manager 2012
IMPORTANT: Always perform a FULL Backup of the database before doing anything to it !!!ALSO: It is advised that you open a case at Microsoft before doing this - directly editing the database is not...
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For which Alerts did I get a Notification in SC Operations Manager 2012?
Have you ever asked yourself, which Alerts that are currently in the OperationsManager database match your configured Criteria from your Subscriptions? Well, I have been asked this and so the easiest...
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Global Service Monitor not working because the remote certificate is invalid...
When we install and use Global Service Monitor in System Center Operations Manager 2012, the Management Server(s) need to access the GSM site in Azure which will be using a certificate from Microsoft....
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Data Warehouse issues after upgrading OM 2012 SP1 to R2
After upgrading SC Operations Manager 2012 SP1 to R2 you might notice general problems related to the Data Warehouse component, including Reporting of course. This may happen in situations where on...
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How object GUIDs are created in Operations Manager and Service Manager
There are some questions on how the object GUIDs are calculated in Operations Manager and Service Manager when thinking about moving MPs to different Management Groups and/or side-by-side migration...
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Some Alerts are not appearing in Reports in Operations Manager and we see...
Here is an interesting issue I came across. I did not encounter this too often but still, it's very interesting and it was very fun to troubleshoot! :DIn case you get the same error I suggest opening a...
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Fixing Service Manager Data Warehouse Registration Information
There are quite a few situations where we end up having "corrupt" - actually orphaned or missing - information about the DW Registration.I have created a tool which you can use to fix *mostly* all such...
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Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2012 R2 - important update for the Service...
So, Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2012 R2 is out as you might know :Dhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2992012I encourage you to install UR4 for Service Manager because next to other fixes, there's a...
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Service Manager Data Warehouse Troubleshooting
There are some great articles out there which talk about troubleshooting the Data Warehouse. In this article I will be going into explaining the internals of the Data Warehouse along with...
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Improvements are here for the Data Warehouse and others in Update Rollup 5
Update Rollup 5 is here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3009517Beside other cool fixes, this UR includes also some cool changes for the Data Warehouse component. These will make it much easier to...
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Free ebook: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Field Experience
So, here's a cool ebook on OpsMgr for you! :)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/04/21/free-ebook-microsoft-system-center-operations-manager-field-experience.aspxCheck out the...
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