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April 2008 - Posts

• Odd Camtasia sound issue

  I blogged some time ago about Camtasia studio by Techsmth ( http://www.techsmith.com ) which is a great tool for screen capturing and making demo videos. I was demoing some OpsMgr scenarios this week and ran into an audio issue that I want to share. Now, Read More... Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:02 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• strange way that information is picked up for Clustering Management Pack in Operations Manager 2007

  I was working on some Camtasia videos this week and 1 scenario I was using was Operations Manager 2007 and the new server 2003 clustering management pack (6277). I followed the instructions in the document which essentially conflict with what you'll Read More... Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:44 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• network configuration in server 2003 clusters

  When I was teaching a clustering for Windows Server 2003 course in Richmond BC a few weeks ago, this question came up which I did not answer. The question was what takes priority, if I confogure an interface as private for internal cluster communications, Read More... Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:08 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Energize IT has finally come to Ottawa

  Have a look at the invitation, it will be a thing of beauty! Energize IT Certification Bootcamp National User Group Tour Presented by Your Canadian User Groups With new products being launched, new technologies being introduced and increased pressure Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:25 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• OWSUG IT PRO Community contributes by adding certified professionals to the marketplace

  The Ottawa Windows Server User Group has been conducting a study group since Spring 2006. We were directly or indirectly responsible for introducing the following number of certified IT professionals into the marketplace: 14 MCPs (70-290, 70-291, 70-293, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:09 PM by Brad Bird | 3 Comments

• Sharing files between the Host and Guest VMs in Virtual Server

  In Virtual PC, this is a straightforward process where in the properties of each VM, there is a shared folders section which allows you to map a virtual network drive to a folder on the host as if you were connecting to it via a UNC path. In Virtual Server, Read More... Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:28 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• New Canadian winter tool for snow clearing

  The city of Gatineau decided in their infinite wisdom today to chop all the ice in my neighborhood back to the curb. I assume the issue was because of the snow accumulation this year, if 2 cars park on either side of any given street, because there are Read More... Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 11:38 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Hosting Servers without a static IP adress

  A friend and colleague named Mitch Garvis recently wrote an article which I had the opportunity to read and proof before it was published. This is truly good work, please take the time to read it. We have worked together in the past both on his server Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:48 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Resources for Clustering course

  Resource Sites Cluster Community Site ◦http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/clustering/default.mspx Clustering Newsgroup ◦http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/topics/clustering.mspx Clustering Best Practices (live.com Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:26 PM by Brad Bird | 1 Comments