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June 2008 - Posts

• Error 25156 occurs when installing SCOM Database on SQL 2005 Cluster

  When installing the SCOM Database on SQL 2005 Cluster you are greeted with the following error: In Cluster Administrator take the Group Containing the SQL instance resources offline. In the Group which is now offline, Right click the SQL Server Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:42 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• SQL 2005 Agent resource will not start on a cluster node after installing SP1

  While installing SP1 on a SQL Server 2005 cluster today, I ran into a pickle of an issue.  Firstly, documentation on this topic conflicts.  2 different articles contain different information.  In 1 article, it is suggested that the Read More... Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 6:23 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Missing MSDTC tab from My Computer in Components Services

  We ran into a pickle of an issue yesterday while configuring MSDTC for clustering in Windows Server 2003. Although DTC was installed, we were unable to configure the security options necessary to make this rexource work in the cluster as the MSDTC tab Read More... Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:33 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• [SCOM] Interesting test results for agent configured to failover between gateways

  I have to credit my colleague David St. Clair with this find but I have his permission to post this as he is out in the field doing battle and too busy to do so. Agents were configured in Latin America and Asia to report to their respective GWs. There Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:19 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• OWSUG and SQL.net study group closeout party

  Well, we had another awesome turnout at the Foolish Chicken. For the 70-622 study group we have about 50% of the members who have not only attempted the exam but passed. At least 4 have attained the MCITP certification. We had a good showing from CTE Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 8:50 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• 70-622 study group evaluation

  Evaluation - For these questions enter a number between 1 and 9 (1 is a low score and 9 is a high score ): 1. How well did the study group achieve the advertised objectives? ( ) · Individual: to read the content from the training kit according Read More... Posted Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:56 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Awesome cave exploring, ziplining and arial obstacle course

  I just had an amazing weekend in Gatineau exploring some caves and relaxing outdoors at a camp. http://www.aventurelafleche.ca/fr/index.php Here you can as I mentionned, explore some natural caves. They also offer extreme cave tours where you can ramp Read More... Posted Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:13 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Confirmed Jalasoft bug when viewing NMS server status

  I ran into an interesting issue with a project I am working on. In order to offload some processor cycles from the RMS in SCOM 2007, a seperate server was provisioned to host all 3rd party management packs which run network discoveries, etc. In order Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:20 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Does Vista SP1 finally use the full 4GB of RAM?

  I just deployed SP1 on my laptop with Vista Business installed. I ran into an interesting occurrance. As my first action despite the prompt that Service Pack 1 was successfully installed, I went to view the Computer properties to confirm if it would say Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:54 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments