Category Archives: Operations Manager 2012

We had the opportunity to test the new SC 2012 OpsMgr feature of RMS promotion in a real scenario this week. While experimenting with VMM and Microsoft iSCSI Target, the virtual hard drives of three VMs in the System Center … Continue reading →

Microsoft has just created a TechNet wiki pointing to recommended information on the web for helping with your Operations Manager deployment. The System Center 2012 Operations Manager Survival Guide is located at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7809.system-center-2012-operations-manager-survival-guide.aspx, and lists this blog as a go-to … Continue reading →

Wondering how to enable instant message (IM) notifications in System Center 2012 Operations Manager? Here’s how: 1. Install the Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 (UCMA) Runtime on all management servers in the Notifications Resource Pool. By default, this pool contains … Continue reading →

Talk TechNet is about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals.  Episode 28, on May 6, 2011, will have guests Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, and John Joyner. Kerrie, Cameron, and John are Operations Manager MVPs and the … Continue reading →

In Operations Manager 2007, Microsoft introduced the concept of the root management server, also known as the RMS. The RMS had a unique role among management servers, as it was the only one running the System Center Data Access Service … Continue reading →