SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 is RTM

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 has just been released a few days ago.
You can download files here:
The SQL 2005 SP4 Readme file
Download SQLServer2005SP4-KB2463332-x64-ENU.exe for X64
Download SQLServer2005SP4-KB2463332-x86-ENU.exe for X86
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Quick Guide to SCOM – the 101 guide

Today I will re-blog some usefull stuff that I came across and that I want to remember B)
So lets start with this one:
Two SCOM premier field engineer guys wrote a SCOM 101 guide with a lot of good information for starting SCOM admins.
A table fo…

Put agents back to Remotely Manageable – 2007 R2

When you have a update -in my case CU3- you have to upgrade your agents. Only the agents which are flagged as Remotely Manageable will show up in your Pending view to upgrade the agents.So how to upgrade those agents?Well first change your view s…

Remove phantom NIC in Windows

When you have a VM on XenServer and static IP settings you have to be aware you always first install XenServer Tools before configuring the NIC. If you don’t the Tools create a new NIC and the old one become hidden. So if you configure the new NIC create…

New SCOM Core MP 6.1.7695.0 released

Great news… the new version of the SCOM Core MPs have been released at version 6.1.7695.0
I really like the parts where we get a report where we can report agent state (and including the grey state!). We now get alerted if an alert subscription is f…

SCOM console error could not load type from assembly

This is an older error that still keeps popping up at several customers of mine because of catching up patch cycles. I just thought I would re-blog this one again as I see it more often.
What happens:
When openening the SCOM console it tries to conne…

Windows Live Messenger 2011 was not signing in

Recently I upgraded to the latest Windows Live Essentials 2011 with Live Messenger in it. I found out that from a corporate network I couldn’t get it to login. When running the troubleshooting option I saw it stopped at “Key Ports”. I first suspected the…

New HP StorageWorks Management Pack for SCOM 2007

The past weeks have been too busy to write anything. have to get back into it again I think B)So I know this MP has been released about 3 weeks ago, but I thought I would list it anyway, also because I will need it soon and the URL is too difficult t…