Service Management Automation (SMA) is the next gen IT Automation tool. SMA has some certain advantage over Orchestrator but also some limitations and vise versa. Nevertheless I am taking in consideration that you are aware of these advantages and limitations and you’ve decided to move fully or partially from SCO to SMA. Continue reading “From Orchestrator to Service Management Automation: Migration Scenarios”
Installing System Center Service Management Automation Worker Role Fails with MSI Error 1603
I was deploying SMA recently and bumped in into the following error while installing the Worker Role: Continue reading “Installing System Center Service Management Automation Worker Role Fails with MSI Error 1603”
Quick Look at the New SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services Management Pack
Release several hours ago a new Management Pack for SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services. There is also a version for SQL 2008 Analysis Services. But I will focus this blog post on the 2012 version. The SQL Server Management Pack provides some monitoring for SQL Analysis Services but does not goes too deep and now with this new MP you have that option. Let’s look on how to install it and import it: Continue reading “Quick Look at the New SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services Management Pack”
NVGRE Gateway Cluster Not Discovered Completely by the Multi-Tenant RRAS MP
In the past I’ve tried Multi-Tenant RRAS Management Pack with NVGRE Gateway that was not in the cluster. Recently I was able to try the MP with NVGRE Gateway cluster but I’ve met some challenges. Continue reading “NVGRE Gateway Cluster Not Discovered Completely by the Multi-Tenant RRAS MP”
Dynamic IP Address Learning Not Working on Newly Deployed VMs in SCVMM 2012 R2
With Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 we have the option to assign IP address inside a VM that is using Network Virtualization. This opens other scenarios like guest clustering so you see why this feature is important. Imagine you are in the following situation: Continue reading “Dynamic IP Address Learning Not Working on Newly Deployed VMs in SCVMM 2012 R2”
Cloud Administrator in Azure World 