Monthly Archives: August 2013

Microsoft KMS Client Setup Keys

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I needed to change a Windows Server 2012 installation from STANDARD to DATACENTER with KMS activation.

The process is still the same as always, but you need the keys. The can be found HERE.

The procedure:

To install a client setup key, open an administrative command prompt on the client,
type slmgr /ipk <setup key> and press ENTER.

If you need to activate it:

To install a client setup key, open an administrative command prompt on the client,
type slmgr /ato and press ENTER.

Windows 2012 and Windows 8 Client Setup Keys

Operating system edition

KMS Client Setup Key
Windows 8 Professional

NG4HW-VH26C-733KW-K6F98-J8CK4
Windows 8 Professional N

XCVCF-2NXM9-723PB-MHCB7-2RYQQ
Windows 8 Enterprise

32JNW-9KQ84-P47T8-D8GGY-CWCK7
Windows 8 Enterprise N

JMNMF-RHW7P-DMY6X-RF3DR-X2BQT
Windows Server 2012 Core

BN3D2-R7TKB-3YPBD-8DRP2-27GG4
Windows Server 2012 Core N

8N2M2-HWPGY-7PGT9-HGDD8-GVGGY
Windows Server 2012 Core Single Language

2WN2H-YGCQR-KFX6K-CD6TF-84YXQ
Windows Server 2012 Core Country Specific

4K36P-JN4VD-GDC6V-KDT89-DYFKP
Windows Server 2012 Server Standard

XC9B7-NBPP2-83J2H-RHMBY-92BT4
Windows Server 2012 Standard Core

XC9B7-NBPP2-83J2H-RHMBY-92BT4
Windows Server 2012 MultiPoint Standard

HM7DN-YVMH3-46JC3-XYTG7-CYQJJ
Windows Server 2012 MultiPoint Premium

XNH6W-2V9GX-RGJ4K-Y8X6F-QGJ2G
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter

48HP8-DN98B-MYWDG-T2DCC-8W83P
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Core

48HP8-DN98B-MYWDG-T2DCC-8W83P

 

For reference, the legacy (older) keys

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Operating system edition

KMS Client Setup Key
Windows 7 Professional

FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4
Windows 7 Professional N

MRPKT-YTG23-K7D7T-X2JMM-QY7MG
Windows 7 Professional E

W82YF-2Q76Y-63HXB-FGJG9-GF7QX
Windows 7 Enterprise

33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH
Windows 7 Enterprise N

YDRBP-3D83W-TY26F-D46B2-XCKRJ
Windows 7 Enterprise E

C29WB-22CC8-VJ326-GHFJW-H9DH4
Windows Server 2008 R2 Web

6TPJF-RBVHG-WBW2R-86QPH-6RTM4
Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC edition

TT8MH-CG224-D3D7Q-498W2-9QCTX
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

YC6KT-GKW9T-YTKYR-T4X34-R7VHC
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter

74YFP-3QFB3-KQT8W-PMXWJ-7M648
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

GT63C-RJFQ3-4GMB6-BRFB9-CB83V

 

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Operating system edition

KMS Client Setup Key
Windows Vista Business

YFKBB-PQJJV-G996G-VWGXY-2V3X8
Windows Vista Business N

HMBQG-8H2RH-C77VX-27R82-VMQBT
Windows Vista Enterprise

VKK3X-68KWM-X2YGT-QR4M6-4BWMV
Windows Vista Enterprise N

VTC42-BM838-43QHV-84HX6-XJXKV
Windows Web Server 2008

WYR28-R7TFJ-3X2YQ-YCY4H-M249D
Windows Server 2008 Standard

TM24T-X9RMF-VWXK6-X8JC9-BFGM2
Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V

W7VD6-7JFBR-RX26B-YKQ3Y-6FFFJ
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

YQGMW-MPWTJ-34KDK-48M3W-X4Q6V
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V

39BXF-X8Q23-P2WWT-38T2F-G3FPG
Windows Server 2008 HPC

RCTX3-KWVHP-BR6TB-RB6DM-6X7HP
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter

7M67G-PC374-GR742-YH8V4-TCBY3
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V

22XQ2-VRXRG-P8D42-K34TD-G3QQC
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems

4DWFP-JF3DJ-B7DTH-78FJB-PDRHK

Monitoring ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 via OpsMgr 2012 SP1

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This post will describe the setup that is needed in order for your OpsMgr 2012 SP1 environment to monitor your ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 site.
First download the MP via this URL http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34709

Execute the installer and you will end up with 4 files:

  • EULA.rtf
  • Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Discovery.mp
  • Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Library.mp
  • Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Monitoring.mp

Import the 3 Management Pack Files for ConfigMgr.

So go the Administration tab –> Management Packs –> choose the Add button from disk.

Then make an Override Management Pack for this MP!

After importing and installing you get a new monitoring view (System Center 2012 Configuration Manager)

For the Configuration Manager monitoring pack to discover objects, you must turn on Agent Proxy on every site server except for the primary site and the central administration site.

It might take some time before your ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 components appear in the OpsMgr 2012 SP1 environment…

After that is done, you can go back to the monitoring tab and choose under SCCM 2012.
Hierarchy Diagram. This will give you a diagram over your SCCM site.

Any alerts (RED X’s) can be clicked and you can drill down to your problem. The MP looks very good and complete.

Be sure to read the manual, a lot of rules are disabled by default. Also performance monitoring is disabled by default.

OpsMgr 2012 Management Packs for Windows Server 2012 and SCCM 2012 SP1

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All Management Packs can be found in Pinpoint:

http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/applications/search/operations-manager-d11?q=

Here is an overview of Server 2012 MPs:

Monitoring Pack for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34709
Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39039
Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36438
Windows Server DNS 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=37141
J2EE, JBoss, Tomcat, Weblogic, WebSphere http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29270
Windows Server Cluster http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2268
Windows Server Network Load Balancing http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13302
Windows Deployment Services http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36817
Windows Server File iSCSI & Services http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34970
Windows Server Backup http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36390
Network Devices with Extended Monitoring Capability http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26831
Monitoring Pack for Message Queuing http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36775

SQL Server 2012 SP1 – MsiInstaller Application Log Entries

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If you are on SQL Server 2012 SP1 (11.0.3000) and you notice the Windows Application log filling up with MSI Installer events:

  • Information / Event ID 10000 / RestartManager / Starting session 0 – YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:sss.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
  • Information / Event ID 11724 / MsiInstaller / Product: SQL Server 2012 Management Studio — Install started.
  • Information / Event ID 11728 / MsiInstaller / Product: SQL Server 2012 Management Studio — Configuration completed successfully.
  • Information / Event ID 1035 / MsiInstaller / Windows Installer reconfigured the product. Product Name: SQL Server 2012 Management Studio. Product Version: 11.1.3000.0. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation. Reconfiguration success or error status: 0.
  • Information / Event ID 1040 / MsiInstaller / Beginning a Windows Installer transaction: {A7037EB2-F953-4B12-B843-195F4D988DA1}. Client Process Id: XXXX.
  • Information / Event ID 1042 / MsiInstaller / Ending a Windows Installer transaction: {A7037EB2-F953-4B12-B843-195F4D988DA1}. Client Process Id: XXXXX.
  • Information / Event ID 10001 / RestartManager / Ending session 0 started YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:sss.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
  • Warning / Event ID 1004 / MsiInstaller / Detection of product ‘{A7037EB2-F953-4B12-B843-195F4D988DA1}’, feature ‘SQL_Tools_ANS’, component ‘{0CECE655-2A0F-4593-AF4B-EFC31D622982}’ failed. The resource ” does not exist.
  • Warning / Event ID 1001 / MsiInstaller / Detection of product ‘{A7037EB2-F953-4B12-B843-195F4D988DA1}’, feature ‘SQL_Tools_ANS’ failed during request for component ‘{6E985C15-8B6D-413D-B456-4F624D9C11C2}’

If you have the above symptoms, please look at this non-security hotfix KB download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36215.

Do not install if you have already applied any post SP1 hotfixes, such as SP1 CU1.

Installing that fix will bring your SQL version to 11.0.3128, fix the problem with the MSI installer, and it should drop your CPU consumption a bit as well.

User Certificates

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Note to self:

When you choose to redirect the Application Data folder the certificate store folders are NOT redirected. They will reside in the default folder.

Personal Certificates are stored under following locations:

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR Security Config
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CryptNetUrlCache

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

 

Change Management console language Configuration Manager 2012 SP1

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When starting the management console the language of the local OS will be detected. Then it will search if a language pack is present. When found, the corresponding language will be shown and troubleshooting will become a lot harder. Try searching errors in Dutch 😉 for instance…

Two solutions are possible to show the interface in English:

1. Change your OS  language from your control panel (Regional settings).

2. Rename the language pack folder within the install directory of your Management console. Default language pack locations of SCCM 2012 SP1 Management console:

  • System Center Configuration Manager 2012:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\{language_code}

Close the management console, rename the language pack folder corresponding to your current OS language, restart the console and the default language (English) will be shown.