Stephan Wibier

Change Management console language Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 2

Aug

1

2013

Tweet 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 ...

PXE boost SCCM 2012 2

Jul

19

2013

Tweet PXE booting during a OS Deployment with ConfigMgr 2012 can be a bit slow on a Windows 2008 R2 / 2012 server. This is because Microsoft has set values that will suite most network environments. But I want SPEED. Now what? Good news. You can tweak your PXE-enabled Distribution Point! Add a registry key: ...

Components in WinPE Boot Image – SCCM 2012 SP1 1

Jul

12

2013

Tweet I was going through the Optional Componets you can select to inject in your SCCM 2012 SP1 Boot image. Then I found this reference to the excellent Microsoft site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824926.aspx Here is an overview for the components. First the standard and then the optional ones! Area Optional component name Description Scripting WinPE-Scripting WinPE-Scripting contains ...

Windows Server 2012: Disable User Account Control (UAC)

Apr

18

2013

Tweet Disabling UAC: in Windows 2008 R2 was possible via running msconfig (for example winkey+r -> msconfig), going to the Tools tab and launching “Change UAC settings”. There, you select “Never notify” to disable UAC. The same approach is still available in Windows Server 2012, though UAC is still active after you selected “Never ...

Cumulative Update (CU1) Pack for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) 2

Mar

24

2013

Tweet Microsoft has released the first Cumulative Update (CU1) Pack for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1). This CU1 is available here! An overview: Issues that are fixed Administrator Console A Discovery Data Record (DDR) that contains organizational unit (OU) paths that are longer than 220 characters are not processed. The DDM.log ...

Logon Process Citrix XenApp

Mar

22

2013

Tweet While working with the ComTrade Management Pack (XenApp) for OpsMgr 2012 there was an alert about the User Logon Process. The alert: Well oké that takes a while! But what are the phases they talk about? PHASE 1: USER PROFILE LOADING The phase starts just after the user credentials are validated and lasts until ...

NetApp Data ONTAP 8.1.1 – SMB2.1 oplocks 4

Mar

22

2013

Tweet With a NetApp FAS2240-2 filer with CIFS enabled I encountered a problem with the performance of Windows File Share clients and Citrix XenApp Servers on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. After investigation of the problem it filtered down to user data, but then for random users. Hmm oke not good. Further investigation led to ...

NetApp Performance Monitoring

Mar

6

2013

Tweet Netapp sysstat reports filer performance statistics like CPU utilization, the amount of disk traffic, and cache utilization. When run without options, sysstat will print a new line every 15 seconds, of just a basic amount of information. You have to use control-C (^c) or set the interval count (-c count ) to stop ...

Microsoft App-V 4.x versions

Feb

25

2013

Tweet On a quest for App-V versions I came across a nice overview which could come in handy. The original overview is found HERE. (and an updated version by Aaron Parker: HERE.) Here is the full list: Release Type Release Date Desktop Client Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Sequencer Management Server Streaming Server Link 4.5 ...

Security Compliance Manager 3.0

Feb

24

2013

Tweet With the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) can help you to create and maintain security baselines using Group Policy Objects or System Center Configuration Manager 2012. With SCM, you can obtain baseline policies based on security best practices , customize them to the particular needs of your organization and export them to a number ...