Stephan Wibier

NetApp Data ONTAP 8.1.1 – SMB2.1 oplocks 4

Mar

22

2013

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 the ...

NetApp Performance Monitoring

Mar

6

2013

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 sysstat ...

Microsoft App-V 4.x versions

Feb

25

2013

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 RTM ...

Security Compliance Manager 3.0

Feb

24

2013

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 of ...

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Configuration Pack 5

Feb

23

2013

Compliance Settings for ConfigMgr 2012. Microsoft has provided us with a Configuration Pack for ConfigMgr 2012. This Configuration Pack contains Configuration Items and a Configuration Baseline for our ConfigMgr 2012 environment. This Configuration Pack monitors following: Management Point(s); Site Server(s); Software Update Point(s). You can download the Configuration Pack HERE. From the Microsoft site: Overview ...

ConfigMgr 2012 Compliance Settings

Feb

23

2013

Compliance Settings in SCCM 2012 SP1. This was called ‘Desired Configuration Management’ in SCCM 2007. Compliance Settings consist of ‘Configuration Items’ and ‘Configuration Baselines’. There is another node here: ‘User Data and Profiles’. This one is not a Compliance Setting but Folder Redirection from within the ConfigMgr Console…(hmm well that’s what GPO’s are for, ...

WSUS and ConfigMgr 2012 HTTPS communication 3

Feb

2

2013

When you have your ConfigMgr 2012 site fully communicating over HTTPS you may also want your Software Updates delivered over a secure channel. Well that´s possible! More info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633246.aspx When you have the WSUS component installed on the SCCM 2012 SP1 server, the same certificate that was used to secure the ´Default Web Site´ can ...

HTTPS Communication SCCM 2012 SP1 (Part 3) 3

Feb

2

2013

If you do a default installation of ConfigMgr 2012 the clients will communicate over HTTP with the Management Point. Also all traffic from the Distribution Point will be over HTTP. And if you use the Application Catalog, well that’s HTTP also. In this 3 post series I will explain the steps to go from HTTP ...

HTTPS Communication SCCM 2012 SP1 (Part 2) 7

Feb

2

2013

If you do a default installation of ConfigMgr 2012 the clients will communicate over HTTP with the Management Point. Also all traffic from the Distribution Point will be over HTTP. And if you use the Application Catalog, well that’s HTTP also. In this 3 post series I will explain the steps to go from HTTP ...

HTTPS Communication SCCM 2012 SP1 (Part 1) 3

Feb

2

2013

If you do a default installation of ConfigMgr 2012 the clients will communicate over HTTP with the Management Point. Also all traffic from the Distribution Point will be over HTTP. And if you use the Application Catalog, well that’s HTTP also. In this 3 post series I will explain the steps to go from HTTP ...