Servers – The Automation Guy

By Tim September 23, 2018August 27, 2019

Deploy System Center Service Manager (SCSM)

Part 1 – First Management Server Prerequisites SQL 2016 already configured Windows Server 2016 VMs created to host SCSM Domain account for the SCSM Service Domain account for the Workflow … Continue reading Deploy System Center Service Manager (SCSM)

By Tim September 22, 2018August 27, 2019

Create an SQL 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group – Lab

Server Configuration 2x Windows Server 2016 virtual servers; Server01, Server02 Disk Config: Apps Disk on SCSI Controller 0 SQL DB Disk on SCSI Controller 1 SQL Log Disk on SCSI … Continue reading Create an SQL 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group – Lab

By Tim October 25, 2017August 25, 2019

TLS 1.2 now Supported by SystemCenter 2016

Worth taking note. Particularly anyone struggling to fit SCSM outbound email to Office 365 into your security model. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/2017/10/25/system-center-2016-now-supports-tls1-2-security-protocols/

By Tim May 30, 2017August 25, 2019

Entity Explorer

Essential reading for any SCSM admin or developer. How to use entity explorer to examine classes easily

By Tim March 13, 2017August 27, 2019

Orchestrator Web Console and Service Fail to Start after 2016 UR1

Back in 2013 Microsoft discovered a bug in the upgrade process from Microsoft System Center 2012 Orchestrator to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator. More information can be found here. … Continue reading Orchestrator Web Console and Service Fail to Start after 2016 UR1

By Tim March 2, 2017August 25, 2019

SCSM RBAC Guidelines

Stumbled across a great blog post today by Jan Van Meirvenne that provides good guidance on configuring RBAC for Service Manager. It’s also the first in a series of posts … Continue reading SCSM RBAC Guidelines

By Tim February 10, 2017August 25, 2019

Script – Join a Computer to the Domain

Join the local computer to the domain without prompting using a specific account and reboot once finished.

By Tim February 9, 2017August 25, 2019

Script – New AD Forest

This PowerShell script will deploy a new root forest with a forest and domain level of Windows Server 2012 R2.

By Tim February 2, 2017August 27, 2019

Activities Stuck in Pending Status

Occasionally you can get a Change Request or Service Request that has activities stuck in a pending state. This can occur for a variety of reasons the most common of … Continue reading Activities Stuck in Pending Status

By Tim November 29, 2016August 25, 2019

Cireson Portal Environment Hash Code Missing

The Environment Hash Code is used by the portal to obtain a license, or, in an air gap environment it is used by you to obtain a license. The hash … Continue reading Cireson Portal Environment Hash Code Missing

By Tim November 26, 2016August 27, 2019

Workflow that Triggers on Relationship Add or Remove

It’s easy to create workflows that trigger on property changes such as when the status of an Incident changes from Active to Resolved. However, you can’t use the console or … Continue reading Workflow that Triggers on Relationship Add or Remove

By Tim November 25, 2016August 27, 2019

PowerShell – Dynamically Adding the Cireson Asset Management Organisation to a Work Item

I wrote a post a little while back that demonstrates how to automatically add the relevant customer to an Incident. It assumes I created a new class called Customer Organisation. However, … Continue reading PowerShell – Dynamically Adding the Cireson Asset Management Organisation to a Work Item