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System Center Universe DACH/Europe (SCU DACH) – FAQ

Have you ever heard of the famous System Center Universe (SCU) hosted by Catapult Systems? If not then it’s about time to visit http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com and check out the excellent content. After talking to Catapult Systems we decided to bring this great event to Europe. We are now in the planning phase, talking to partners, speakers, […]

SCOM 2012 – Encryption Key To Backup Or Not To Backup

Once in a time there comes the question about the encryption key in SCOM 2012 (SP1). Older SCOM administrators were used to backup their SCOM encryption key using the SecureStorageBackup.exe utility in SCOM 2007 R2. This encryption key is essential for restoring a SCOM 2007 R2 RMS server. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540390.aspx The root management server encryption key […]

SCOM 2012 – NetApp Management Pack Version 3.1

  A few weeks ago NetApp released their management pack also called “OnCommand Plug-In 3.1 for Microsoft” (OCPM) for SCOM 2012. This week I got the chance to install the latest NetApp MP 3.1. Here I would like to share my experience…