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PowerShell – Convert Special Character String Into Numbers

Do you know the situation where you have to handle strings / string data that has a lot of complex characters? In certain situation it is just a pain to deal with strings that have special characters like “*ç%&/()=`è or even an entire Export-CliXML output content. Recently I had the need to embed such data […]

SCOM 2012 – Try Linux Nagios Plugins e.g. File Age Check

You might remember MacGyver – a guy who could build a NASA rocket out of some explosives, matches and a steel tube. He was my hero back then but today you could also be a MacGyver by just using the tools you have and just plug it the right way together. That means MacGyver used […]

SCOM 2012 – NetApp MP 3.1 Error 1923 (VIM_Service)

If you are going to setup the NetApp OnCommand Plug-in 3.1 as  I posted here there is a chance that you run into an “Error 1923Service OnCommand Virtual Infrastructure Management Service (VIM_Service) could not be installed. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.”