I'm pleased to announce that the new FAQShop Facebook Page is now up and running which you can access at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FAQShopcom-Microsoft-System-Center-FAQs/350202469935 I know everyone is different and we all consume information…(read more)
[FAQ][SMS] SMS 2003 Upgrade to ConfigMgr 2007 "Setup has detected an existing installation of the administrator console…"
Problem: I'm trying to upgrade a Secondary Site but the option to upgrade the Site is greyed out. I'm seeing this in the ConfigMgrSetup.log: Setup has detected an existing installation of the administrator console. This server seems to be a site…(read more)
[FAQ][SMS] *UPDATED* "Could not find stored procedure ‘master..xp_SMS_notification’. : SMSDBMON_SiteControl_ins"
Problem: I’ve tried doing an In-Place upgrade of SMS 2003 to ConfigMgr but it gets part way through the process then displays a “Fatal Error” dialog box stating “Configuration Manager Setup cannot continue because of the following…(read more)
[FAQ][SMS] "Could not find stored procedure ‘master..xp_SMS_notification’. : SMSDBMON_SiteControl_ins"
Problem: I’ve tried doing an In-Place upgrade of SMS 2003 to ConfigMgr but it gets part way through the process then displays a “Fatal Error” dialog box stating “Configuration Manager Setup cannot continue because of the following…(read more)
[FAQ][SMS] “There are jobs to target_site_code of the same priority waiting to be sent, won’t send this batch”
Problem: I have sent a Package to a remote DP but it has not arrived. Looking in the replmgr.log on the sending Site it states: “There are jobs to < target_site_code > of the same priority waiting to be sent, won’t send this batch” Resolution: Check…(read more)
[FAQ] [SMS] "SQL error <[08S01][0][Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure"
Problem: I'm trying to upgrade my SMS 2003 SP2 Central Site to SP3. However, the installation fails with a dialog box stating “Systems Management Server Setup cannot continue because of the following error: Setup cannot upgrade the SMS database…(read more)
[SMS] SMS 2003: ITMU v3 requires two passes, two reboots, to deploy April 2010 security patches
This was mentioned on today’s MVP call with the Product Group, which apparently caused a few issues for some of you. So just in case any of you missed it I thought I’d re-post this from the Configuration Manager Support Team Blog : “ We've been getting…(read more)
[TrainCert] SMS 2003 MCP Exam to Retire 31st October
I see that Microsoft has decided to retire the SMS 2003 MCP exam 70-089 (along with a bunch of others) on the 31st October. Seems a bit strange to me personally as there are still LOTS of folks using SMS 2003 and personally I would have expected…(read more)
[Events] Free MMS Convention Pass for the price of an email
If you’d like to go to MMS but the price of the Summit pass is beyond you don’t worry as someone is going to win a free pass. How do you enter this free competition? Easy just send an email as detailed below: Secure Vantage Technologies (SVT) is pleased…(read more)
[MMS] New MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Available
From the MMS 2010 News page: A new download is available on the MMS 2010 site to help schedule your time at MMS 2010. The document provides a session listing grouped by timeslot, with a list of the topics being presented in that slot. To plan your schedule…(read more)