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sccm: custom data discovery records (DDRs) using powershell

for anyone who has been creating custom DDRs, this is old hat.  for me, I just wanted to prove that it could be done in powershell.  apparently no one has tried -- or at least web searching has led me to believe it.  :) $Computer = "MarcusRocks" $IPAddress = "192.168.0.25" , "192.168.0.39" $MACAddress = "00:02:A5:B1:11:68" , "00:02:A5:B1:11:69" $SMSDisc = New-Object -ComObject SMSResGen.SMSResGen.1 $SMSDisc.DDRNew( "System" , "myCustomAgent" , "XYZ" ) $SMSDisc.DDRAddString( "Netbios Name" , $Computer, 64, 0x8) $SMSDisc.DDRAddStringArray( "IP Addresses" , $IPAddress, 64, 0x10) $SMSDisc.DDRAddStringArray( "MAC Addresses" , $MACAddress, 64, 0x10) $SMSDisc.DDRWrite([System.Environment]::GetFolderPath( "Desktop" ) + "\$Computer.DDR" )   in sccm 2007, the command to send the DDR to the site server was removed in the sccm sdk redistributable dlls.  this isn'

powershell: listing stuff from add/remove programs

heard from my buddy stefan stranger today and was discussing how to get information from ARP.  this is what we came up with: my method dir "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" | % { get-itemproperty $_.pspath }   his method get-itemproperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*   his method requires less typing but in actuality took longer -- usually about twice as long.  still too fast to notice the difference but interesting anyway.  must be the wildcard. measure-command {dir "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" | % { get-itemproperty $_.pspath }} Days : 0 Hours : 0 Minutes : 0 Seconds : 0 Milliseconds : 736 Ticks : 7368684 TotalDays : 8.52856944444444E-06 TotalHours : 0.000204685666666667 TotalMinutes : 0.01228114 TotalSeconds : 0.7368684 TotalMilliseconds : 736.8684     measure-command {get-itemprop

atlanta systems management user group 10/11/2010

update: recordings are up.  click the titles to go to the recordings! The Atlanta Southeast Management User Group and System Center Virtual User Group invites you to attend the next SMUG meeting scheduled for October 11th, 2010 for a day of great presentations, discussions, and networking. Because this is a hybrid user group meeting there are two ways to register: If you would like to attend IN PERSON at the Alpharetta Microsoft Campus please register here. https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=151055 If you would like to attend VIRTUALLY please register here. http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=151148   DATE & TIME October 11, 2010 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Eastern Time Zone Lunch provided by Veeam. http://www.veeam.com “The nworks Management Pack provides continuous monitoring of the largest, most demanding virtual environments. It features a centrally managed, distributed architecture for horizontal "no limits" scalability and automatic fai

opalis: common errors while deploying an action server

in this post, I'm capturing a list of error messages as I run across them and documenting the problem.   error 2147023293 :: [0x80070643] :: fatal error during installation this first one is a requirements issue.  however, you can't see it while you're deploying it.  as you can see below, the installation results in a failure. checking the logs, it doesn't produce anything of further value. 2010\10\04 22:38:49.420 [0x80070643] < E > Error deploying Action Server to OPALIS2: - _com_error "Fatal error during installation." "" "-2147023293"   however, when you check the logs on the action server you're deploying to, it becomes very evident why the installation failed to succeed (as highlighted below).   === Logging started: 10/4/2010 17:38:47 === MSI (s) (C8:C0) [17:38:47:171]: Note: 1: 2262 2: PatchPackage 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (C8:C0) [17:38:47:202]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0 MSI (s) (C8:C0)

mvp award for 2010!

      I really do love october.  for two reasons: it really marks the autumn season which is my favorite time of year, and it's my renewal time with the microsoft mvp program. anyway, I got the email today. I'm in the program for another year! (by the way, it's a fantastic program!) Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in System Center Operations Manager technical communities during the past year. congratulations to all my fellow MVPs who were awarded this month as well.