Browsing Archive: August, 2010

WSUS 3.0 : Connecting, Managing and Moving SUSDB as Internal Database

Posted by karthickvaranasi on Thursday, August 19, 2010,

You might be knowing that, WSUS gives you the choice, at the moment of installation, to choose a database instance where you would like to keep the WSUS database (SUSDB): Internal database (formerly known as SQL Server embedded), an existing database or an existing database on a remote computer.

Sometimes, for example if you are just spiking about WSUS and you don’t want to install any version of SQL Server, you best choice would be the Internal Database option. But what happens if you c...

VB Script to find a service status on mutiple server list

Posted by karthickvaranasi on Tuesday, August 10, 2010,

Below is the script to know a service status, whether it's Installed\running\stopped:

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2

'filenames for input/output
strComputerList = "Servers.txt"
strDefaultLogFile = "Service Details.log"
strCSVFile = "Services.csv"

set input = WScript.StdIn
set output = WScript.StdOut

set wshobj = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set source = fso.OpenTextFile(strComputerList, ForReading...

SCCM 2007: What are Inboxes, How to monitor inboxes in Configuration Manager 2007

Posted by karthickvaranasi on Friday, August 6, 2010,

The inbox folders in the \inboxes subdirectory of the ConfigMgr 2007 install directory temporarily store files before they are processed to the site database or transferred to another site or site component. Monitoring inbox folders on a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 can help you troubleshoot problems with different ConfigMgr components.You should periodically examine the Configuration Manager 2007 inbox folders for a backlog of files that wait to be processed, as this ca...

ConfigMgr vNext Role Based Administration

Posted by karthickvaranasi on Thursday, August 5, 2010,

New Console Objects…

Administrative Users = Users and Groups that have admin rights in ConfigMgr

Security Roles = Role based permissions in ConfigMgr

Security Scopes = Securable Objects in ConfigMgr

Now lets take a quick glance on how it actually looks like:

We are going to setup a Packaging role and see the console difference after.

1) Full console access for an Administrator