If MOM is configured correctly for the default monitoring, then the addition of SQL Server monitoring should be a snap. We currently have 200+ server on MOM with 20+ SQL...

Which database OnePoint or is it the SystemCenterReporting database ? If it's OnePoint then depending on your monitoring, the number of servers, etc. it could grow to 20-30 Gb. If it's...

Thanks for the information James ... I'd never heard the term used before ... however in the context of the ad - "3rd largest website on the internet" - I...

We use 2 things. MOM and an MSX/TSX server setup. The MSX/TSX server setup has a multiserver job that checks the msdb status of all jobs and emails the error(s)...

Limited Term Employee  --> don't you mean 'contractor' ???

Is the application 'home grown' or is it a package available on the 'open' market ? If it's a package available on the 'open' market then what is its name...

2 1/2 years of 'education' in the fledgling Internet Stock Trading world

SET HORROR_STORY ON

Monday through Friday Schedule

4:00 AM - wake up, vpn in and check nightime maintenance

4:30 AM - nightime...

Take my advice ... run away from the Insight Manager as far and as fast as you can ... it will install, or try to install, an MSDE instance on...

Locks only keep honest people out.

'Telecommuting' and 'remote support' are actually one and the same. The only minor difference is the duration of time spent on the remote connection. All of this ado about telecommuting...

The only limitation is your imagination and ingenuity. We do this type of thing with vendor software installations and upgrades of software all the time - have one or more...

Simon your assumption is correct - sp_changfedbowner is a system stored procedure and only exists in the master database. It's just the 'execution context' that needed fixing.

You may also want to issue an "ipconfig" command on the workstations as well - this is because Windows also caches DNS information. You only need to do this for...

Revoke 'interactive login' for all service accounts is another addition to the list.

In my opinion Steve this is the best editorial that you have ever written. This is something to frame.