A Good Idea: Medical Records Online Availablity

As I sit here in the Dr. office waiting on copies of my XRays, I had an idea. Why couldnt I just download my medical records from some website? Now dont get me wrong, this sounds like a bad idea at first, but if you apply the same security policies that you use for PCI […]

Timing is everything

Everyone has heard the phrase “Timing is Everything” but we hardly every think about it. For example the difference between winning a million dollars and loosing a buck could be as small as a pico-second. Or the difference between catching every green light or getting every red light. But what about things we can control? […]

Great Graphic Novel – AOM

One of my old colleagues started this Graphic Novel call Angel of Mercy. I am a bit of a comic book nerd (Actually go to Comicon for comic books.) so I don’t say this lightly. These guys have done some really awesome stuff. Artwork is AMAZING and the plot is pretty darn good to boot! You […]

OpsMgr / SCOM 2012 MP Backup PowerShell Script

Recently I came across a post that someone in the Operations Manger Community had posted about the new SCOM 2012 PowerShell command that allows you to export all your Management Packs to XML files. http://om2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/om12-rc-how-to-backup-all-scom-mps/ Get-SCManagementPack | Export-SCManagementPack -path C:\MPDUMP This was great starting place for creating a PowerShell Script that could run a daily […]

OpsMgr 2012 & 2007 R2 – Detect Noisy Discovery

This is something that has been around for a while and I think a lot of OpsMgr Admins have had posts about this in the past, but I believe that is is always good to keep up good practices. This last week I have spent a great deal of time performance tuning my SCOM 2012 […]

There is Hope

Last night as we were driving home from the bookstore we passed a grave yard. I turn around and ask my 3 year old son, “who lives there?” He gives me a strange look and says “In the cemitary?” I tell him yes. He pauses for 3 heartbeats and responds, “No one lives there, they […]