Upgrading DPM 2010 to DPM 2012 RTM

So after playing around on test machines, I found it time to upgrade our (small) production DPM 2010 installation to DPM 2012. With the RTM bits of course. Yeah! We have a few domain controllers, Exchange servers, file shares, web servers, a SharePoint…

Printer Management Pack

So while on the subject of great things from Steve Rachui :p :>> 88| , he also wrote extensively about the Printer management pack and alternatives to make it better (like the Kevin Holman addendum by the way) and also the great additional printer mp tha…

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Upgrading DPM 2010 RC to RTM

Finally got around to upgrading my DPM 2010 RC to the RTM version, so thought to quickly run through it on the blog as well. I guess I can run this one without screenshots this time as the steps should be clear enough.
Started out with the DPM 2010 up…

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DPM 2010 Datasheets released

Last night a number of DPM 2010 data sheets have been released. You wil find links below. It is great to see these documents and we are eagerly awaiting more white papers as Jason is suggesting.
Here are 5 new datasheets describing different capabilit…

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DPM 2010 management pack beta

The SCOM Management Pack for DPM 2010 is currently in beta and can be found on MS Connect.
This was actually a good reminder for me to upgrade my DPM to the RTM version as it is still running the RC! Was because I was waiting for the bits to be releas…

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SCDPM and SCSM documentation

Going to start reading the documentation is always a good place to start.
So as DPM 2010 and Service Manager 2010 hit RTM you can find the docs and links to docs here:
DPM 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff399192.aspx
Service Man…