Monthly Archives: March 2011

Sharepoint: Make Enterprise Search work without AD

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Alex Shlega

If you have no AD, but still want to use Enterprise Search, you can use PowerShell to get around this problem. Here is how: http://soerennielsen.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/how-to-install-a-sharepoint-2010-complete-server-without-ad/ Before I could apply that solution successfully, though, I actually had to 1) Remove existing … Continue reading →

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Sharepoint: An unexpected error has occurred while creating a search center

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Alex Shlega

That’s the power of internet.. However confusing the error message, there are people who have seen it already, and you can often find a solution in just a few minutes by going to google. Thanks to this post here: http://www.sperrgebiet.org/2010/03/an-unexpected-error-has-occurred-when-trying-to-create-an-enterprise-search-center-in-sharepoint-2010/ … Continue reading →

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SCOM 2007: LogScriptEvent fails for large event ID-s?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Alex Shlega

I wonder if this problem is documented somewhere, and if that’s really a problem or just my perception. Anyway, I just ran into this issue while working on a vbs script for a management pack. It seems that LogScriptEvent API … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Statistics and AVIcode SEViewer

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Alex Shlega

Stale SQL statistics and why it matters for AVIcode. Continue reading →

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SCOM: The requested management pack was invalid. See inner exception for details.

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alex Shlega

If you happen to run into “The requested management pack was invalid. See inner exception for details. Parameter name: managementPack”, check Operations Manager event log, and you’ll find those additional details mentioned in the error message. Continue reading →

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