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Configure notifications on MS operations Manager (OpsMgr 1807) Notifications in Ops Mgr are made of of three primary components – the Channel , Subscriber , and the Subscription . The Channel is the mechanism that we want to notify by, such as Email. The subscriber is the person or distribution list we want to send to,  And the subscription is a definition of criteria around what should be sent. The SMTP Channel:  First creating the channelis required:  Under Administration pane > Notifications > Channels .  Right click and choose New channel > Email (SMTP) Creating SMTP Chanenel Give your channel a name. Lets just call this one our “Default SMTP Channel” , and put description Add Channel Name Click next to go to Settings in the wizard, and type in the FQDN of your SMTP server(s), port number and authentication method . I am going to select “Anonymous” for my Authentication mechanism, it depends on the SMTP configuration on the mai...

Definition:  nslookup  is a network administration command-line tool available in many computer operating systems for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping, or other DNS records. You may find the need to check the status of your domains DNS records, or check the Name Servers to see which records the servers are pulling.   Launch  Windows Command Prompt  by navigating to  Start > Command Prompt  or via  Run  >  CMD . Type  NSLOOKUP  and   Enter .  The default Server is set to your local DNS, the Address will be your local IP. Set the DNS Record type you wish to lookup by typing  set type=##  where ## is the record type, then hit  Enter .  You may use  A ,  AAAA ,  A+AAAA ,  ANY ,  CNAME ,  MX ,  NS ,  PTR ,  SOA , or  SRV  as the record type. The default type is A record....

How to solve the MS SQL log size issue? I have noticed that ServiceManagement_log file size on SCSM DB server is above 150 GB. How to solve it? is it normal? Step 1: The Recovery Model for the database can be set to ‘Simple’ in SQL Server Management Studio. Use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to SQL server. After connecting to the appropriate instance of the SQL Server Database Engine , in Object Explorer, click the server name  to expand the server tree.   Expand  Databases , and, depending on the database, either select a user database selecet (ServiceManagemenet) database. Backup of transaction logs is needed in case of any failure. Right-click the database, and then click  Properties , which opens the  Database Properties  dialog box. In the  Select a page  pane, click  Options . The current recovery model is displayed in the  Recovery model  list box. Optionally, to change the recovery model select...

Update Symantec Messaging Gateway (BrightMail) Preparing for the Upgrade Reducing Control Center data before the upgrade (The upgrade process might be lengthy if you have large data sources in the Control Center) Reduce messages in the spam quarantine (Spam -> Quarantine Settings) Reduce messages in the Content Incident folders (Content -> Content Incident Folders) Edit settings for each Quarantine folder Reduce reports data storage (Administration -> Reports) Reduce operational Logs (Administration -> Logs) It is recommended to clear as much data as you can before upgrading to make the p

How to configure E-Mail notification in WSUS The WSUS server can be configured to send e-mail notifications of new updates and reports on the status of the WSUS network. Notifications will be sent whenever the WSUS server synchronizes new updates, and status reports can be sent daily or weekly.  Set up e-mail notifications In the WSUS Administration console, click  Options in the left pane. In the center pane, click  E-Mail Notifications . Click the  General If you want update notifications, select the  Send e-mail notification when new updates are synchronized check box. In the  Recipients box, type the e-mail addresses of the people who should receive update notifications. Separate the names with semi-colons. If you want status reports, select the  Send status reports check box. In the  Frequency box, select either  Daily  or  Weekly . In the  Send repo...

How to take Full Database Backup (MS SQL Server) This topic describes how to create a full database backup in SQL Server 2017 using SQL Server Management Studio Back up a database Open   MS SQL server management studio, then try to connect SQL server on local or a  remote location  After  connecting to the appropriate instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine, in  Object Explorer , click the server name to expand the server tree. Expand  Databases , and either select a user database or expand  System Databases  and select a system database. Right-click the database, point to  Tasks , and then click  Back Up . The  Back Up Database  dialog box appears. General box options opens, In the  Database  drop-down list, verify the database name. Optionally, you can select a different database from the list. The  Recovery model  text box is for reference only. You can perform a...

How to change or edit default email retention policy on exchange server This policy make deleted mailboxes possibility to connect back for the defined time range 1- Open and login to https://mailserver.com/ecp/ 2- Go to servers,then go to databases 3- Double click on the database that you want to change the retention policy 4- after that go to 'Limits' 5- then change the parameter of *keep deleted mailboxes items for(days),  by default it keeps the deleted mailboxes for few days, we have changed to 365 days

Increase Mailbox quota Size at Database Level in Exchange Server 2013 /2016 There can be many reasons due to which you need to set Mailbox quota in Exchange 2013/2016 for all Users at database level. And you can do this just by following below simple steps: 1. Start ECP, open https://mailserveraddress/ecp from browser then Click on Servers >> Database tab. and select the database that you want to work on it. Mailbox DB selection on exchange 2. Select the database of which you want to change the size. Mailbox DB properties 3. Click on limits and set the required size for Database. Note: Size limit will be applicable for all the mailboxes that are included in that Database.

Update Symantec Messaging Gateway software version Preparing for the Upgrade Reducing Control Center data before the upgrade (The upgrade process might be lengthy if you have large data sources in the Control Center) Reduce messages in the spam quarantine (Spam -> Quarantine Settings) Reduce messages in the Content Incident folders (Content -> Content Incident Folders) Edit settings for each Quarantine folder Reduce reports data storage (Administration -> Reports) Reduce operational Logs (Administration -> Logs) It is recommended to clear as much data as you can before upgrading to make the process smoother as well as reducing the backup size before the upgrade To make a backup of the current version: (Symantec recommends backing up the current version when moving to any new release before proceeding with the upgrade) Login to the Control Center Navigate to  Administration  ->  Version Click  Backup Now Symantec messagi...