Thursday 14 July 2016

How to find which servers are allowed to do DNS Scavenging

How to find which servers are allowed to do DNS Scavenging


To see which servers are currently allowed to scavenge, run the command 

DNSCmd /ZoneInfo

  • If there is a section “Scavenge Servers” at the bottom of the output, then those DNS servers whose IP addresses are listed are the only ones that can perform scavenging on the specified zone. 

  • If there is no “Scavenge Servers” section present, then any DNS server otherwise permitted can perform scavenging on the zone.

Thursday 7 July 2016

Dell Client Management Pack Version 5.1 for SCOM 2012 R2

Dell Client Management Pack Version 5.1 for SCOM 2012 R2




The Client Management Pack enables the following operations to manage Dell client systems:


  • Discover and monitor Dell Latitude, Dell Precision, and Dell OptipPlex computers running supported OMCI and client Windows operating systems.
  • Group Dell Clients without instrumentation and client systems running without OMCI service under the Dell UnManaged Clients group.NOTE: Dell Vostro systems are displayed under the Dell UnManaged Clients group.
  • Monitor the health status for client hardware components by polling at periodic intervals, and update the state of each component in the diagram view. A health status is a standardized description of the functional performance of a component, system, or service. For more information, see Tasks
  • Perform client shutdown and reboot tasks.
  • Launch remote desktop for Dell client systems.
  • Generate reports on Dell Windows