Blank page for SQL 2008 Reporting Services management site

Finally figured this out.  The Windows 2008 R2 image we use had the described setting enabled by default.  Had to disable in order for the Reporting services management page to work/display.

 

*** Report Manager fails after you enable FIPS compliant algorithms in Local Security Policy

After you enable the Local Security Policy "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing", you are not able to use Report Manager. When you open Report Manager, your browser will be empty or show an "HTTP 500 Internal Server Error". A SQL Server 2008 R2 or later version of the report server will add an error message similar to the following in the report server service log file:

ui!ReportManager_0-1!1708!02/27/2010-08:02:03:: e ERROR: System.InvalidOperationException: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.

To work around this issue: At this time, there is no known work around. Report Manager does not support the Local Security Policy "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing". If you want to use Report Manager you need to disable the setting and restart the report server service.

This issue applies to: SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services and SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services.

Reference:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345220(v=sql.105).aspx

WSUSContent Folder clean up

Trying this now since our folder is well over 200GB...

Reference:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/gborger/archive/2009/02/27/what-to-do-when-your-wsuscontent-folder-grows-too-large.aspx

Task Scheduler – A Specified Logon Session Does Not Exist

Good fix for issue where on Win 2008 R2 my task sequence would not save...

Reference:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/agileer/archive/2010/08/31/task-scheduler-a-specified-logon-session-does-not-exist.aspx

Adding Mgt Network to IE Local Intranet Zone

1. Open GPEDIT.MSC as administrator
2. Go to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security Page.
3. Enable Site to Zone Assignment List
4. Add IP segment, ie. 192.168.0.* with value = 1 (for local intranet, 2=trusted sites).
5. Close all browser session, then test.

Troubleshooting SQL server RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE Wait Type

Application users were complaining that web applications were slow.  Turned out there were some bad queries that were requesting up to 1GB of SQL RAM to execute.  It's no wonder SQL was suspending queries waiting for memory...

Reference:
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2827/troubleshooting-sql-server-resourcesemaphore-waittype-memory-issues/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlqueryprocessing/archive/2010/02/16/understanding-sql-server-memory-grant.aspx

WSUS client options

Reference below includes definitions of the regkeys that can be set for different options on the a WSUS client server.

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708449(v=ws.10).aspx

Adding RDP Licensing server to Win 2008

Specify a License Server for an RD Session Host Server to Use...

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731185.aspx