Have seen couple of times on SCCM Configmgr forums asking for ‘How to get applications /deployment types that has allow clients to use fallback source location for content ’ is checked or not. Allow fallback source location for content: This feature is designed to allow client to gain access (fallback) to content that is not available on a Distribution Point (DP) that is located in their Boundary Group. If this feature is not implemented correctly, it can lead to unexpected results and high network utilization over remote WAN links. For more information about fallback source location and distribution point,…
Author: Eswar Koneti
Colleague of mine has received request to check why did the SCCM client (server OS) rebooted during office hours and more details about the reboot (who initiated etc.). I started looking at this request to find out whether the client was rebooted due to windows patching or any applications pushed by SCCM. During my troubleshooting ,I went through several client logs ,event viewer,SQL Query,PowerShell script etc . In this blog post, I will try to list down the steps that went through to identify who rebooted the SCCM Client (server OS). 1. First and foremost that anyone would look…
Microsoft released SCCM Configmgr Technical Preview branch update 1610 (YYMM) for October 2016 with some new client features. This Technical Preview 1610 is available as both an in-console update for the Configuration Manager Technical Preview, and as a new baseline version that is available from the TechNet Evaluation Center website. If you are planning to build new lab ,you can now use this preview update as new installation and carry your testing. This month previous update contains the following new features: Improvements to the notification experience for high-impact task sequence and required application deployments – Task sequence deployments that have…
Since few months ,Microsoft publishing some great guides (deep dive) on SCCM Configmgr understanding and troubleshooting process ,tips and tricks that will help Configmgr administrators in solving issues. It is really hard to find these useful links through search engines when needed for reference and to send it internally for the team to go through . I have tracked all the useful links in my OneNote and I have decided to let it go out for public incase for reference. This blog post will be updating now and then ,when there is new content available. 1. Understanding and Troubleshooting…
Few days back ,I was helping friend of mine ,who had some issues with SCCM Client and he was unable to launch Software Center .When he try to open Software Center application,it immediately pop-up with error code as shown below . SCNotification has stopped working . The procedure entry point HttpsisHostHstsEnabled could not be located in the dynamic link library WININET.dll I tried launching event viewer ,MMC etc but unable to open any of them and all giving same error code as No storage available to perform this operation. I tried uninstalling SCCM Client, remove SMS certificates ,delete smscfg.ini…
Other day ,I have got a request to install/update VMware tools (32bit and 64bit) on servers that are running on VMware platform to latest version (as per the vsphere server version or what requester needs). VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machines guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. Without VMware Tools installed in your guest operating system, guest performance lacks important functionalities. To deploy VMware tools ,you can either use Legacy method called package or Application deployment method .If you go with package ,you will loose the control…
Working on setting up the new hierarchy for SCCM Configmgr Current Branch 1606. As part of installation process ,it ask for prerequisite downloads folder and for it ,I can either choose Download Required files (it will download from internet )or Use previously downloaded files (download the files on any machine that has internet access and copy the files to your SCCM server). I choose download required files from internet as my server is has internet access through proxy IP. After a while ,download of prereq’s failed ,which lead me to look at ConfigMgrSetup.log for the error details. Log (ConfigMgrSetup.log) …
Long ago ,I did step by step guide series on how to Install MBAM 2.5 SP1 integration with SCCM Configmgr 2012/Current Branch . In that guide,I have used MBAM server which has SQL server and MBAM components installed on local server and integrate MBAM with Configmgr 2012 server. Few days ago ,I was trying to install MBAM 2.5 SP1 and integrate with SCCM Configmgr Current Branch 1606 in my lab. In this setup ,my requirement was different .I do not want to install SQL Server on MBAM server (local) instead ,use existing SQL instance (remote) to install MBAM Databases and…