Problem : Someone has Created package/Package’s (bulk) and distributed to sites/DP’s and these packages are in large size(more than 1GB). You get notification from network Team or other teams about bandwidth issues.You may have to identify what packages are in process of sending to DPs and should also check how much % leftover to take further actions.(Stop sending the packages now and initiate it later sometime during night). You can also Use Senderanalyzer http://eskonr.com/2012/09/troubleshooting-sccm-configmgr-packages/ tool but sometimes packageID will be blank. There are couple of logs and inbox folders to verify this. Lets look at logs file first and…
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Just saw an Email update from Myitforum list about the Release of Configuration Manager 2012 Automation RC is out now. Few months back,he announced the release of Configmgr 2012 Automation Beta here. To know more about what does the scripts do, http://wmug.co.uk/wmug/b/dotraphael/archive/2012/09/28/project-cm12-automation-beta-is-coming.aspx To Download the scripts http://cm12automation.codeplex.com/releases/view/100135 Raphael is working on uploading the videos on YouTube on this also he will update his blog page once everything is there... Hope you like it ! 🙂
There was a useful email exchange recently about a list of reasons for moving from SCCM 2007 to 2012. so here are some of the Reasons to move Move from SCCM Configmgr 2007 to SCCM Configmr 2012 User device affinity is introduced, a method of associating a user with one or more devices. Software distribution in Configuration Manager 2012 is primarily user-based; applications are targeted to the user rather than the device Assignment of Client Agent settings, Inventory collection, and Remote Control settings by collection offers increased flexibility in configuration The Configuration Manager client agent now includes a Client Health…
What is SCORCH: It is System Center Orchestrator.The new Released version of SCORCH is 2012 SP1 RTM which is yet to available to Public. Orchestrator Originally Third party Product Named Opalis which was Acquired by Microsoft in 2009. Orchestrator simplifies the process of automating systems administration tasks and it provides simplified way of building complex automation.With this solution,you can make things easy and fast rather writing the scripts hundreds of lines to do particular job. Orchestrator offers you to use the Built-in GUI to automate the activities. System center orchestrator provides the capability to Automate Processes and IT operations…
App-V Sequencer creates applications that can be run in a virtual environment. It monitors the installation and setup process for an application, and it records the information necessary for the application to run in a virtual environment.These applications does not interact with OS as they runs in virtual environment. You can deploy the sequenced applications using SCCM 2012 to User based computers in more suitable way using Global conditions. Somaning has shared his experience in sequencing SCCM Configmgr 2012 Admin Console using App-V 4.6 SP1 tool for Windows 7 64-Bit Service Pack 1. For best practices how to sequence…
With the Release of SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 RTM,When you deploy Secondary Site from its Parent site ,it will install SQL Server Express 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) but as you can see from below snap (SQL server Requirements),the minimum required cumulative update is CU6 which you will have to install it manually. Read more on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688247/en-us?sd=rss&spid=1060:SQL
When you are doing Migration from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012,you may want to remove some of the drivers which are no longer needed . This report list all the drivers which are part of any driver package so you can take action on them before you migrate to SCCM Configmgr 2012. Full Details :http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrreporting/thread/c82cc16a-06b7-49ae-ac11-2f6399047b6a select locCI.DisplayName as DriverName,locci.CI_ID, drivers.DriverClass as DriverClass, drivers.DriverProvider as ProviderName, drivers.DriverVersion as DriverVersion, CIs.IsEnabled as DriverEnabled0 from v_CI_DriversCIs drivers inner join v_ConfigurationItems as CIs on CIs.CI_ID=drivers.CI_ID inner join v_LocalizedCIProperties_SiteLoc as locCI on drivers.CI_ID=locCI.CI_ID where locCI.CI_ID not in (select ci_id from v_DriverContentToPackage)
Status of Specific Advertisement can get from Default available report but what if you want to find the status of specific advertisement with its LastAcceptanceStatusTime greater or less than X days. Full Details :http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrreporting/thread/30e4dbda-982b-43dc-8665-8dd142925d4f DECLARE @olddate datetime ,@NullVal datetime SET @olddate = DATEADD(day,-5, GETUTCDATE()) select adv.AdvertisementName 'Application', sys.Name0 'System', LastAcceptanceStateName 'Acceptance', sts.LastAcceptanceStatusTime 'AcceptTime_GMT', sts.LastStatusMessageIDName 'ExecutionStatus', sts.LastStateName 'ExecutionState',sts.LastStatusTime 'ExecutionTime_GMT', adt.MessageName,sts.LastExecutionResult from v_ClientAdvertisementStatus sts join v_AdvertisementStatusInformation adt on adt.MessageID=sts.LastStatusMessageID join v_Advertisement adv on adv.AdvertisementID=sts.AdvertisementID join v_R_System sys on sys.ResourceID=sts.ResourceID where ((sts.LastAcceptanceStatusTime < @olddate) or (sts.LastStatusTime < @olddate)) and adv.AdvertisementName like '%Adobe_reader_Eng%' and sts.LastExecutionResult like '1603' order by sys.Name0 Change the number…