Author: Eswar Koneti

This is Continuation to previous post package archival process.up on the query results,I would not delete the packages from console directly rather i delete them from its assigned Distribution points and move them to Archive folder and let be there for sometime until for sometime incase if it is required. If you have large number of packages,you may find difficult in moving the packages by identifying where they reside (if you have subfolders).If you have less packages <10,you may use the report to know the root path of the package  and then right click on the package Move to archive…

Long ago ,written SCCM report to list packages not used for 6 months as part of Package Archival process http://eskonr.com/2012/11/sccm-configmgr-package-archival-process-cleanup-activity/ .This report tells you to take further action to clean or move to Archive folder to wait for some more months before it goes for Deletion. What next ? Delete these packages from Assigned DPs to get some disk space ? You may find several scripts to do this task on the internet but, i  find this is easy for me to get this activity done. Identify list of package which you want to remove ,pipe them to notepad .You…

Old post but useful to share from J.C.HornBeck .We all know there are some hidden files(they are kind of secret files) which are available since Since Many years( I would think from SMS 2003 or may be from 2.0) in order to activate or deactivate some features in SMS/SCCM 2007 /SCCM 2012 (now) on client side or server side, such as preventing Software Inventory for a particular folder or preventing the installation of ConfigMgr files on a machine. Here’s some information on some of those files and how you might use them to control your Configuration Manager environment. The files…

SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 is already out to All Customers (General Available) brining several cool features ,several fixes, improvements. However, due to a recent problem (Installation error 0x800b0101 and binary installation Endpoint Protection for Linux and iOS.) on this component,Microsoft just review the ISO SCCM 2012 SP1 and launched it again, duly corrected. So if you downloaded the ISO before the day 25.01.2013,It would be recommend to download again. If you already in Production with Configmgr 2012 SP1 media released before the date,you should have already applied the fix to correct the issue and there is no need to Deploy…

Configuration Manager 2007 gives you an option to create New folder (kind of Custom reports folder ) with New Category to create your Own reports what you required But in Configuration Manager 2012,i don't see way to create New folder to create all the custom reports for your reference. Creation of Custom folder is not available in configuration Manager 2012 ,the only option left out is to go with Category . How do you create New Category ? If you right click on reports node from Configuration Console,you don't get such option to create one. You will have to go with…

Happy to say that ‘Microsoft Community Contributor Award’ is renewed for 3rd time in a Row since 2011 for my contribution towards Microsoft Technical forum on Configuration Manager. Dear Eswar, Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your contributions to Microsoft online technical communities have been recognized with the Microsoft Community Contributor badge. This recognition is reserved for participants who made notable contributions in Microsoft online communities such as MSDN, TechNet and Microsoft Answers. The value of these online resources is greatly enhanced by participants like you who voluntarily contribute your time and energy to improve the online community…

Microsoft announced the general availability of System Center 2012 SP1! While the RTM bits have been available for a few weeks already to TechNet/MSDN subscribers and volume licensing customers, today marks the broad availability of System Center 2012 SP1 to all customers. This includes All system center products includes Windows 8 RTM server. All products available to download from here I have extracted the link to download Orchestrator (SCORCH) 2012 SP1 RTM only and available from here If you are looking for Orchestrator(SCORCH)2012 SP1 VHD to save time in installation,there is VHD available here The System Center 2012 SP1 release…

Yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability of System Center 2012 SP1! While the RTM bits have been available for a few weeks already to TechNet/MSDN subscribers and volume licensing customers, today marks the broad availability of System Center 2012 SP1 to all customers. This includes All system center products includes Windows 8 RTM server. All products available to download from here I have extracted the link to download SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 RTM only and available from here If you are looking for SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 VHD to save time in installation,there is VHD available here The System Center…