From the release of Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 1(V.Next) to till now, we have seen so many bugs and also workarounds with the additions of new feature support. Below is the list of KB Articles and major fixes which are included in Configuration manager 2012 SP1. KB article number Description 2688247 SQL Server cumulative updates must be manually installed on secondary System Center 2012 Configuration Manager sites that use SQL Server Express 2688285 The Apply button is unavailable after clearing the "Enable PXE support for clients" option on a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Distribution Point 2688288 Changing the SQL…
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The Configmgr 2012 Package Conversion Manager(PCM) allows for converting packages and programs into applications and deployment types in configmgr 2012. There is a migration feature which is released with the Configuration Manager 2012 that allows packages to be migrated from 2007 to 2012. Once you have migrated your package objects and installed PCM it is just a matter of analyzing your packages to determine their readiness state and then converting the packages with the appropriate readiness state to applications. This release comes in 6 languages(Chinese,German,Japanese,English,French,Russian) and will work with both Configmgr 2012 and Configmgr 2012 SP1. Feature Summary: Analyzes Packages…
The way SCCM Configmgr 2012 object information stored is changed from CM07 with respect to tables/views. In SCCM Configmgr 2012,Status of content stored in dbo.vSMS_DistributionDPStatus view.This view basically contains information about packageID,content status,objectTypeID like what type of package is it(boot image or package/Application etc) and status message ID. These status Message IDs and State Message IDs are translated here in more description way which will help you to take necessary action to fix them. What is status messages and State Messages : status messages provide information about component behavior and data flow, whereas state messages provide a snapshot of the…
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…
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…