Significant changes to Software Updates in Configuration manager 2012 compare with previous Version.One of the cool Feature is Automatic Deployment Rule which is Inhouse Feature of WSUS now incorporated into SCCM.To know more about what's new in SCCM 2012 Software Updates http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699359.aspx Recently i was configuring ADR for windows 7 updates in lab to deploy automatically on workstation machines.All the configurations are done including SUP role,WSUS etc. After running the ADR, none of the patches are downloading except blank folders are created without any content. Watch the ruleengine.log ,Log is full with Red color. Failed to download the update from…
Author: Eswar Koneti
Finally 🙂 the most awaiting System center configuration manager(SCCM) 2012 SP1 RTM is now available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. For General Availability,we may have wait for some more days. If you have MSDN or TechNet Subscription,you can download the product from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms772428.aspx Couple of points to be noted : Upgrade from Sp1 Beta is only supported for TAP customers who installed RC.t Non-TAP customers will only be able to upgrade from DPM 2012 RTM (+ qfe’s) to DPM 2012 SP1 RTM. There is no upgrade path from BETA Sp1 to RTM Sp1, you must reinstall DPM 2012 RTM,…
Microsoft Virtual Academy is completely free training areas where Microsoft really provides extra value to IT professionals and it is Cloud based Technology. Microsoft recently added 4 new Windows 8 Courses available on what's new,how to plan and deploy etc. Below are added newly 4 courses on MVA: Exploring Windows 8: Covers key topics for IT Pro’s such as Bit-Locker, client Hyper-V, and Managing Client Access for the Windows Store. Planning and Preparing for Windows 8: Learn how to inventory apps and hardware, assess compatibility, and conduct a successful pilot deployment of Windows 8. Deploying Windows 8: Use proven…
SCCM Inbox Folders plays Vital Role in troubleshooting problems with different components. You should keep an Eye on the inbox folders for a backlog of files that wait to be processed. There are various methods to monitor the inbox folders (tools/Scripts etc). This Post is going to be focus on Despooler.Box\Receive and clean up files residing older than 30 days. Despooler.box\Receive stores the data that is received from a child site or a parent site and process it accordingly.Typically, files are processed and moved as soon as Configuration Manager 2007 receives the instruction file (.ins file). In Short about what…
We have been using different Methods / Scripts to install SMS/SCCM Client from Previous version of Configuration Manager. In SCCM 2012,We do have the same methods what is available in SCCM 2007 , But with the release of Configuration Manager 2012, New tool has been introduced which is ClientpushGenerator.exe. More info will follow. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682191.aspx This tool can be found from SCCM Installation Drive folder:\AdminConsole\bin\ClientpushGenerator.exe. This procedure requires you to enable Client push installation the site where the clients assigned to. How to enable Client push installation : From the administration Pane--Site Hierarchy—>Sites-->Right click on site ,you see client installation Settings—>Client Push…
Update: SSRS Report for Configuration manager 2012 (all Versions) is available on http://eskonr.com/2014/02/configmgr-ssrs-report-patch-compliance-statistics-last-30-days/ In my previous blogs,I posted couple of reports for Patch compliance status based on the KB/MS ID numbers . SCCM Patch Compliance Progress report: http://eskonr.com/2009/10/patch-status-compliancesoftware-updates-report-in-sms-sccm/ Software Update Compliance Status on Specific Collection : http://eskonr.com/2009/09/report-for-software-update-report-for-software-update-compliance/ SCCM monthly Patch statistics report http://eskonr.com/2011/10/sccm-monthly-patch-statistics-reports-to-the-management-in-a-simplified-manner/ This report is going to be interesting .It has 2 SQL queries in one Report .One with count of Active patches for past 1 month and percentage successful and Other is what are the patches Active on specific collection of machines with Installed,Missing ,required and Percentage of successful. Report looks…
When you deploy software updates using SCCM/configmgr to clients ,patch status will be sent back to SCCM site.It is always good to know the Last state ID's and its state names for custom reporting. Below are the available Last state ID's and State Names. These state IDs do exist in SQL View called v_GS_PatchStatusEx . LastState LastStateName 0 No Status 101 Failed 102 Reboot pending 105 Install Verified 107 Preliminary Success couple of Patch Compliance reports based on laststate/Laststatename are SCCM Patch Compliance Progress report: http://eskonr.com/2009/10/patch-status-compliancesoftware-updates-report-in-sms-sccm/ Software Update Compliance Status on Specific Collection : http://eskonr.com/2009/09/report-for-software-update-report-for-software-update-compliance/ SCCM monthly Patch statistics report http://eskonr.com/2011/10/sccm-monthly-patch-statistics-reports-to-the-management-in-a-simplified-manner/
Collection to check if any of Primary or Secondary site not installed with SUP Role or any other Role? select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemRoles like "SMS Site System" and SMS_R_System.ResourceId not in (select ResourceID from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemRoles like "SMS Software Update Point") Collection can be modified to check if any of the Roles is missing on sites.