Sometimes I find Difficult to locate specific site from the Hierarchy(mostly if you are in large environment with many nodes) until you know where they attached to. I use the report data most of the times as reference to locate where the site resides based in its reporting site (primary) and primary site reporting to which. Select C.servername,b.SiteCode,C.SiteName,C.ReportingSiteCode, C.InstallDir, Case b.Status When 0 Then 'OK' When 1 Then 'Warning' When 2 Then 'Critical' Else ' ' End AS 'Site Status', Case C.Status When 1 Then 'Active' When 2 Then 'Pending' When 3 Then 'Failed' When 4 Then 'Deleted' When 5…
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If you are Performing package cleanup,this query might help you to Identify how many packages with no advertisements(standard advertisement and Task Sequence) so you know What action to Take next! select v_Package.PackageID, v_Package.Name,v_Package.SourceVersion,v_Package.SourceDate from dbo.v_package Where packageID not in (select PackageID from dbo.v_Advertisement)and PackageID not in (SELECT ReferencePackageID FROM v_TaskSequenceReferencesInfo) and v_Package.name not like '%osd%' and V_package.PackageType ='0' group by v_Package.PackageID, v_Package.Name,v_Package.SourceVersion,v_Package.SourceDate order by v_Package.PackageID If you want to know other packages like OSD,Driver,Software update packages,you can replace Package type with below Values : When 3 Then ‘Driver Package’ When 4 Then ‘Task Sequence Package’ When 5 Then ‘software Update…
Client Center tool is designed for IT Professionals to troubleshoot SCCM/CM12 Client related Issues. The Client Center for Configuration Manager provides a quick and easy overview of client settings, including running services and Agent settings in a good easy to use, user interface. Here you go with Client center Beta Version : http://sccmclictr.codeplex.com/ when you try to install this app, It always connects to Internet to install the app else will Fail. How to use this application without connecting to Internet ? On the Computer where you installed the click once application,files resides on the below path. Go to…
In this post,I will get some information about Distribution Points and content locations when you Distribute Packages and what happens and Tips . 1.How to set Drive Settings when installing Sec site DP role ? 2.How to avoid selecting the most disk space drive as Content location(DP) ? 3.How to check what are the next available Drives for Content location ? 4.How to remove DP role,Verify it is removed and reinstall the Role ? when you install SCCM 2012 Secondary Site from primary ,Management point and Distribution Point roles will be added by Default and you choose the settings in…
Justin Gao Documented how to deploy Win 8 Using SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta as System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 beta Supports now. In this post , Justin documented how to use System Center 2012 Configuration Manager(SCCM 2012) SP1 Beta to deployment Windows 8 . Including these parts: Configuring a Distribution Point to Support PXE Capturing a Reference Computer Preparing the Site to Support Operating System Deployment Deploying an Operating System Image to a Bare Metal Client Installing the Operating System Image on a Bare Metal System Complete post and download PDF document step by step,available here P.S:Please use…
Summary: In this post, Chris focused on helping many of us get started in testing your environment by not requiring you to do it against your packages/programs. Instead, Chris provided you with files you can use to test PCM and get familiar with it. This will allow you to go through the various scenarios that PCM solves for you. In the past few months, we’ve received a lot of requests to help many of you focus on “testing” the new Package Conversion Manager (PCM) that is available in the Microsoft Download Center. It is rather trivial to actually download PCM…
Raphael Finally released beta Version of his most loving project which is called CM12 Automation using scripts. What it Does basically ? Prepare Active Directory Install the Prerequisites for Configuration Manager 2012 like IIS,SQL etc. Install SCCM Site with MDT Integrated Install Site Roles More information about this project ,Feed back and downloads refer http://cm12automation.codeplex.com/ How to use this and Feedback http://wmug.co.uk/wmug/b/dotraphael/archive/2012/09/28/project-cm12-automation-beta-is-coming.aspx You can also email directly to Raphael @ raphael@rflsystems.co.uk Thanks to Raphael for getting this done !
Prerequisites for the installation of SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta Secondary Site which I noted when installing Some Key Points about Secondary Site: Each secondary site can support communications from up to 5,000 clients when you use a secondary site server computer with the recommended hardware and that has a fast and reliable network connection to its primary parent site. A secondary site might be able to support communications from additional clients when its hardware configuration exceeds the recommended hardware configuration. Each secondary site supports a single management point that must be installed on the secondary site server. The secondary site…