Today I was looking at Packages to see how many packages are created without any distribution Points added. This might help you in identifying whether these packages are really needed to be in SCCM or archive them. This below report will help you in achieving this. select PackageID,Name,Version,SourceDate from v_Package where PackageID not in (select packageid from v_PackageStatusDistPointsSumm) Note : Some packages might use just command line (script based) and they do not have any distribution Points . Double Verify them before you take any action)
Author: Eswar Koneti
We all know about what is SCCM client center tool and what it does. Roger Zander who has developed this application (SCCM Client Center) basically to troubleshoot SMS/SCCM 2007 Client related Issues.This also provides lot many features to troubleshoot all kind sccm client related issues more http://sccmcat.codeplex.com/. Download Client center Tool for Configuration manager 2007 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsclictr/ Download download Client center Tool for Configuration manager 2012 http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rzander/archive/2012/05/22/client-center-for-configuration-manager-2012.aspx How do you run this tool with different user if logged in account do not have enough rights? You can run this tool by holding alt+Shift to get run as different user but…
Unlike VMware WorkStation or Virtual PC(Shared folders) ,Hyper-v do not have Easy way to share Host Machine Shared Folders unless you do some Configuration . In this post,will go through how to Access Your Host shared folders(Physical Machine) from your Guest OS (Hyper-v) Machines and Vice Versa (Guest to Host). I am running Hyper-V on my Windows 8 machine and it is Great. After you install Hyper-V,You must have Created Internal Virtual Switch Via Virtual Switch Manager to be used only for Your Lab computers. If you want to have Internet connection on Lab machines ,you can add one more…
Background info about Replication in SCCM 2012 SP1 : In SCCM 2012 SP1,each site communicates with its parent site and its direct child sites by using two data transfer methods: file-based replication and database replication unlike SCCM 2007. Note: Address is renamed to File replication in SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta. Secondary sites not only communicate to their parent primary sites by using both data transfer methods, but can also communicate with other secondary sites by using file-based replication to route content to remote network locations. File Based Replication happen with applications and packages that you want to deploy to distribution points…
Software update point Role will fail to Install if you just install WSUS 3.0 SP2 without 2 patches. The minimum Supported Version for Software update Point Role is Min WSUS 3.0 SP2+KB2720211+KB2734608
How can I Install Central Administration Site(CAS) on Windows server 2008 R2 with SQL server 2008 R2 SP1 CU6 Part 1 :http://eskonr.com/2012/09/how-can-i-install-sccm-configmgr-2012-sp1-beta-cas-primary-site-sql-server-2008-r2/ Part 2 : http://eskonr.com/2012/09/how-can-i-install-sccm-2012-sp1-beta-casprimary-with-sql-server-2008-r2/ How can I Install Primary Site as Child to CAS on Windows 2008 R2 with SQL server 2008 R2 SP1 CU6 Part 3 : http://eskonr.com/2012/09/how-can-i-install-sccm-2012-sp1-beta-cas-primary-site-with-slq-server-2008-r2-part-3/
we see lot of file extensions from inbox folders while replicating information to Child sites .what really these files do and what information do they carry ? This post is basically talks about what type of files generated during site-Site Replication. Sometimes I wonder that the file Type is when working with replication issues and see if it requires any attention. It might help you in understanding about replications files types. To know more about how Site-Site Replications works in SCCM 2007,Read http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2011/08/29/site-to-site-data-replication-flow-in-sms-2003-and-configmgr-2007-explained.aspx Also look at this post to know about SCCM Components that helps you in replication issues http://eskonr.com/2012/09/sccm-2007-components-threads-use-site-site-replication/…
SCCM 2007 Components are critical to perform its activities and if any of the component is stopped(some components start when they have work to do like Discovery methods are only start if discovery runs) ,you may see issues respective to that Component(Ex: Distribution Manager stopped,nothing process about packages). Some of the components that involved in Site-Site Replication and ensure these components are running before you Dig more into Site-site replication issues. I do check these components if I see any replication issues on my Child sites and follow the troubleshooting Steps. Component Description OFFER MANAGER Offer Manager replicates advertisements…