Microsoft released SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta with lot of cool features like Managing Non-Windows OS,Windows 8 and server 2012 , Power Shell support and more. For more information ,read TechNet here and download here. While I was installing SP1,Noted couple of prerequisites and thought of sharing with you to be ready with the media before you start with. These prerequisites are noted in Windows server 2008 R2 OS. 1. SQL server 2008 SP2 with minimum CU9 / SQL server 2008 SP3 with Minimum CU4 / SQL server 2008 R2 with SP1 minimum CU6/ SQL server 2008 R2 SP2 with no CU/ SQL…
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Our Deployment Master(Johan) Recently posted Hydration Kit for SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta which build your own ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 beta infrastructure, complete with Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 in either Hyper-V or VMware: One Domain Controller and one ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 Beta member server – Including pre-requisites like .Net Framework, SQL Server 2012 CU2 (or higher) and IIS - all fully automated. If you have Good Memory and Processor,it takes about 2 Hours to complete the required setup once you Once configured. Full Details and download link are here http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/73/The-Hydration-Kit-for-ConfigMgr-2012-SP1-Beta-with-Windows-Server-2012-SQL-Server-2012-is-available-for-download.aspx
Ok. You are done with the installation and all the required Configurations on Primary/Secondary site,next action would be package replication which you can do either by copying all the required PCK files from available DP to new server ,Preload the packages(Note : Preload works only for standard Software Packages) and add the preload packages to Distribution Point OR direct from Console . If you are in large environment with thousands of of packages including OS,software updates and Drive packages ,it would be difficult to ensure you are distributed all the required packages. There are chances that Task sequence may fail…
Full Details : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrreporting/thread/83aaf1dc-eaa9-4612-8ee2-a80020d79d0b select sys.Name0,OS.Caption0 from v_R_system sys inner join v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM OS ON os.resourceID=sys.resourceID where sys.ResourceId not in (select ResourceId from v_RA_System_SystemGroupName where System_Group_Name0 = 'TIGA\W2K3SecurityBaseline' or System_Group_Name0 = 'TIGA\W2K8SecurityBaseline') and OS.Caption0 like '%Server%'
Here is simple script that helps to move the required files to different Drive. I use this script frequently to move the PCK files(only the required PCK files from a near site) from one to other folder after building my site sever before I run my Preload Tool for all the packages at one go. You can do cut and paste the files what are needed but only selected pck file will be preloaded . dim objfso Set objfso = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set ReadFile = objfso.OpenTextFile ("F:\PCKFiles\all-files.txt", 1) Do While Not computerList.AtEndOfStream FileName = Readfile.ReadLine SourceFile="D:\SCCM\\" & FileName DestinationFile="F:\SMSPKG\" objfso.MoveFile…
Microsoft recently released system center 2012 SP1 Beta product available to customers. You can download SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta from the link here http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/F/4/7F43F032-6E61-4376-9BD5-22190ADE9626/ConfigMgr_SCEP_2012_SP1_Beta_ENU_7782.exe Updates to System Center 2012 for compatibility with Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and other enhancements including support for Azure VM and capabilities for Hosted Service Providers. The Beta includes updates and enhancements to the system center Configuration Manager 2012 components are : Deployment and management of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Distribution point for Windows Azure to help reduce infrastructure costs Automation of administrative tasks through PowerShell support Management of Mac OS X…
Recently Microsoft released questionaries' on support about Windows 8 ,windows server 2012 for Configuration Manager 2012 and Forefront Endpoint Protection. This blog post addresses the Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 support questions you’ve been asking about for Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection. Question: Which versions of Configuration Manager will support Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012? Answer: We are adding support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in both System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 and Configuration Manager 2007 with SP2 (includes Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and Configuration Manager 2007 R3). This support and any required…