Trying to install the required Prerequisites files for Configuration Manager 2012 all are done except SQL sever SP1 with CU4. SQL server 2008 R2 has got installed but later SP1(QLServer2008R2SP1-KB2528583-x64-ENU) failed with Error “Managed SQL server FixSQLRegistryKey stopped working” Trying to fix this by looking at registry/setup log file but I couldn’t. The Fix is to Uninstall Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Author: Eswar Koneti
There are cases where computer might needs to be deleted from SCCM Database when the OS up gradation happens(new name applied to host machines) and old name should be removed else it will automatically be removed as per the site maintenance settings. Here is VB script that remove computer from SCCM Database based asking for machine name. Note :I would love to test this on Lab before taking this to production. You would be prompted for SCCM Site server name(where SQL server installed) and site code for the Site server. ON ERROR RESUME NEXT strServer=InputBox("Enter Site Server Nmae",,"win-cm2k7") strSiteCode=InputBox("Enter…
Are you running all the way(running HTA setup or setup.exe) to see if your server is met with all the prerequisite files before running configuration manager 2012. You can use prereqchk.exe from your SMSSETUP\BIN\X64 Folder. Command to execute for Prerequisites checker. Drive_Letter:\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64\prereqchk.exe /adminUI
Central administration site: The central administration site coordinates intersite data replication across the hierarchy by using Configuration Manager database replication. it has the following differences from a central site in Configuration Manager 2007: Does not process client data. Does not accept client assignments. Does not support all site system roles. Participates in database replication Primary site : Manages clients in well-connected networks. Primary sites in Configuration Manager 2012 have the following differences from primary sites in Configuration Manager 2007: Additional primary sites allow the hierarchy to support more clients. Cannot be tiered below other primary sites. No longer used as…
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If you are working with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM 2007),you know what the post means here. Have been getting lot of requests per day/week to create AD security groups for new applications to deploy applications . Here is the VB Script that fullfil your requirememnt but test it in the lab before taking into production. Create a Excel file with piping all AD security group names .Change the Excel file,OU name etc from the script. Replace the Quotes(single and Double) as they are fancy from the post when you copy the code to vbs file. ON ERROR…
Long back,have posted script on how to trigger Machine policy or hardware inventory action on sccm client http://eskonr.com/2011/01/script-to-trigger-sccm-machine-policy-or-hardware-inventory-action-agent-on-sccm-clients/ Here is an updated script which can be run on multiple machines with some changes to the script . You will need to have list of computers into notepad file into the same path where you save the script. on error resume next Dim oFSO, sFile, oFile, sText,Stuff, myFSO, WriteStuff Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set myFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set WriteStuff = myFSO.OpenTextFile("Output.txt", 8, True) sFile = "input.txt" If oFSO.FileExists(sFile) Then Set oFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(sFile, 1) Do While Not oFile.AtEndOfStream sText = oFile.ReadLine…
The Configuration Manager console has been greatly improved in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, which enhances its usability. In addition to improvements in performance and layout, the console now supports a quicker way to monitor application deployments. However, you might come across a situation where you see a discrepancy between the completion statistics section for an error count of a deployment and the Error tab of the deployment status when you drill into the status of the deployment. In this scenario, you see the following: The count of assets that returned an error state when you review the completion statistics…