Author: Eswar Koneti

In Previous Guide,we have seen how to Install App-V 4.6 Management Server in windows Server 2008 and How to Publish the Default app-V applications in windows server 2008   to users. In this Guide we will see how to Install App-V desktop Client(4.6) on Windows 7 to receive published application from App-V server. Before we proceed to run the Setup file,check the link for Client Hardware and Software Requirements http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc843822.aspx One you have all the components in place ,Get a App-V desktop client 4.6 from Microsoft and Extract it before Run. Run the setup wizard which will scan for and prompt…

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  Below is the report to list computers with IP address and Subnet information from Given collection. select distinct A.Name0,c.IPAddress0 ,D.IP_Subnets0 from v_R_System A inner join v_FullCollectionMembership B on A.ResourceID=B.ResourceID Inner join v_GS_NETWORK_ADAPTER_CONFIGUR  C ON A.ResourceID=C.ResourceID Inner Join v_RA_System_IPSubnets D ON A.ResourceID=D.ResourceID where CollectionID=@COLLID and C.IPEnabled0='1' group by A.Name0,c.IPAddress0 ,D.IP_Subnets0 order by A.Name0,c.IPAddress0 ,D.IP_Subnets0 Prompt for Collection : Select CollectionID,Name from v_Collection

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When you assign any advertisement (either application or Task sequence) to collection(Group of computers) ,all the advertisement will be tracked(logged) in SCCM Database with its status and other details.The advertisement will run on the computer and gives the status of it which can be find Via Default reports “All advertisement for specific computer(Report ID:126)”. What ,if you move the advertisement to different different collection where the computers(which you advertised above) are not part of this collection and you want to track all the advertisements that are currently assigned to specific computer. You can get this currently assigned advertisements by simply…

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Here is another report today ,to list all the computers with their maintenance window setting and are part of which collection. The maintenance window information( collection ID,Description,time etc.) is available from SQL view called v_ServiceWindow. Below is the report to display all the computer with their maintenance window settings .You can also limit this collection to specific with the help of Prompts. select v_FullCollectionMembership.Name as Computername ,v_Collection.Name as CollectionName, v_ServiceWindow.Description as “Next Maintenance Window” from v_ServiceWindow inner join v_FullCollectionMembership on (v_FullCollectionMembership.CollectionID = v_ServiceWindow.CollectionID) inner join v_Collection on (v_Collection.CollectionID = v_FullCollectionMembership.CollectionID) order By v_Collection.Name

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Report to list all the computer where the discovery agent time shows older than 30 days. This you can find out if you right click on the computer ,go to properties and see Agent name[0] (ex:SMS_AD_SYSTEM_DISCOVERY) respect to Agent time[0] for the above discovery method which will be the recent date. select a.Name0,b.AgentName,b.AgentTime from v_R_System a join v_AgentDiscoveries b on b.ResourceId=a.ResourceId where (AgentName  like 'Heartbeat Discovery' and DATEDIFF(Day,AgentTime,Getdate())>=30 ) OR (AgentName  like 'SMS_AD_SYSTEM_DISCOVERY_AGENT' and DATEDIFF(Day,AgentTime,Getdate())>=30 ) group by name0 ,agentname,AgentTime Order by Agentname You can add other discovery methods if you enabled in your site to the above report.

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Today,I come across several advertisement status message IDs for a particular advertisement which can be viewed under system status--->advertisement status. I,Thought of sharing the excel sheet with you about all the advertisement status message ID’s with its description along with. This might be helpful in creating reports or collections with status message ID’s. Download the file from here http://wmug.co.uk/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.39.42/All-Advertisement-Staus-message-ID_2700_s-with-its-Discription.zip

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I would like to list some of the basic SCCM Site hirarchy terminology that will be used in Planning and designing Primary and secondary sites and child sites as well.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680436.aspx  and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693570.aspx Choose Between Primary Sites, Secondary Sites, and Branch Distribution Points What is Primary site : •It has its own site database •Primary site can Managed directly through Configuration Manager console installed on site server •Only a primary site can be a parent •First site installed must be a primary site What is Secondary site: •A secondary site, is a specific site type with limitations compared to a primary site and no demand…

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Seen Lot of questions/help in many forums on the SCCM client issues like client is not reported in SCCM console ,site code unsuccessful, Client is installed but Console shows NO and other problems. Thought of preparing  basic check list that will help configmgr guys to start troubleshooting the issue and fix the problem. Here is the check list which i have prepared to follow in brief when you do perform client installation using your method . There are a various types of Client deployment methods that are available to you when installing the client. Each has its advantages and disadvantages along with the need to…

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