Category: Software Updates

ConfigMgr (SCCM) 2012 what’s new in Software updates

Posted on January 23, 2012 by | 2 Comments | 479 Views
Configuration Manager 2012 is introducing a lot of changes in update deployment procedures. Most of the changes are around the "HOW" part while there are some new concepts too. In this post I'll talk about what some of the changes are around: Configuration of Software Updates components Deployment of software updates to endpoints Monitoring and…
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Posted on October 25, 2011 by | 9 Comments | 3,823 Views
This is continuation to the post avilable here on http://eskonr.com/2010/03/monthly-patch-statistics-reports-to-show-up-to-the-management-in-a-simplified-manner/ Report posted on the above link doesnt give you the required information what it gives in SMS 2003 since some of the columns in have been changed i.e product has blank value from v_GS_patchstausEX view etc in sccm 2007. Below is the modified report that…
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Posted on May 16, 2011 by | 0 Comments | 1,039 Views
Here is another patch statistics report for SCCM 2007 environment with summary of patches that are deployed within month (30 days) with different column. select 'Total number of active patches within 30days:', COUNT(distinct Title) AS 'Count' FROM v_GS_PatchStatusEx WHERE (DATEDIFF(Day, LastStatusTime, GETDATE())) <=30 UNION select 'Percent sucessfully installed', round(100.0*COUNT( case when LastState=107 or LastState=105 then ResourceID…
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Posted on September 8, 2010 by | 4 Comments | 6,459 Views
The SuperFlow interactive content model provides a structured and interactive interface for viewing documentation. Each SuperFlow includes comprehensive information about a specific dataflow, workflow, or process. Depending on the focus of the SuperFlow. you will find overview information, steps that include detailed information, procedures, sample log entries, best practices, real-world scenarios, troubleshooting information, security information,…
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Monthly Patch statistics reports in SMS/SCCM to show up to the management in a simplified manner

Posted on March 25, 2010 by | 65 Comments | 10,888 Views
Long back created a report for the monthly Patch statistics which can be found in http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1764-patch-management-report-in-sms-2003/#entry6281 Below all the reports have been created using the last state messages.Even you can create different type of quiries based on this. I was referring to the Patch process and found an image which gives the statistics for the…
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Posted on March 12, 2010 by | 0 Comments | 1,258 Views
If clients are having trouble downloading and installing updates from your SUS or WSUS server, should check a familiar place—the registry. Go to the problematic client PC and follow these steps: 1.     Select Run on the Start menu. 2.     In the Run dialog box, type regedit, then click OK. 3.     In the registry, navigate to…
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