When you install the Distribution Point role from Configmgr 2012 primary site,it automatically install +Configure IIS ,WDS for you .Later,you can configure the WDS settings to support for unknown computers etc. Recently,i had issue with unknown/Known clients that,they get IP…

Quick post on the Distribution Point availability Error.Primary Site cannot check the availability of the Remote Distribution Point servers and Sitestat.log generating error messages continuously for DP servers “omGetServerRoleAvailabilityState could not read from the registry on CMDP01.eskonr.com; error = 6:”…

Long Ago, I posted blog on “How do i know what packages are transferring from specific site to Distribution Points and what is the % of content left and completed using tool called sender analyzer ,More info here . Sender…

Microsoft released System center 2012 R2 Configuration manager tool kit which contains fifteen downloadable tools to help you manage and troubleshoot Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager both clients and server. List of tools available after you install the…

Quick post on the Boundaries and its assigned Site Servers which are nothing but Distribution Points.Simply creating boundaries does not make clients to get connected to DP and download the content. you will have create assign these boundaries to boundary…

Update: This post is updated after the Configmgr 2012 R2 CU1 hotfix released as this fix will resolve the subject line Issue. I recently had interesting issue with Configmgr 2012 SP1 CU3 client.Many Optional applications in Software Center changes to…

In my previous blog post,i talked about how to compare 2 distribution points to see if they both have any applications mismatch.This blog post talks about how to distribute the missing apps to the Distribution Point. I have used basic…

Good news to Configmgr guys.Yesterday Microsoft announced another Free book called “Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager “ which talks about site hirarchy,distribution points,understanding configuration manager components,log files,troubleshooting scenarios. I think this guide will provide you to understand various components…

If you search on the web for Configmgr patch compliance report ,you get various links that talk about compliance reports ,you utilize them to start working on the customized report the way you want but i was looking for something…

Full details:http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/82a7862a-fc1c-4c45-9635-ee44489c2673/file-inventory-report-query-by-name-count-and-machineid?forum=configmgrreporting   select cs.Name0 [Computer name],COUNT(*) as [No of Times] from v_GS_SoftwareFile SF,v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM cs where FileName like '%.mdf%' and SF.ResourceID=cs.ResourceID group by cs.Name0 order by 2 desc