Configuration Manager Documentation Forum

Ayuda

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:22:13 Z

Hola, estoy tratando de implementar SCCM2007, si alguien tiene manuales de instalacion que me pudieran ayudar

Mi correo es julian.gonzalez@arcelormittal.com

Can anyone share his system documentation

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:49:45 Z

Hi .

I was requested to document my system and step by step configuation i order to create the system from scrach in case of a complete failure .
Did anyone documented his/her system and are willing to share ?

if so it wil be appriciated .

Thanks

Help with pushing out reg files in SCCM 07

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:56:22 Z

Hi, this is a very beginners and basic question, so apologies in advance.

I have no real expereince in SCCM but have inherited a job, SCCM is up and running as the previous guy had it working but has left no instructions. I have read through a number of books but am at a loss where to start. What I have been asked to do is push out a .reg file to the company. We're using SCCM 2007 and all users are on Windows XP, the reg file has been written and is a key that will auto refresh cache in a document management system.

If there's a simple guide to this somewhere please just give me the link or any points or hints are much appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Broken link to kb968177

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:10:31 Z

Hello

I'd like to read the knowledge base article kb968177 but the link seems to be broken.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968177/

Found nothing to report a broken link ?

Can someone give some information about this KB ?

SCCM with WSUS and GPO

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:19:06 Z

Ok, here is our situation, we have 2 WSUS servers that we use currently for our monthly patching, we are just setting up a new SCCM server to eventually take over those patching responsibilities, I have been reading a bit and I was looking for a solid answers for our environment.

Our clients are configured in GPO to report and grab all the patches from our current WSUS servers. We would like to deploy new sccm clients to our servers so we can use the features of sccm and start the configuration of them. This is my concern, I have read somewhere, I can't find the actual post at the moment, that when you install the new sccm client on a machine that is already using a totally different WSUS server assigned through GPO that the previously used WSUS server will not work for patching on the clients that already have the new sccm client?

Can someone help me out on this? Thanks!!!

Complete list of status messages in SCCM?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:46:48 Z

Hey.

I've been searching for quite a while now for a complete list of all the status messages and what they mean for SCCM but haven't found any. Is there any such information available? Im updating some documents we had for SMS 2.0 to SCCM since we (finally) upgraded our system.

What we have in the old documents are like this:

Table SMS Advertised Programs Client Agent (Message IDs 10000 to 10021)

Message

Severity

Message Text

10000

Error

A data integrity error was detected for advertisement %1 (%2%1 .ofr).

Possible cause: The advertisement (.ofr) file on this client access point ( CAP ) is missing, corrupt, or lacking data. The advertisement will not be run or displayed to users.

Solution: Modify the specified advertisement in the SMS Administrator console to force Offer Manager to update (rewrite) the advertisement files. Wait for Inbox Manager to replicate the change to the CAPs throughout the site before refreshing the list of advertised programs on the client (press F5 in the Advertised Programs Monitor). If the problem persists, check for disk problems on the CAP or for other external causes of file corruption.

10001

Error

A data integrity error was detected for package %1 (%2%1 .pkg).

Possible cause: The package (.pkg) or network location (.nal) file on this client access point ( CAP ) is missing, corrupt, or lacking data. Advertisements for the package’s programs will not be run or displayed to users until the file can be read successfully.

Solution: Modify the specified package or one of its programs to force SMS Distribution Manager to update (rewrite) the package files. Wait for SMS Inbox Manager to replicate the change to the CAPs throughout the site before refreshing the list of advertised programs on the client (press F5 in the Advertised Programs Monitor). If the problem persists, check for disk problems on the CAP or for other external causes of file corruption.

I'm hoping there is something like that available also for SCCM. Thanks!

Please tell us more about printing

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:16:19 Z

I have been asked to provide to the Powers that Be a list of requirements for printing. Meaning, what is the print experience that you want? It's one of those questions that sounds easy up front, but when we dig into it, there's more going on there. This will of course be an imprecise way to gather the requirements, and of course we need it yesterday. But please, tell us more about how you want to get your docs in printed form.

Let's start with the print experience you currently have. You can:

A) print single topic in the smsv4.chm

B) print a topic and all subtopics in the smsv4.chm

C) print a topic from the TechNet version of the smsv4.chm content (it's the same content in both places)

There is no way to print a topic and all subtopics from the TechNet site. We know that's a limitation. Is that something you would like and use?

You can print the entire section you want, or even the entire library, from the .chm, but that doesn't seem to be doing it for you. What about that experience isn't working? If we made it so there is a page break after every topic you print from the chm, would that help? Or would that just waste paper and annoy you?

Some Background

If you care, here is a bit about why things are the way they are. Not trying to whine or give excuses; just saying that we have some constraints that we haven't been able to get around yet.

For example, getting bound volumes for sale is not an option. They take months to produce and they are out of date almost as soon as they are sent to the publishers. We offered bound books of the SMS 2003 content and we sold a handful, I think less than 100. So that's out. If you like a printed book, Steve Kaczmarek's update to the Admin Companion will be out soon from Microsoft Press. (Side note: if the book comes in under the max page limit for an MS Press book, it will be just barely. With every version, this product keeps getting bigger.)

Several people in other threads have mentioned the MOM content as an example of what they like, however the MOM content is not structured at all the same way, so we can't package the ConfigMgr content up in the same chunks. They used a flatter table of contents with fewer, larger topics. Their content design ended up happening much later than ours, and the design constraints were different. Also, the scale is different. They have about 400K words and 1600 topics and the product performs a few major functions. ConfigMgr has 1.12 million words, 3000 topics, and is more of a suite of products packed into a mostly common infrastructure. Even if we had the resources to go back and rewrite all of the content in the MOM-like structure, it woudl be like trying ot fit an octopus in a pair of footy pajamas.

What we did do is group content into the following buckets:

Getting Started
Planning and Deploying the site infrastructure
Planning and Deploying the clients
Configuring
The Features (with each feature getting it's own section of overview, planning, configuring, tasks, security, troubleshooting)
Security
Ops (backup, recovery, maintenance)
Troubleshooting

We hoped that those groups would make it easier to find what you wanted, and also to print what you wanted from the chm.

We have considered trying to repackage those chunks into Word docs or PDF/XPS format, but after you factor in all of the feature sections, that's an awful lot of chunks and because of some tools issues, we don't think it's maintainable for the life of the product.

We've also tried building the entire Library into a single Word file, but it's huge. Also, because we have lots of little topics, the TOC gets really confusing. We can't try doing the entire file as XPS or PDF because it's just too big for the tool to process.

That's the situation now. I can't change the past that got us here. I still have several constraints going forward. But whatever insights you have about the printing question would be helpful.

SCCM Help

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:20:53 Z

Wow, I hate to say this but it is going to be a very broad question. I have been asked to get SCCM working in our environment this week, particularly the integration with WSUS and SCCM. Keep in mind that I have never messed with SCCM before and it has been probably 6-7 years since I have touched SMS, I know they are pretty much the same thing though, so there may be some hand holding needed.

What do I need to do to get the clients properly configured to accept the client agents, I tried to deploy clients to a test machine and got no where. I manually installed the client on one machine haven't done a ton of testing on that except for the remote control seems to be disabled even though I have enabled in every place I know how.

Do you know of any checklists to do to preparation for the clients? WMI is it needed or not, if so what is the prep? Permissions on what and where? Global Policy?

Steps/Guide for Site Migration

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:39:54 Z

Hi,

I've setup another SCCM 2007 Secondary Server in order to replace the one that currently running.
Packages have been tested and confirmed can be replace from the Primary to the new server.

Would appreciate anyone reading this could advice me /send me the steps on how to migrate the server.

Many thanks.

error in documetation of sccm

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:59:27 Z

Hi

i mean this is wrong in documentation!

How to Refresh Package Data on Distribution Points

Topic last updated—November 2007

When you refresh package data on a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 distribution point, the package is copied from the compressed version on the site server but not updated from the original source. Refreshing the package does not increment the package version.

To refresh package data on a distribution point

In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Software Distribution / Package / < package name > .
Right-click Distribution Point , and then click Refresh Distribution Points .
"Here is only Update Distribution Point available!!!"

Note

You can also update a package's distribution points by right-clicking the package name and then clicking Refresh Distribution Points .
Click Yes to confirm that you want to update the package on the selected distribution point with a new version of the package.

Note
You can also update a package's distribution points by right-clicking the package name and then clicking Refresh Distribution Points .

Step 3 comes with "This will re-send thispackage to this distribution point.
This may take some time to complete.
Are you sure you wish to continue?"

and

How to Update Package Data on Distribution Points

Although you can schedule recurring updates to a distribution point by using the Data Source tab in the properties of a package, you can also manually update package data on associated distribution points at any time. Manually updating the distribution points will not interfere with the recurring update schedule. (For more information about setting a recurring update schedule for a package, see Package Name Properties: Data Access Tab .)

Note
To update a package on its associated distribution points, you must have Distribute permission for the Package Security object type or for the specific package instance. For more information about security permissions, see Classes and Instances for Object Security in Configuration Manager .

When you update package data on a distribution point, the existing copy of the package files is first deleted from the distribution point. Configuration Manager 2007 then sends a new copy of the package data to the distribution point. The version of the package is incremented every time the package is updated.

To update package data on a distribution point

In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Software Distribution / Package / < package name > .
Right-click Distribution Point , and then click Update Distribution Points .

Note

You can also update a package's distribution points by right-clicking the package name and then clicking Update Distribution Points .
Click Yes to confirm that you want to update the package on the selected distribution point with a new version of the package.

Note
You can also update a package's distribution points by right-clicking the package name and then clicking Update Distribution Points .

SQL 2005 X64 and Windows 2008 Server SP1 Performance issues

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:12:34 Z

Hi I'm hoping someone can help here as we experiencing very slow performance rates running SQL on this platform

We are running SQL 2005 Sp3 x64 (9.00.4035.00) on Windows 2008 Server Standard SP1 X64 platform. The hardware is a IBM X3650 2U raid 5 , Total capacity 1.6 TB of disk (OS and Data partitioned) with 16gb of ram.

In hindsight, i would think disk i/o could be part of the issue with this raid type but i wouldn't imagine it is the key contributing factor to it but i could be wrong ?

Read 9.2/sec
Writes 7.4/sec

As this server has been reporting memory exception errors when running some reports I'm uncertain of whether any of the following statements apply to my situation ? (I'm not a SQL DBA)

Does SQL by design grab all the memory, releasing to the operating system only when it comes under pressure ?
Memory from the taskmgr consistently fluctuates around 15-15.6 gig, leaving only a small portion for the OS

Does the following cumulitative update apply to me >>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/970070/
Should I apply the update to SQL Standard so that i can get support for lock pages ?

Running Performance and Reliability states memory is 98% and busy (red dot) i'm assuming this is not normal , the processing appears to be fine

Memory Buffer: Page life expectancy counter can run anywhere up to 10,800,00 and sit there, I believe the calculation is 300sec = 5 mins so i'm not sure what this number translates to whether I am reading it wrong or it's reporting 180mins ?

Stats at 12:00pm today

Available MBytes 223.000
Pages Input/sec 0.000
Pages/sec 0.000
Buffer cache hit ratio 99.873
Page life expectancy 3,630.000

Is it a network bottleneck as this server uses broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE drivers , at 15% utilization 2,469,496 bits as opposed to 1,000,000,000 bits capacity ?

Any assiatnce here would be gratefully appreciated from anyone who can identify why performance is slow

Cheers

Configuring custom SQL port in SCCM

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:47:07 Z

I'm working on a fairly straightforward SCCM implementation
1 SCCM/SQL server (Server 2008 SP1 x64 Std w/ SQL 2008 SP1+CU3) inside the LAN
1 Internet-facing MP/DP/SUP (Server 2008 SP1 x64 Std) in the perimeter network (no SQL Replica)

It is desired to have SQL listen on an alternate port.

===========================
I have seen references to an SMS SQL System DSN that must be configured for this to work.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/thread/cf3db93e-6b1b-43cf-9828-c32eb1fa3986/

Ports Used by Configuration Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632618.aspx
Quote from this link:

"By default, SQL Server uses TCP (not UDP) port 1433 to listen on TCP/IP. To change the port, run SQL Server Setup on the server, and then click Change Network Support. If SQL Server uses port 1433, the client Net-Library works. If SQL Server uses a custom port number, the client must specify that port in the Data Source Name (DSN)."

That is the total documentation on using an alternate port and it does not even address SQL 2008
===========================

There is no SMS SQL System DSN on either server (or any System DSN for that matter)
Making the change in SQL 2008 itself is easy enough, but

<QUESTION>
what must be done (especially on the internet-facing server or any remote system that must communicate with SQL) to make sure it can communicate with SQL?
</QUESTION>

It is my experience that nothing is required to be done on the SCCM site server with local SQL as I have changed the port and everything continues to work without error - including remote SCCM Admin consoles.

Thanks - BH

Managerial level documentation or guide lines

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:22:18 Z

From a " Service Delivery or Management " prospective, are there best practices or guide lines or operational documents that have been published. I was searching for base lines to build my documentation off of.

Missing log in list of Log files

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:18:35 Z

Hi,

I noticed that the adsysdis.log is missing in the following list:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892800.aspx

The mentioned logfile is used for throubleshooting Active Directory System Discovery. The log is available from the time the first discovery scan took place.

Thanks

Please mark posts as Answered if appropriate.

SCCM 2007 Admin Companion

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:48:05 Z

Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Steven Kaczmarek and his team of writers for the SCCM 2007 Administrator's Companion.

Like others I have been disappointed in the lack of "readable" documents available but the Admin companion is clear and concise. I used it to study for and pass the 70-401 MCP and found it very helpful, so would recommend it to anyone

Announcing the Configuration Manager Documentation Library November Content Update

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:15:56 Z

I am pleased to announce that the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library November update has gone live on the Configuration Manager TechCenter. Click this link to see the updated and new content that we've added: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892811.aspx! Over 100 topics have been added or updated representing nearly 200,000 new words!

Also, your writing team is very fond of receiving your feedback on the content they've provided. Remember that you can provide a star rating and send us feedback from each topic you read.

Here is what to look for and where to click to provide a star rating:

Not only can you give a star rating to each topic, you can also provide direct feedback to the writing team about that topic without having to send separate e-mail to smsdocs@microsoft.com. When you send e-mail from the topic, you won't have to set the context for where you found the documentation because that will be included in the e-mail sent from the web page. So please let us know what you think about all the content - what have we done well, what could we do better.

On behalf of the Configuration Manager Writing Team, I thank you for your support!

~~Steve

_________________________________

Steven Kaczmarek, MCSE, MCP since 1993

Content Publishing Manager

Management & Solutions Division -UA

425-707-3626

stevenka@microsoft.com

Providing the right content at the right time.

Author of the soon to be published

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator's Companion

sccm program failure error codes

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:15:36 Z

Wher can I find a list of error codes

SMS 2003 to SCCM 2007 Client Upgrade

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:57:30 Z

Hello,
We have a question regarding the upgrade of SMS 2003 client to SCCM 2007 client. Currently we have an SMS 2003 SP2 primary site with 40 Proxy MP's in our environment. We will perform a side-by-side installation to SCCM 2007 on a Windows 2008 64-bit server with SQL 2006 64-bit. In our test environrment, we have noticed that when performing an upgrade of the SMS 2003 client to SCCM 2007, the SMS 2003 site does not immediately release control or recognize that SCCM 2007 is now in control. Site boundaries on the SMS 2003 have been removed, but Heartbeat Discovery is on so we can perform a timely and structured rollover of the clients to SCCM. Our question is:

After upgrading the client, How long does it take for SMS 2003 to release control of the client and realize that SCCM 2007 is now in control?

Thank You

SMS 2003 to SCCM 2007 Migration

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:26:39 Z

We will be performing a side-by-side installation of SCCM 2007. Our existing environment consists of SMS 2003 SP2 32 bit Windows 2003 and SQL 2000 SP4 with 40 Proxy Management Points to handle client traffic and software distribution. We are moving to Windows Server 2008 64 bit and installing SCCM 2007 SP1 with SQL 2005 SP1 64 bit in the same domain.

How do we prevent an existing software installation from SMS 2003 from reinstalling on a client that has been upgraded to SCCM 2007?

For example, We have Office 2003 deployed from both SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007. Client "A" received package from SMS 2003 and then is upgraded to SCCM 2007. What mechanism if any within SCCM prevents Office 2003 from being installed again on the same computer?

SCCM 2007 and Powershell

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:30:52 Z

Hello SCCM Guru's,
Can you tell me if SCCM 2007 is Powershell enabled? And if so is there any documentation for cmdlets?

Thanks

example project schedule needed

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:45:58 Z

Is there an example MS Project schedule for implementing Sys Ctr Config Mgr 2007?

MSI Import Best Practices

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:10:07 Z

Hi everyone,

does anybody have a best practices or tutorial documentation regarding importing, managing and deploying Windows Installer based "setups"?

Any help would be appreciate.

Thanks,

Fabio

System Center Reporting Manager ?

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:46:40 Z

hi all :-)

would like to find out what the status is on "SCRM" - as i recall SCRM 2006 was never to be compatible with later versions than MOM 2005 and SMS 2003?

any reference to materials that i can read will be most welcome

thanks! ;-)

SCCM Maintenance Plan

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:57:57 Z

I searched through the forums for this, but was unable to find anything.

I beleive that I can just use the maintenance plan from SMS 2003 and apply this for ConfigMgr. The Daily, Weekly and Periodic tasks shown below are from the SMS 2003 documentation:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/opsguide/ops_24mf.mspx?mfr=true

The SCCM 2007 documentation shown below, doesn't seem to be half as complete, if no-one is aware of a version similar to that of the SMS 2003 maintenance plan, can I please request for the ConfigMgr documentation to be as detailed as the SMS 2003 version?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680757.aspx

SMS 2003-Hardware 2A - Estimated Computer Age by Ranges within a Collection

Sun, 31 May 2009 20:43:33 Z

Hi,

SMS reporting information inaccurate

"Hardware 2A - Estimated Computer Age by Ranges within a Collection" report return >5800 computers that can't resolve the age of the computer rendering the report useless

Thanks..

SMS 2003 to SCCM 2007 Side-by-Side installation

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:54:55 Z

Hi All,

I'm currently planning a SCCM 2007 installation into an AD that also services an SMS 2003 infrastructure. The SMS environment will need to stay in place without any interuption from myself but I have planned for this and the SCCM/SMS bounderies and discovery will NOT overlap.

My question is is there any documentation from Microsoft to support this method. I have experience with SCCM and SMS and found that it can run quite happily this way but is there any Microsoft documentation that supports it? The technet articles I've read all advise SMS site upgrades etc..

Thanks

Criterion properties.

Mon, 11 May 2009 16:45:14 Z

When setting up a query for collection properties, is there a detailed documentation for Criterion properties and the attribute classes.

SCCM Network Traffic

Mon, 25 May 2009 04:35:10 Z

Hello to all,

I'm sure to ask a repetitive question...:-)
In a current project with a local enterprise customer, a must do has asked to be documented in the Architecture Design Doc. There is a need to calculate the network traffic related to SCCM day-to-day activities. So, are there any docs or excel grids with the info about packets size and/or hints on what we at least could monitor through a Sniffer?
Kind like..a link with a x bandwidth dedicating its 50% usage to SCCM will soffer of an over head of Y% during the daily SCCM activities. Also, info like the HW/SW inventory will generate a delta of 50kb per session. Basically any information related to network traffic generated by SCCM.
SMS 2003 had some decent documentation on be half of the subject; I cannot find any equally decent material on SCCM...so here I'm asking for suppport.

SCCM High Level Design Document

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:11:01 Z

I have been tasked to get an SCCM 2007 Design doucment in by early next week. I have told them i need more time, but they need it for a decision to change from Radia.

Wondering if anyone has any SMS or SCCM template HLD (or general design) documents.

I have most of the information I just am not sure what the best format to deliver it in is and what I should be including. Headings informtion, etc.

If no one has an SCCM but has an SMS one or knows where there is one,
that would be appreciated.

I have read the Microsoft SCCM IPD and although that is a great planning document, I need a quick win to getting this design document finished.

Appreciated,

Thanks

Upgrade SCCM R2 Eval edition

Tue, 05 May 2009 15:27:38 Z

Hi,

I have a SCCM 2007 R2 Eval installation which is about to end. How do I upgrade this to a full version? I have full version media but when I try to upgrade I get a message saying "Because the current installation is Configuration Manager 2007 Eval version, you do not have the option of upgrading the installation."

Please help. I really need to upgrade my eval edition. I started testing it with an eval edition because Microsoft told me that I would be able to upgrade it:
http://technet.microsoft.com/nb-no/configmgr/cc761485(en-us).aspx

I have also read this thread:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrdocs/thread/fee335d5-4ca7-4008-841e-4b1c72d4d4da
This thread says to just upgrade but I this does not work for me.

JonL

SCCM R2 and W2008 RODC

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:33:00 Z

We need to install and run SCCM onto W2008 Read Only Domain Controllers. (about 300 worldwide)

They need to co-exist on servers that are not capable of running a separate VM.

There are issues with configuring IIS and allowing anonymous access which on IIS6 is reasonably easily "fixed" with 2008/IIS7 it isnt.

I raised this before, and Thorsten mentioned that it was going to be addressed in the R2 RTM documentation. However I cannot seem to find anything relating to this.

any help very gratefully received.

Nick B

SCCM 2007 Documentation Offline Edition for December, 2008

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:42:56 Z

Where we can download the latest SCCM 2007 documentation December, 2008 Edition for offline read. I just found out Nov, 2007 Edition, but it is old.

Liu-xiang Chen

SCCM server load

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:22:36 Z

i wounder where i can find information on SCCM server load.
to be more precise - i'm planning for production deployment of single site server colocated with SQL and WSUS all together, servig approximately 1000 clients in mixed mode. I'll use stuff like software invetory, hardware inventory, asset intelegence, software metering etc. The site will host +- 250 packages (msi and Softgrid) with corresponding collections.
The idea is to put tempdb, database files, packages etc on separated disks located on a SAN. I need to know how heavy the load will be on the disks with tempdb and database files, to see if i can put it on our SAN without creating problems for our existing servers.

SCCM and System Center Integration

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:34:29 Z

Is there documentation that describes how SCCM integrates with SCOM to put systems into SCOM maintenance mode? How does it know which the SCOM server is the mangement server for a given client if there are multiple SCOM mangement groups? Is it based on the SCCM server’s SCOM Agent or is it based on the client’s agent? Would you have to multi-home a SCCM server to multiple SCOM management groups?

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Guide or Manual

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:22:04 Z

I am implementing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 I have never used this product I cannot find any step by step guide or documentation
can anyone advice on where to find the above.

Configuration Manager SuperFlow Showcase at MMS 2009 - Call to Action!

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:43:00 Z

Calling all MMS 2009 Attendees!

The Configuration Manager writing team has developed a new interactive content model that we call the SuperFlow, that some of you might have heard about. A SuperFlow is a downloadable tool that provides troubleshooting, process flow and other data flow information in an interactive format. We have several of these currently in development covering Configuration Manager topics such as Soiftware Updates, Operating System Deployment PxE Installation, and Client Installation Troubleshooting. Other Windows and System Center teams are also beginning to develop SuperFlows to support their products.

We would like to demonstrate the work we’ve been doing on this model – and get your feedback! - at this year’s MMS by scheduling a Birds of a Feather (BoF) Session. Here’s where we need your help!

BoF Sessions are selected through the vote of registered attendees. If enough folks select a session, then it gets scheduled. There is no obligation for you to actually attend the sessions you vote for. If you think this SuperFlow session would be of interest and value to yourself or other folks attending the conference, please vote for it by:

1. Signing into the MMS 2009 CommNet site using your credentials

2. Clicking BoF Survey from the menu on the left

3. Selecting “Configuration Manager SuperFlow Showcase” from the Commonly Requested Topics drop down list (should be the third from the top)

4. Enter in some text in the Proposed Abstract text box (like “Show me the SuperFlow”), or any other specific information you’d like to see about SuperFlows.

5. Then click submit.

* You can optionally include your name and/or email before submitting.

If the BoF session does not get selected, I will schedule a side meeting to demonstrate the SuperFlows. If you are interested in attending that side meeting if we need to schedule it, or if you have any questions in general about SuperFlows, please send an email to smsdocs@microsoft.com.

Thanks for your help!

Steve Kaczmarek

Content Publishing Manager, Configuration Manager Writing Team

Steven Kaczmarek

Vista SP1 Installations Deployed Using Operating System Deployment Cannot Hibernate

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:29:48 Z

The following documentation may prove useful for OSD users.

Vista SP1 Installations Deployed Using Operating System Deployment Cannot Hibernate

Issue

When the Configuration Manager 2007 operating system deployment feature is used to deploy a Vista SP1 image, a new boot configuration data (BCD) store is created using the BCD template. Configuration Manager 2007 explicitly creates the Boot Manger and Operating System objects from the BCD template, but allows the Resume object to be created implicitly by Windows Vista when it goes through mini-setup. Vista SP1 correctly generates the Resume object during mini-setup but the associated Resume settings objects are not generated. Because there are no Resume settings objects, hibernate functionality does not work.

Solution

To resolve this issue, run the following script on Vista SP1 computers deployed using Configuration Manager 2007 operating system deployment to create the missing Resume settings objects. To run the script type the following at a command prompt

cscript.exe /nologo scriptname.vbs

This script can be deployed in two scenarios:

· Run as part of the Vista SP1 deployment: Incorporate the script into the operating system deployment task sequence as a Run Command Line step once the new operating system is installed.

· Run after Vista SP installation: Incorporate the script into a software distribution package/program and then advertise it to existing computers previously deployed with Vista SP1 using Configuration Manager 2007 SP1.

Code Snippet

' Connect to WMI

set oLocator = CreateObject( "WbemScripting.SWbemLocator" )

set oRootWMI = oLocator.ConnectServer( ".", "root\wmi" )

oRootWMI.Security_.ImpersonationLevel = 3

' Connect to BCD

set oBCD = GetObject( "winmgmts:{impersonationlevel=Impersonate,(Backup,Restore)}!root/wmi:BcdStore")

if Err.number <> 0 then

WScript.Echo "ERROR: Failed to connect to BCD"

WScript.Quit(1)

end if

' Open the system store

if not oBCD.OpenStore( "", oBcdStore ) then

WScript.Echo "ERROR: Failed to open the system BCD store"

WScript.Quit(1)

end if

set oBCD = nothing

const ResumeLoaderSettingsBcdObject = "{1afa9c49-16ab-4a5c-901b-212802da9460}"

const GlobalSettingsBcdObject = "{7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}"

' Check to see if the {resumeloadersettings} object already exists

if oBcdStore.OpenObject( ResumeLoaderSettingsBcdObject, objWBM ) then

WScript.Echo "Resume Loader Settings object already exists in BCD"

WScript.Echo "No changes have been made to the system"

WScript.Quit(1)

end if

WScript.Echo "Creating new {resumeloadersettings} object..."

if not oBcdStore.CreateObject( ResumeLoaderSettingsBcdObject, &h20200004, oResumeSettings) then

WScript.Echo "ERROR: Failed to create the BCD object"

end if

if not oResumeSettings.SetObjectListElement(&h14000006, Array(GlobalSettingsBcdObject )) then

WScript.Echo "ERROR: Failed to set the Inherit element"

end if

WScript.Echo "Finished updating BCD"

Nathan Barnett

MSD UA

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SCCM Documentation

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:35:59 Z

Hi,

What is the best book to buy for SCCM. I need something that explains how this program works in terms of Software deployments, queries, and how to setup Os installs etc etc as well as Assest Inteligence.

Documention update verbose logging

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:32:59 Z

Hi,

When we look at the following article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633406.aspx

It states that after enabling verbose logging the log is saved in the path:
<InstallationPath>\AdminUI\SMSAdminUI.log

The actual path is:
<InstallationPath>\AdminUI\AdminUILog\SMSAdminUI.log

Thanks,

Jannes

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SQL 2008 features required for SCCM 2007?

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:21:23 Z

What SQL 2008 features are required for SCCM 2007?