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Software Update Management- SCCM 2012

The below post explains the end to end process of software updates management in SCCM 2012 Pre-requisites: 1.  WSUS Server (WSUS 3.0 SP2 ) should be installed on the SCCM site server or if you want to install WSUS on another server, it is important that you install WSUS administration console as the SCCM Server uses API. This  link explains the step by step procedure to install WSUS 3.0 SP2 2. Install SUP-Software Update Point on the SCCM Server . 3. Reporting Services Point: Install reporting services point role as described in this link . 4. Client agent: The software update client agent should be enabled(will be enabled by default) and the settings have to specified as per the requirement. On SCCM console, go to Administration>Site Configuration>Client settings>Right click on Default client settings> Click on Properties. If required, we can create custom client settings and then enable client settings for that settings. Unde

Creating a Collection in SCCM 2012

The good thing about collections in SCCM 2012 is we have separate nodes for Users and Devices Collections helping us to segregate in a better way. There is a new node called “Assets and Compliance” that deals with the users, systems, metering and compliance settings. While creating collections, we now have an option to include or exclude certain collections from the newly created collection. This is highly useful when you have to maintain an infrastructure where there are validated machines and the management doesn’t want to bring those machines under the radar. Here, I am creating a device collection that consists of Windows 7 operating system machines. 1. Go to Assets and Compliance> Right click on Device collections> Click on Create Device collection. 2.    General tab: Enter the collection name: here it is “All Windows 7 Systems” Enter description, and most importantly click on browse and select a limiting collection. Limiting collection has to be sp

CWmi::Connect(): ConnectServer(Namespace) failed - 0x80041001 error

This is a WMI error that we get during installation of SCCM client agents. First approach should be to re-register ".dll and mof files". It can be achieved by running the below script as a batch file. cd C:\windows\system32\wbem FOR /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s net stop /y winmgmt FOR /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s net start winmgmt If this doesn't solve the problem, we can go with renaming or deletion of repository folder from the below path. %windir%\System32\wbem\Repository Below  steps can be followed to rename or delete the repository folder : 1.  Go to services, stop and DISABLE the "WINDOWS MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION" service 2. Rename the "repository" folder as "repository.old" from %windir%\System32\wbem\Repository path  3. Go to services window, enable and start  the "WINDOWS MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION" service 4. Once the service is start

SCCM 2012 Site Server Installation-Primary Stand alone

This post is a step by step procedure on how to install SCCM 2012 Site Server and also preparing the Windows Server 2008 R2 for SCCM server installation. SCCM 2012 SP1 Software is used here, you can download from the below Microsoft link. http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com//dl/download/D/7/9/D792FC0F-D278-43CB-8ABB-ECAF2A52DAA7/SC2012_SP1_RTM_SCCM_SCEP.exe AD schema has to be extended, the steps mentioned in the below  link can be used for the same. http://being-sccmadmin.blogspot.in/2013/04/extend-active-directory-schema-for.html If the schema is extended for SCCM 2007 already, there is no need to extend the schema again for SCCM 2012. * Install SQL Server 2008 R2 as per the steps mentioned in the below link. http://being-sccmadmin.blogspot.in/2013/04/installation-of-sql-server-2008-r2-for.html Install SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Cumulative Update 6 or Install SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2. I have installed SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Cumulative update 6 here. Register SPN

Installing Windows ADK for SCCM 2012 SP1

Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is a pre-requisite for installing SCCM 2012 SP1 successfully. You can download it from the below Microsoft link. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652 1. Run adksetup.exe to start the installation.    Specify Location: Specify the installation location and click next. 2.   Join the customer experience Improvement program (CEIP) Select “Yes” if you want to join or “No” if not as desired.  3 .  License Agreement      Click “Accept” on the License agreement. 4.  Select the features you want to install:     Select                 *Deployment tools                 *Windows Pre-Installation Environment (Windows PE)                 *User State Migration Tool (USMT)     And click Install as shown. 5. After that, installing features window comes up.Once the installation is completed, the below screen appears. Click close.

Pre-downloading the Prerequisite files for SCCM 2012

Pre-downloading the Prerequisites for SCCM 2012 During the installation of SCCM 2012, we have to specify how the pre-requisite files are downloaded. There are two options   1. Download the files at the time of installation if there is internet connectivity to SCCM server.  2. Pre-download the files when there is no internet connectivity. How to pre-download the files is explained below. 1. Open the installation media of SCCM 2012 and browse to the SMSSETUP\BIN\X64 directory. 2. Search for a file named “ SetupDL.exe”  3. Open a command prompt with administrative privileges on any machine that has internet connectivity. 4. Run the setupdl.exe and specify the download location.