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ConfigMgr client install failure - Errors 1708 & 1603 in
22 August 2008 11:13

Seen an interesting issue where the CCMSETUP parameters incorrectly specify MP as SMSMP, resulting in failure and exotic errors appearing in the CLIENT.MSI and CCMSETUP logs: Just need to fire up CLIENT.MSI in SMSTRACE, find Return value 3 and you'll possibly see the following: WARNING: The path passed for the TRK file is empty. SMSMP cannot be specified... Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center, SCCM2007, System Center. Configuration Manager 2007, ConfigMgr 2007, CCMSETUP

SMS2003 MCP Exam 70-089
05 October 2007 01:21

I took the SMS2003 70-089 MCP exam today. 40 of the easiest questions i've ever had to answer! Got a score of 984 out of 1000 (that's worth some bragging rights surely?!?!), I must of missed a question :< I did hardly any prep-work for this exam . I use the product daily, and I think as long as you're up on the product and the feature packs you'll... Read More...

by Rob | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, System Center, Community

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Eval
24 September 2007 00:34

SMS V4, aka SCCM2007, was released without much fanfare on Friday 24th August. You can eval the product here . I'm not too impressed with the release of SCCM2007. I'm a member of several distlists, even on the SCCM Beta, and yet I didn't get a single email announcing the release of the product. It just seemed to appear on the scene and was propped... Read More...

by Rob | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, System Center

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (what a mouthful!) goes RTM!!!
28 August 2007 10:30

SCCM2007 is now RTM! Wow, cannot wait to start administrating this product in production. Happy days! Rather than redo what's out there, I might as well link straight back to Rod Trents posting that qoutes Bill Anderson Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center

System Center Configuration Manager (aka SMS V4) is now Release Candidate
25 July 2007 16:53

The Microsoft SMS homepage is touting the RC for SMS V4 (build 5831) System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Release Candidate Now Available Release Candidate (RC) 1 of the next release of Systems Management Server (SMS), entitled System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available for download. With major investments in simplicity, configuration, deployment... Read More...

by Rob | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, System Center

SMS2003 SP3 Webcast - Wally Mead
20 June 2007 09:41

Good webcast, seemed to be focused on people with no SP3 exposure to date. The webcast, I took away the following: The SMS2003 ICP packs for SP3 will be released at the end of this month SMS2003 SP3 now supports SQL2005 (RTM, sp1, sp2) Asset Intelligence is essentially a feature pack Current OSDFPU is supported on SMS2003 SP3 ITMU V3 supported on SMS2003 SP3... Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center

More SMS2003 SP3 Content!
16 May 2007 13:44

Christopher Stauffer has compiled more info on SP3 in to a document, see here . Good work Chris, Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center

SMS2003 Service Pack 3
14 May 2007 17:53

Thought i’d throw together an overview of SP3. It’s what i’ve found since playing with it, and certainly isn’t meant to detail every aspect of the Service Pack or go in to detail on how to use the new reports that comprise Asset Intelligence. I hear that Wally Mead is lining up to make a blogcast covering SP3 (I think Rod Trent at MyITForum mentioned it), cannot... Read More...

by Rob | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, System Center

IT Idiots
14 May 2007 13:42

Was talking to Nicky Curtis about a short term contract, whether the work could be done in a handful of days or not, when the conversation shifted towards “community”. And what a suprise, he’s been running a website called IT Idiots that provides free-training blogcasts and other stuff. Check it out :-) Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center, Community

SMS2003 Service Pack 3
09 May 2007 14:26

I am in the middle of writing a review of SMS2003 SP3 for a company who wants to see what business impact and benefits they get from deploying it immediately. Well I found something funny in the documentation ... If you download SMS2003 SP3 and check out the documentation, click the Release Notes and .... SMS 2003 SP1 release notes are displayed!!! Doh! Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center

Roger Zanders "SMS Client Spy" - English Documentation released
27 April 2007 16:01

Great news! Roger Zander's SMS2003 Client tools utility called " SMS Client Spy " now has english documentation . Myself and Sherry Kissinger put some time in to translating, so as to help describe the tools powerful features, and clarify some of the more obscure. If you haven't looked at this tool, then follow this link to install it from the web, or here to... Read More...

by Rob | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, System Center

SMS2003 Webcasts
23 April 2007 13:27

I thought I would put together a list of available Webcasts for SMS2003 and related components. This list is not comprehensive, just what was taken from the following page on the Technet website . Applying SMS Updates to an Advanced Client (Level 300) Best Practices: Security Update Management with Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200) Choosing the Right... Read More...

by Rob | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center