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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 - MVP | with no comments

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

Configuration Manager 2007 SDK (V4.0)
29 June 2008 21:33

I noticed that the Configuration Manager SDK link that is shown on www.microsoft.com/smserver is turning up a page not found, it points to http://mscompub/dmt/dialogs/preview/preview.aspx?d=preview&user=deniselr&familyid=064a995f-ef13-4200-81ad-e3af6218edcc&languageid=f49e8428-7071-4979-8a67-3cffcb0c2524 .... which is obviously an invalid URL for... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | 2 comment(s)

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

Remove User\Group from Local Group on a machine and add a domain User or Group
07 November 2007 14:49

Wrote another script, this one will look for a user\group in a specified local group on a machine, remove it, then insert a User or Group. Handy if you want to remove GroupX and replace it with GroupY, or remove a user and replace with a group, works in any combination. If you use this, test test test as I wrote it over a lunchbreak and did enough testing to... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, Scripting

SMS2003 - Phantom Site Components
23 October 2007 12:22

Picture the following: You upgrade an SMS 2.0 Child Site server to SMS2003, this sites Parent Site server is already SMS2003. A few days later you notice on the Parent Site server that there are still SMS 2.0 components present in the Site Status \ Site Component list for the Child site. Two Components that might be shown are: LICENSE_METERING (Part of Software... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS

Hotfix rollup package for SMS2003 SP3 client
12 October 2007 17:35

MS have released a post SMS2003 SP3 Client hotfix rollup As the hotfix says, you can only apply this to SP3 SMS2003 AdvCli's Here's the link Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS

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 - MVP | 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 - MVP | 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 - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS, System Center

SMS2003: Elegent but Brutal solution to a rogue SMS Site server!
22 August 2007 14:39

Here's a scenario, which most of you will hopefully NEVER encounter! You're SMS environment is both centrally and locally managed. You have SMS Administrators at the top tier watering the hierarchy, making sure it's all green-lighted and healthy. You have admins at some of the down-level sites maintaining their sites health Now say that the Centralised support... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS

SMS2003: Managing SMS Status Filter Rules
17 August 2007 16:25

Today I had to deal with Status Filter Rules on multiple SMS2003 Primary site servers that where being wiped and replaced by an OS Patch. The OS patch is being rolled out across the corporation, it shouldn't touch SMS but it does, every company has it's quirks ;-) And, as a result, I am starting to see sites not returning any status messages due to the OS patch... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS

SMS2003: Published another VBscript to do mundane things
02 August 2007 11:35

I wrote a quick script to generate RDP session shortcuts to all my SMS Site servers. And i've uploaded it here for general consumption I tend to generate the RDP sessions once in a while, to cover any new\removed SMS Site servers, put them on a network share somewhere then shortcut the folder back to my Start Menu so it expands out when I hover out it. Makes... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS

Book review: SMS 2003 Recipes
27 July 2007 15:51

SMS 2003 Recipes by Greg Ramsey and Warren Byle As always, a long way behind the rest of pack on this one. The books been out for several months but I just picked it up, and thought i'd write up a quick review here. Each chapter is neatly devoted to a particular function of SMS. The chapters are: Getting Started SMS Site Administration Collections Packages\Programs... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, Community

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 - MVP | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: SMS, System Center

Mapping you're SMS2003 Environment
10 July 2007 16:11

Found this handy article in the July 2007 edition of Technet Magazine, describing an excellent Hierarchy mapping tool written up by Jeff Tondt. Qoute: A picture is worth a thousand words. This familiar proverb refers to the idea that complex stories can be told with just a single image, or that an image can be more influential than even a substantial amount of... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS

SMS2003 Service Pack 1/2/3 - Hotfixes
10 July 2007 10:26

I was trawling for all the SMS2003 Hotfixes that have been released, pulled the info together and thought it'd be handy to paste as a Blogicle. Yes, i've made up yet another word! Collapsing Blog and Article in to a perfectly formed combination of letters! Give it a few years and this will enter the Oxford Dictionary alongside Google, Blog and Chav! SMS2003 SP3... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS