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ConfigMgr : Using Task Sequences to deploy more than Operating Systems
08 September 2008 15:14

I thought i'd write up a quicky blog post on using the ConfigMgr Task Sequence to deploy Software Packages, and reveal select parts of the functionality available to you to accomplish the task. Open up your ConfigMgr console, navigate to the Operating System Deployment node and right click "Task Sequences" 1. Select “Create a new custom task... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, ConfigMgr 2007, Task Sequence

ConfigMgr 2007 Console
05 September 2008 13:31

I thought I’d check out the ConfigMgr 2007 Console MMC; see how it goes on, where its settings reside and whether I can bring anything new to the current knowledge base. Unfortunately, I don’t bring anything new to the table; instead I’m just consolidating knowledge in to one place. There seems to be two locations for the console, the registry... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, System Center. Configuration Manager 2007, ConfigMgr 2007, ConfigMgr Console

ConfigMgr 2007 RTM\SP1 - Component Status Summarizer acting like a dead duck?
28 August 2008 11:06

This issue won't impact many of you, and to induce the following behaviour you really need to go toggle some values most SMS Admins leave well alone. Hence why this one hasn't been spotted in the wild (there is a technet forum thread on this ...). Have you noticed in your environment that your Component Status Summarization data is not being replicated... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, SCCM2007, System Center. Configuration Manager 2007, ConfigMgr 2007, ConfigMgr 2007 SP1, ConfigMgr RTM

Configuration Manager - List of log files
26 August 2008 16:05

... More a reference for me really, List of Log Files in Configuration Manager 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892800.aspx Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, SCCM2007, System Center. Configuration Manager 2007, ConfigMgr 2007, Log Files

ConfigMgr SP1 installation causes BSOD
22 August 2008 11:27

Had an interesting problem yesterday, ConfigMgr RTM upgrade to SP1 two thirds of the way through induced a BSOD. Hard to troubleshoot, system reboots and all you're left with is a minidump (depending on your OS configuration for debugging) and a partially completed ConfigMgrSetup log file. ConfigMgrSetup log file indicates that the failure point took place... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: System Center, SCCM2007, System Center. Configuration Manager 2007, ConfigMgr 2007, ConfigMgr Upgrade, ConfigMgr 2007 SP1

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

VMWare countering?
23 July 2008 15:25

Article up on The Register about VMWare http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/vmware_q2_2008_earnings/ Cut through all the fancy figures, and diatribe and you get to what I think is the tucked away jewel in this story (for VMWare) ... ESXi (the light-weight version) will be free at the next release. And, what's the odds that the ESXi light-weight version... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, Microsoft, Hyper-V, VMWare

Looking for a UK based ConfigMgr admin
21 July 2008 12:32

Isn't it funny, as that saying goes, you wait around for a bus and three come along at once. Well I've not been waiting for a bus, instead I've been waiting around for some exceptional ConfigMgr projects to get stuck in too. I'm taken care of now, but wonder if there are any UK ConfigMgr consultants\contractors out there that are twiddling their... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, Community, SCCM2007, System Center. Configuration Manager 2007, Work, Contract

WMUG Event on the 15th of July 2008
21 July 2008 12:21

I just cannot believe it was only last Tuesday that we had the WMUG meeting take place. The days since just seem to have slide by, with hardly a chance to come up for air and jump on to the WMUG site. A big thank you to all that attended. A good time was had by all it seems, with great feedback on what you want to do at these events. We had (for us) an amazing... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, Community, WMUG Event

Configuration Manager 2007 SDK (V4.0) - Part 2
29 June 2008 23:04

Doh, had to correct a URL in my previous post The Configuration Manager 2007 SDK link on http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/default.mspx is still pointing at an invalid address ... pinged customer services to let them know, but doubt i'm the first ;-) Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

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

WMUG Site Poll: SCCM in Mixed or Native mode
11 June 2008 15:16

I've just put up a poll on the WMUG website, i'm trying to gauge how many people will go for a Native mode implementation of SCCM. WMUG SCCM Mixed or Native mode Poll Apologies but the site is not setup for anonymous posting (spambots and trolls abound), so you'll need to sign in to participate. Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, SCCM2007, Microsoft, WMUG, Mixed, Native, Poll

WMUG Event - 12th May - Microsoft Reading Campus
14 May 2008 11:58

Yesterday evening, the latest WMUG event took place at the Microsoft Reading Campus. We had a great turnout, lots of questions asked of the MS Speaker (Paul Collins) who overviewed the System Center product range, and Gordon Mckenna who as usual, spent most of the Recap of MMS 2008 allocated time talking about Operations Manager! Unfortunately, David Scambler... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, Community, WMUG Event, Microsoft

Microsoft Technet On the Road - London venue - Jan 15th 2008
02 January 2008 13:45

If you live in the London area, or can easily commute in; then might be worth making some time to attend the day-long Microsoft event taking place, to promote the System Center range of products * System Center: Manage your core infrastructure from De sktop to Datacenter 15 January 2008 09:15 - 15 January 2008 16:45 GMT, London Welcome Time: 08:30 Event Overview... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, Community

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Product Feature Quizzes
21 November 2007 15:26

Steven Bink just blogged about this, thought it is worth reposting here: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Product Feature Quizzes Overview The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 User Assistance team has created a set of quizzes to help you assess your understanding of the dependencies and requirements for key features of Configuration Manager. These... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: System Center, Community, SCCM2007

Interview: The MS System Center Product Teams
15 November 2007 16:06

Members! We have a great opportunity to put together questions for the Microsoft System Center Product Teams, that will form the basis of a series of Interviews over the coming months. It would be great to get some questions put together that come from the Community itself, rather than just ones the WMUG team can generate. It would be really cool if any of you... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: System Center, Community