michaelhbt

Hi, just had a horrible experience attempting to upgrade from SCCM2012R2 to 1511CB due to a number of reasons (DRS, Cert expiries, database versions, content corruption, permission changes etc) Our current environment is a CAS (1) - [10gb] - PRI (1) - [1mb] - Sec (5); I know this is wrong! I was considering moving to PRI - [1mb] - SEC (so we can control traffic, as its a single 1mb link for 30-40 people) What I cannot seem to find out is if you can do a migration without all the content (about 200gb) redistributing itself to the Secondaries? If I created new shared DP servers alongside the secondaries in the old environment can I copy the content folders off the secondaries and avaoid a 200gb avalanche?

Hi, Im wanting to implement a fix for java exception's by using a user profile based exceptions.sites list. I have the compliance remediation working to append the sites I want to the file but cannot figure out how to allow a per-user detection of the file as a configuration item? The file is at %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security Within the setting type for registry I can see HKCU as an option, I can detect other files using full paths but if I try to detect a file using %userprofile% it doesnt work?

Have some remote sites on ~256k links planning on implementing primaries at each site (no we cannot use secondaries). Packages have all bee prestaged but I was wondering if it were possible to initialize the global data from the CAS by copying the "Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\rcm.box\configuration data.pub" file on to the primary manually and copying data manually? Is it easier to build the primary site locally, do a backup, copy the backup and do a restore on the site?

Thats for that, checks out using a package is the only way to have regular updates driven by sccm. Have to use a DP as the laptops are usually offsite and want to take advantage of branchcache if I can. I could script it but would need to stage the data with a script first, its a limitation of using an appliance for the wiki, I cant edit the contents of the share, they are wiped out on reboot. I didnt want the extra step of scheduling an export and adding the file, but I guess I could have 2 packages or a prestart command or use a task sequence. Still no luck on using sccm variables inside a package, unless its a task sequence. Seems to work as is so in the interest of keeping it simple, I think I'll leave it

Is the application script installation behaviour set to System or User. If its system whten you want be able to resolve %userprofile% to the currently logged on user. You could either split the script into 2 applications, one to install the app as system and the other to install the user settings, or Push out the settings using group policy preferences? Also might want add it to C:\Users\Default for future users

Forgive me if this question is really obvious but am having one of those days. I have a directory of data that I need to deploy to client machines. Its the content of a wiki and is used for an offline version so it needs a script to run around it. What I would like to do is have a package download every week to the client machine and another package run the script to import the data. I cant keep the script with the data source as far as I can tell, its an appliance like device that basically shares it read only on SMB. So I have it peared down to a single robocopy command. Ive tested the data download and it works OK. Will it re-download on clients when I refresh the package and keep it up to date? Should I be using an application instead of a package? Or should I *shudder* look at using SCUP to deploy the weekly updates? and one a bit more tricky Is it possible to pass variables to the robocopy command from the SCCM environment, specifically the package version (eg: robocopy /mir %~dp0 c:\wiki /log+:c:\wiki\packagecopy_version%SCCM Package Version%.log

Im moving our OS deployment to SCCM and am looking into driver deployment. From what I have read, the most common approach is how its always been done, create a Vendor folder, create all the associated Models and use a WMI query to target every model in the TS. Given the convergence of drivers from the big 3 manufacturers across their models in the past 5 years is it practical to ditch the idea of a model folder and leave it to a simple manufacturer query with a larger set of drivers. Is there an upper limit to how many drivers the TS can accommodate?

I know this thread is a little old, but I have come across a situation where an application wouldnt work. I am trying to deploy HKCU settings using a simple "regedit /s file.reg" I published the application to a user collection and the user experience is set to 'Install for a User','only when the user is logged on' The result is that the regentries appear in the SYSTEM HKCU Hive When I recreate the application as a package, set it to Run only when user logged in and 'Run with User rights' The result is that it appears in the currently logged in Users HKCU hive. What am I missing?

Followed and seen plenty of how to set up each component videos but trying to get my head around some more practical howto scenairos. In my current MDT environment I use the windows 7 install.wim in a task sequence, add drivers and packages and include list of application installers (silent setup commands) that live in the mdt the windows update to get a running system (about 30-40 mins). In SCCM 2012 I can see how users and devices can receive applications or packages and how a vanilla OS is deployed and could see how you could 'package' a bundle of applications and deploy them but I am a little confused as the most appropriate way to string the methods together. What I want is something like: computer with brand X (say HP 6430p) needs a reimage, PXE boot or run Software Centre (if its already on the network and running) Choose the task sequence (or auto select like in mdt?) Windows 7 Image loads on it Drivers Loaded from a %MAKE% variable Packages load (IE10 and SCCM Client and maybe some others) Reboot Applications load in sequence (currently have 6 builds - 15 to 45 applications depending on build) Reboots at vairous stages User then Logs on to a machine and loads their 'own' apps Is this kind of thing best achevied in a single task sequence or are there better methods. Any pointers to how to better put sccm together would be great