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what version of mdt are you using ? the error doesnt tell me much, i'd prefer to see the whole smsts.log so that i can see what has succeeded or failed prior to this.. is your computername being detected correctly by the webservice a few steps up ? that's where the name of the backup file is located and that could be the cause of your error

can you attach the smsts.log so i can see exactly where it's failing

raise a ticket with Microsoft CSS and see what they advise

where is the log file ? i dont see it anywhere

glad to here it !

I'm curious why you want to temporarily disable it, can you share the reason ? you could uninstall it using scepinstall.exe /u /s then reinstall it when needed.

well the other option is to create two deployments one with everything targeting all but your excluded computers, and the other with everything but ONE update, targeting only your 'excluded' computers.

in the collection that has software updates deployed to it, right click, choose Properties, click on the Membership Rules tab, then in the Add Rule drop down menu, choose Exclude Collection, and point it to the collection containing computers you want to exclude from this deployment

well you'll need to change USMTvalue to UDdir, the correct values should be in the R2 download I included (it has all the fixes in it), which reminds me, why haven't you upgraded to R2 ?

hi and welcome ! what we need to troubleshoot this is your smsts.log file, you'll find it in c:\windows\ccm\smstslog\smsts.log when it fails

ok and you have integrated MDT 2012 with Configuration Manager ? please post a screenshot of the exact error you see when you try to import

which of the files are you trying to import exactly ? and what version of Configuration Manager are you using ?

try twitter, it's pretty 'live', follow most the the Configuration Manager MVP's and you'll most likely get answers

thanks ! don't worry about the import errors they are normal as you don't have those packages (or you do and you just need to change the steps to point to them) here's a list of references in my task sequence

did you grab the smsts log ?

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hi there and thanks, good question I checked with Microsoft and they stated that the Windows Phone Software Development Kit mandates that the SSP (Self Service Portal) itself needs to be side loaded, and you can’t sideload it without the Symantec certificate. So even if you don't intend deploying sideloading apps you need the SSP to manage the phone, so yes you need the Symantec Certificate, this is the current situation, it may change in the future and if it does i'll update you cheers niall

sounds like a bad network connection, check for a valid ip when it fails, can you ping the fqdn of the management point ? also, we need the smsts.log file, it will be in x:\windows\temp\smstslog at this point.

can you attach the smsts logs so i can take a look ?

nope it's not needed in the deploy task sequence.

well if it wasn't speeding up WDS then was it this ?

take a look at my guide on workgroup computers here, it might give you some ideas.

I'd go with what the SQL guru says, it's just a database after all, however, take a backup first of course ! let us know how you get on

is the site server runnning out of disc space by any chance ? have you tried rebooting it ?

hi there are you capturing the image using this method ? if not, try it and have you tried deploying the captured wim using this method ?