[Time to install program]

what advertisement settings did you select ?

 

Advertisement time is 8/10/2010 11:20 am

Assignment: As soon as possible

Enable wake on LAN: Not checked

Ignore maintenance windows when running program: Not checked

Allow system restart outside maintenance windows: Not checked

Priority: High

Program rerun behavior: Rerun if failed previous attempt

[Deploy software with batch file]

Can I deploy a program that uses a batch file for installation? The batch file calls the installer but also deletes some shortcuts, adds a new shortcut and registers a component. Is this at all possible to do? Is there a better way to do all of this?

[Time to install program]

I am trying to test the distribution of program in SCCM. My test program is Adobe Reader. I've deployed the package and advertised it. If I run the report "All advertisements for a specific package" and drill down, I see that the computer accepted the program at 1:25:15 PM and was "waiting" at 1:25:16 PM. That was almost 55 minutes ago. The link between the server and client is 1 gig so the network shouldn't be a bottle neck. I would have thought that the deployment would be a lot faster than this. Should it take this long (and longer since it hasn't installed yet) to install programs? Is there any way to speed it up?

[Upgrade software]

this is a good way (there are many)

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1166-fully-automated-application-groups/

 

Thanks for the link but I don't see where it explains the best way to do an upgrade... Do I just create a new deployment package and send it out that way?

[Upgrade software]

What is the best way to upgrade software with SCCM? Lets say my computers have an old version of Adobe Reader that I installed with SCCM (say 9.3.0) and now I want to update them all to the newest version (9.3.3). Any suggestions on the best way to do this?

[SCCM setup and configuration questions]

assuming the Reporting Role is installed on your site server, go into the Reporting node, click on Reports and locate the following report

All advertisements

 

you can run that report by right clicking on it, choose Run, then when the results appear select the advertisement in question and drill further into it

 

When I try to run a report, I get prompted for a username and password and then get an http error 404.3 - Not Found error. Any ideas?

[SCCM setup and configuration questions]

have you tried drilling into the reports for the package in question it should reveal the details of why it's waiting

 

dfs shares are not used by configmgr, if you want to replicate data you'll need to use configmgr to do it or manually do it using the preloadpkgonsite.exe program for that particular package.

 

How do I get the reports?

[SCCM and WSUS]

It all depends on why you have all those WSUS servers on the remote sites...

 

The SCCM Clients can all look at the same WSUS server (with Software Update Point) as long as its within the same SCCM Site. The SCCM Clients can download the Updates from the Distribution Points (eventually at the remote sites).

 

I have all of the WSUS servers because each site is connected to the main site by various speed connections (most are T1 speeds) and it is a lot quicker and less painful to have computers at each site download updates from a local server.

[SCCM setup and configuration questions]

I'm setting up SCCM for testing right now and have a few questions. I followed the guide http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1064-sccm-2007-guides/ First off, under "Software Distribution", it is showing the application has been advertised to 3 computers, 1 hasn't been started and 2 are waiting. I know it has installed on 1 of the computers though. Why doesn't it say that one was installed? Why are there still 2 "waiting"?

 

We currently use Group Policy to install software and have DFS set up to replicate the software to our remote sites (which we have 11 of, all with various connection speeds and types) I.E. Group policy is set to install the software from \\<domain>\software\ so that each location installs from the local copy and not over the slow site link. Is there a way that I can have SCCM continue to use my DFS share for software distribution? Would I set up a SCCM server at each location?

[SCCM and WSUS]

I currently have WSUS at my work. I have my main WSUS server and 11 downstream replica servers at remote sites. I am now testing SCCM to see if it will work better than our current system for deploying software and imaging computers. I would also like to integrate WSUS with it. Here's my question... Would I still need all of my WSUS servers or could I get rid of all but one?