SCCM, SCCM 2012

Packages content status stuck on “in Progress” in SCCM 2012

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Hi Sysadmins

Recently I noticed that my SCCM 2012 sp1 CU1 stopped distributing content to remote DPs.

Troubleshooting this problem has been a pain so I thought I’d share this with you.

This apply to : SCCM 2012 / SCCM 2012 sp1 / SCCM 2012 sp1 CU1

The Problem:

  1. Distribution points doesn’t get the content you distribute to them from the primary server.

  2. When you look at a package deployment status you see the package status stuck on ‘in progress’:

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SCCM, SCCM 2012

Create SCCM 2012 boundaries and boundary groups

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Hi SysAdmins

If you are managing your enterprises’ servers and workstations with SCCM 2012 (as you should do) ,

you probably will need to build boundaries, boundary groups and add these boundaries to boundary groups.

This will make sure that the site server DP that you join with a specific boundary group will distribute content only to workstations in its associated boundaries.

This was known as protected boundary in SCCM 2007.

If you need to create SCCM 2012 boundaries and boundary groups automatically without repeating the process over and over,

The following Powershell script will receive a list of data from a .CSV file and create boundaries and boundary groups respectively.

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Enable Remote Desktop remotely by using remote registry

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Hi SysAdmins

I bet the following scenario happened to you:

You install a server, configure it, install the required programs, set its IP address etc..

After half a day of work (since you didn’t create an image) you send the server to its remote location.

When the server arrives to its site and the local technician plugs it in,

you discover that you forgot a small but very important V: Allow remote connection to this computer.

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SCCM 2012

Prerequisites for SCCM 2012 sp1 Operating System Deployment

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Hi System Admins

What are the prerequisites for sccm 2012 sp1 operating system deployment ?

Before you can jump into building OSD on SCCM 2012 you will need to prepare your environment.

You need to install and configure the following prerequisites before starting experimenting on OS Deployment.

  • Distribution point – stores OS images and content for the task sequence. You must have on if you intend to deploy images to a remote site.
  • WDS service – provides PXE services and multicast support. Install WDS from the server manager > add roles wizard.

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Workstation Upgrade Consideration Guide

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Hi SysAdmin

This guide will help you decide if adding more RAM, or upgrade the CPU will solve slow performance problems.

You can find out if memory or CPU upgrade is needed by configuring Performance Monitor to track memory and CPU usage.

You can then interpret the results and decide whether upgrade will improve the performance.

Use this guide before adding more RAM or upgrading CPU to a system with slow performance.

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