sms dist man backlog can't clean it up
I'm starting a new thread on this so I can begin fresh. Using the Copy Package Wizard, by mistake, I deployed all OSD driver packages to all 50 secondary sites. As a result each secondary site has...
View Articlehow to block a user to add the DP
Hi ,I need one solution that how to block users to add dp/bdp to the package.I.e I created one package in CEN for testing . So as per SCCM hierarchy this package should be downgraded to the below site...
View ArticleSCCM 2007 deploy msi and need to enter info when prompted
Hello,I need to deploy a msi. When I run the msi from my pc it prompts for a server name.How can I deploy it with SCCM 2007 and have it automatically enter the server name? So users do not have to...
View ArticlePackage is gone but still gets reported on
I'm having a very weird issue. I have a secondary site. I removed a driver package from this site. I confirmed the package was gone. I looked at the Package Status on both the Primary and Central...
View Articlepackages not getting to dp's at all
we have 6 secondary sites that no packages get too. No .tar files, no .pkc files nothing. Yet, in the DISTMAN.LOG file I do see calls to the package IDs in question. .Sent package server list...
View ArticleAdvertisement Status report not updating - Failed to send status message...
I had a task sequence deployment to about 60 servers this morning at 6AM. The report is showing accepted only, it has not updated any results. I checked the servers manually and the package did...
View Articlesilent mandatory installtion never occurs
Hello,Im newbie to SCCM, I am using SCCM 2007 configured as following:Windows Server 2008 R2 forest level.installed on W2K8 R2.MS SQL 2008 R2.I can advertise both normal interactive installation and...
View Articlepackage won't go away
We have many packages that continue to generate hundreds of thousands of status message for SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER. Every 10 seconds they generate a new message.SMS Distribution Manager...
View ArticleI have configured some SCCM queries and now I want to see the results on a...
Dear All,I have setup some custom SCCM queries, and now I want to import the query data into a report so that I can then import it to an excel or PDF format and send it to my boss or others asking for...
View ArticleHow to Advertise Task Sequence thru vbscript / Powershell
Hi Team,I have an automation script which publishes a package in SCCM. Package, program, collection, advertisement all are working fine. While dealing with multiple dependency packages, we took the...
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Task sequence to deploy Application: how to force SCCM not to bypass the...
Dear all,is there a way to pre-cache the package locally, when a TS run:in our customer we use TS for SW Distribution because of two main Advantages (User Experience (GUI, something is Happening, I...
View ArticlePowershell Script to check the size of the folder and number of sub-folders...
Hi Techies, I want a script to check the size of SMSPKGE$ folder and the number of folders inside it in a Branch Distribution Point. I have the script to check the size of the folder and number of...
View ArticlePCK deletion
Example: I donot want a package anymore from a single DP.So I delete it. but still respective package PCK files persists in the SMSPKG folder.can we delete that PCK file? if yes, is there ways? manual...
View ArticleFailed to process package X after 72 retries
Hi all,I have this error on distmgr.logStoredPkgVersion (4) of package CS9000BF. StoredPkgVersion in database is 4. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 11/12/2013 5:20:00 PM 7960 (0x1F18)SourceVersion (4) of...
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I'm need of a script that removes the packages which are in 'Waiting to install package' state from a Distribution point. Am getting error in reading -namespace syntax.This is my code$pkg =...
View ArticlePulling from wrong DP
We have a remote city that has it's own secondary site. This sec-site is also a MP and DP. But all advertised packages when deployed to this city don't pull from the local sec-site, they all come...
View ArticleAdvertisements not showing on client install of 2007 SP1
When viewing Software Distribution > Advertisements on my Windows 7 32 bit machine i cant see any of the advertisements i have created. I can create them fine and they appear under advertisement...
View Articlei Have a problem in installing .MSI file from .bat file
Executing program msiexec /i \\SCCMSRDK001\DLP\AgentInstall64.msi /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Manufacturer\Endpoint Agent\" ENDPOINTSERVER="10.11.97.61:8002" KEY=""...
View ArticleSoftware Distribution Stuck on In-Progress after installing CU2 for SCCM 2012...
First, I have uninstalled SCCM and reinstall due to the below issue. I have a standalone primary site with SQL 2012 (that is patched fully) that runs the following roles - DP, Endpoint Protection, all...
View ArticleDeploying Software through AD groups when migrating from 2007 to 2012
Hi there, Currently we run SCCM 2007 r2 supporting roughly 1200 computers. We use SCCM quite aggressively with a combination of virtual & physical apps along with the usual windows patching etc. I...
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