Jason Sandy’s has a great blog explaining ConfigMgr Package/Program retry behavior including the Retry return/exit/error codes and how often the retry occurs. One bit of info missing from the blog that I couldn’t find anywhere else (documentation, forums, blogs, etc.)
ReportServerService logs not deleted
I was performing some initial discovery on a SCCM primary site server and noticed a lack of disk space. Using WinDirStat.exe I started digging deeper and discovered almost 100gb of ReportServerService_<timestamp>.log files. These are associated with the SQL Server Reporting
SCCM backup failing with VSS error
On a SCCM 2012 SP1 CU0 primary server I started getting messages that the Site Backup was failing. Status messages were showing these errors: Site Backup could not find the SMS Writer in the list of writers provided by the
Microsoft Windows Custom Support Agreement Patches
One of my customers has now had two occasions where they deemed it necessary to purchase a Custom Support Agreement (CSA) from Microsoft to keep a specific version of Windows patched for a short time. As I’ve been able to
SQL Reports Subscription Ownership
We have a number SCCM Reporting Services subscriptions for our automated reporting. Yesterday I had a former team member’s ID removed from SCCM access and today most of the automated reports did not run. When a report subscription is created
SQL 2012, BIDS, and SSDT
With SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Development Studio is replaced with SQL Server Data Tools. BIDS = Business Intelligence Development Studio SSDT = SQL Server Data Tools (http://msdn.com/data/tools.aspx) If you customize SQL Reporting Services reports for SCCM 2007 or ConfigMgr
SCCM Report of Operating Systems and Types
Based on Sherry Kissinger’s blog http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/skissinger/archive/2009/06/23/32bit-vs-64bit-report.aspx here is the summary report for a list of Processors, OS Type, OS Name, and Computer count. select pr.datawidth0 [Processor bits] , pr.addresswidth0 [OS bits] , sys.Operating_system_Name_and0 [OS Name] ,count(sys.resourceid) [Computers] from v_r_system sys
SCCM and BranchCache
Configuring BranchCache on the SCCM Distribution Point On the Distribution Point properties, enable “Allow clients to transfer content from this distribution point using BITS, HTTP, and HTTPS” In Server Manager install the BranchCache Feature configure the Windows Firewall