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 Global Conditions File Version Less Than behavior
Summary When using Global Conditions in SCCM 2012, using the File Version Less Than criteria requires that the file exists on the target computers. If the file does not exist the deployment for the computer will have the Requirements no
Huge ReportServer database log
Today I noticed on two of my SCCM 2012 infrastructures that the ReportServer_log.ldf file was extremely large (>100GB). This is quite concerning considering that the actual database is less than 256MB. I have not yet investigated the root cause yet,
Running Configuration Manager 2012 Remote Control without the Admin Console
Jörgen Nilsson wrote a great article at http://ccmexec.com/2012/05/running-configuration-manager-2012-remote-control-standalone about how to run the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Remote Control Viewer without installing the Admin Console. Here is the nuts and bolts: From the directory where the AdminConsole is installed,
Change SCCM 2012 Site Name/Description
Changing the site name or description in SCCM is frankly a pain in the rear. To my knowledge SCCM doesn’t use it internally and it is simply a description for the administrators to identify some characteristics about the site. This
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
SCCM 2012 console subfolder searching
A frustration I’ve had in using SCCM 2012 was that when an object (collection, software update, package, application, etc.) is moved into a folder, you can’t search for the object without first navigating to the folder. After watching a MMS