SCCM - System Center Configuration Manager

SCCM : How to create a collection to list Windows Embedded Devices

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:57:24 GMT

Hi , For a customer , I had the requirement for creating a collection that was filled with Windows Embedded Devices using the WMI property as selection criterion. This can be done by creating a new collection...(read more)

How to find Windows Embedded devices in SCCM.

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:28:28 GMT

I am implementing at one of my customers a situation where 3000 Windows embedded devices will be installed. In this environments I want to be sure that any Windows Embedded devices connected to the network...(read more)

SCCM : Upgrading secondary sites to SP2 via Software Distribution on Windows 2008 could generate some issues

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:39:04 GMT

Scenario : Your Primary site server has been upgrade from SCCM 2007 SP1 R2 towards SCCM 2007 SP2.You want to upgrade all your secondary site server with are running on Windows Server 2008 to Service pack...(read more)

Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2 Part 2

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:45:32 GMT

In my previous post I have talked about the summary of Prerequisites required for OOB Management in SCCM at http://scug.be/blogs/sccm/archive/2009/11/27/step-by-step-guide-for-provisioning-intel...(read more)

Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2 Part 1

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:35:03 GMT

Today I finally finalized my Intel VPro configuration on a SCCM 2007 SP2 box.In this blog post I try to explain all the details on how to provision clients with Vpro and what infrastructure steps are needed...(read more)

SCCM : ESX VMWare Vsphere 4 Tools Silent Install/Upgrade in an Windows 2008 R2 OSD Task Sequence ANSWER !

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:47 GMT

We struggled with this for a long time, but we finally found a way to make it work. We could deploy the tools manually with no issue, but trying to automate it was a complete nightmare. Basically, the...(read more)

SCCM : Microsoft Updates suddenly stops at 50% of downloading.

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:19:38 GMT

Hi. Last week at a customer of us had problem to get some patches been delivered to the end users computer. This months updates worked fine too, no problem distributing them as usual with CM , BUT, ...(read more)

Video New Efficiency: Deploying Windows 7 with SCCM - Dutch

alkin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:00 GMT

This session introduces tool enhancements new to Windows 7 and System Center Configuration manager for every stage of a Windows 7 desktop deployment project. During this talk you will learn more on how...(read more)

Recovering your Applications with ConfigMgr in a refresh or side-by-side migration

Kimoppalfens — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:07:03 GMT

Hi All, In this post I will introduce a couple of ways of getting your Applications redeployed in a side-by-side or refresh scenario. After all, USMT makes migrating your data and settings a breeze...(read more)

Attend this SCCM Event with Wally Mead and 3 Belgian System Center MVP's

scug-admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:05:00 GMT

Attend this SCCM Event with Wally Mead and 3 Belgian System Center MVP's More information can be found here http://scug.be/content/Events.aspx Agenda · 15u30 Registration · 16u Opening...(read more)

Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 RTW is available.

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:32 GMT

Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Release to Web is available The System Center Configuration Manager team has announced that the Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 RTW has been released...(read more)

SccmAutoDoc by OSCC goes Beta 1

Kimoppalfens — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:52:00 GMT

What is SccmAutoDoc? SccmAutoDoc is a command-line utility that documents a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site in a human-readable format. Much effort has been put in making the document resemble...(read more)

Installing the Service Manager WebPortal

Kimoppalfens — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:38:40 GMT

Hi All, System center service manager beta 2 comes with a webportal to allow for: It to end-user announcements (Send out infrastructure status updates: Eg: Mail functionality temporarily unavailable...(read more)

How to monitor the hardware of an HP server when running VMWARE ESX in SCOM R2

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:25:42 GMT

I ran into a situation that a customer did not want to pay for an expensive management pack to monitor their ESX server Hardware . They all ran on HP Proliant hardware. Here is a small tutorial on how...(read more)

SCCM 2007 Reporting : How to change the Maximum Rows Returned in the Values List that is default set to 1000 rows

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:34:43 GMT

Report Viewer in Configuration Manager 2007 limits the number of rows returned to 1,000 rows when you click Values and the values list displays for a prompt. The maximum number of rows returned by the...(read more)

SCUG Technet Session What’s new in SCCM SP2

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:30:42 GMT

Abstract : What's new in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Session Discription : This session will talk about some of the improvements and new features that will be made available in Systems...(read more)

Adding WMIC right-click actions to the ConfigMgr 2007 admin console (2)

Kimoppalfens — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:32:35 GMT

Hi All, In Post 1 of this topic we looked at the different WMI-command line actions you could trigger on a SCCM 2007 client. In this post we’ll use that knowledge together with the knowledge of...(read more)

Adding WMIC right-click actions to the ConfigMgr 2007 admin console (1)

Kimoppalfens — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:51:00 GMT

Hi All, I previously blogged about customizing the sccm admin console using the right-click actions and blogged about how you can customize the console yourself using the correct guid and a fairly easy...(read more)

SCCM AMT Provisioning Flowcharts by Steve Rachui

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:58:32 GMT

Have you ever wanted to learn more about how Active Management Technology (AMT) and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 work together? Steve Rachui posted some great flowcharts that should help...(read more)

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 on his way ! Register for TAP nomination.

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:51:35 GMT

Today, the System Center team is excited to share with you our plan to release System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3. This new release of the ConfigMgr is packed with some extremely cool features...(read more)

SMS to ConfigMgr 2007 secondary child site upgrade & Mplist issue

Kimoppalfens — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:33:32 GMT

Hi All, During an SMS 2003 to System Center COnfiguration Manager 2007 upgrade recently I ran into the same issue described here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup...(read more)

Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Release Candidate is available

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:30:26 GMT

The System Center Configuration Manager team has announced that the Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Release Candidate has been released on https://connect.microsoft.com and available for download...(read more)

Technet Events

alkin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:28:34 GMT

In the comming weeks Microsoft Belgium is hosting some very interesting Technet events. Full details can be found on the links below : Dutch Live Meetings : Live Meeting – Secure Web Access with TMG –...(read more)

SCCM 2007 MP horror : “Cannot create the internet virtual directory CCM_Incoming. The error code is 8007005”.

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:39:19 GMT

This story happened at one of my customers , but lucky it happenend into an acceptance environment instead of production After discovering that a reboot happened in our acceptance environment around the...(read more)

A new Configuration Manager KB hot fix for Daylight saving time .

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:09:40 GMT

There is a new Knowledge Base articles published for System Center Configuration Manager 2007.The issue is when the time changes to or from Daylight Saving Time, the SMS_Inbox_Monitor or SMS_Outbox_Monitor...(read more)

MMS 2009 : Filet Mignon

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Just for those who didn’t believe our story about the filet Mignon at the sushi place being so BIG that Kurt just ordered 2 of them at 32 $ each ! Here’s the proof : ( look at the Blackbarry...(read more)

SCCM 2007 : WSUS issues , Configuration manager failed to configure upstream settings on Wsus Server “xxxx”

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:27:03 GMT

DISCLAIMER : This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties ! Test it first into a TEST environment unless like me you have no other option ! The first part may not even be supported ! At a customer...(read more)

MVP Award : System Center Configuration Manager

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:44:31 GMT

I am happy to inform you that I have received the 2009 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for System Center Configuration Manager . This is certainly a great honor for me. Thank you Microsoft...(read more)

SCCM 2007 : PXE BOOT with VMWARE Workstation and Trend Micro AV not working !

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:08:35 GMT

PXE booting in your VM-Environment will not work unless you disable the Trend micro common firewall driver on your physical host . This is a known issue for Trend Micro ! To do this , follow the steps...(read more)

Community Day 2009 : Getting ready

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:15:00 GMT

Tomorrow I am delivering a session about “Thin , Thick or Hybrid Imaging – Notes from the field” at the Community day 2009. After a hectic week , I finally got ready with my demo and my slide deck. I had...(read more)

SCCM : Backing up secondary sites isn’t supported !

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:10:21 GMT

Recovery off a secondary site is not supported with SCCM , backing it up is ! Only a reinstall is supported for secondary site. This news I received yesterday from PSS support , after we ran into...(read more)

SCCM : Recommendations for PKI Key Lengths and Validity Periods with Configuration Manager

Kenny Buntinx — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:51:38 GMT

Carol Bailey has written an article about values to set for the key sizes and validity periods for the certificates required for native mode and out of band management in Configuration Manager that I want...(read more)

SCUG.BE interviewed Jeremy Chapman on windows 7 deployment

scug-admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:07:00 GMT

SCUG.BE interviewed Jeremy Chapman (Senior Product Manager in the Windows client enterprise team) on windows 7 deployment: Have Fun, SCUG.BE crew...(read more)

SCUG.BE interviewed THE Jeff Wettlaufer at Techdays 2009 in Antwerp

alkin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:11:00 GMT

SCUG.BE interviewed the Jeff Wettlaufer ( Sr. Technical Product Manager, System Center) at Techdays 2009 in Antwerp! Have Fun, The SCUG.BE Team...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2007 R2 training in Belgium

Kimoppalfens — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:32:53 GMT

ConfigMgr 2007 R2 Hi All, In 2 weeks I will be teaching a ConfigMgr 2007 class, this will be the first time I teach the class with modified content for ConfigMgr 2007 R2. This class will run at jcacademy...(read more)

SCCM 2007 R2 – SQL Reporting services, Named instances and greyed out config option

Kimoppalfens — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:52:35 GMT

Hi All, ConfigMgr 2007 R2 introduced a new feature for reporting. SQL reporting services based reporting instead of the original web based reports was added as a new feature. This makes sure that all system...(read more)

Community Day 2009 is coming

Kenny Buntinx — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:10:28 GMT

As announced earlier, Community Day 2009 is coming! Mark Thursday 25th June in your calendar, as it’s the day you can get a full day of free training and sessions, all courtesy of the Belgian User Groups...(read more)

MMS 2009 FUN FACTS

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:09:28 GMT

Learn a little more about MMS 2009 behind the scenes! Registration by the Numbers 16,400: Approximate number of miles roundtrip 9 attendees flew to be at MMS 2009 800: Approximate number of attendees who...(read more)

SCCM v.Next details from MMS

Kimoppalfens — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:25:51 GMT

Hi All, MMS 2009 is coming to an end and I finally found some time to start sharing some of the info I received earlier this week on ConfigMgr v.Next, the next version of SCCM due out somewhere in 2011...(read more)

MMS 2009 – SCCM 2007 Documenting team news !

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:57:54 GMT

The documenting team of System center Configuration manager just announced that they will be publishing shortly a series of Superflows on Configuration Manager processes including: Client Deployment Troubleshooting...(read more)

SCCM 2007 SP2 : What is New?

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:03:33 GMT

The next service pack for SCCM 2007 will be much smaller , but still has all the important stuff. First of all there will be the support for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. There will be also an Update...(read more)

MMS 2009 : First Keynote

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:33:38 GMT

Whaawww … did you know that MMS has 1200 oversized “Pc’s”(aka servers) running to support us getting to the online and oflline Labs. Today the first keynote was presented by Bob Kelley , called Datacenter...(read more)

SCUG: Getting Started with out of band management

scug-admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:50:00 GMT

Session video of " Getting Started with out of ban management" given by Kim Oppalfens: Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 added this brand new feature called out of band service management. In my...(read more)

Heading to MMS-2009 : What a challenge, Murphy’s Law was there !

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:42:57 GMT

Well , I am writing this article from the JFK airport in New York instead of O’Hare in Chicago. Murphy’s law was there to not get me to Las Vegas for some reason. But hey , he doesn’t know Kenny yet.I...(read more)

MMS-2009 : Getting closer! Call to action for Belgian IT-Pro’s attending MMS !

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:28:54 GMT

Microsoft Management Summit 2009 is just around the corner! But the question will be : how many Belgian IT Pro’s are attending this event ? If you are an Belgian or dutch speaking IT Pro , please let me...(read more)

SCCM2007 OSD : Customising your Task Sequence for Building a Client OS on your VMWare Workstation 6.0 or later

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:04:47 GMT

Hi , Did you ever wanted to build a reference image of your physical workstations onto your VMware Workstation so that people could play around ? Well , I have a lot of customers demanding for this scenario...(read more)

Upgrading an SMS 2003 SP3 with remote SQL server to SCCM 2007 SP1 is giving a lot of “failure audit” events on the remote SQL server

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:05:48 GMT

Issue: After the upgrade was done from SMS 2003 SP3 , we had a lot of “failure audit” events on the remote sql server (every 20 min). Warnings are logged for an account that wants to access the SQL server...(read more)

SCCM 2007 : Finding the right mass storage drivers for IBM Blade HS20 (8843) & HS21 (8853)

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:01:08 GMT

I have spend a few days an building a Windows 2003 R2 SP2 rig for deployment thru SCCM on IBM Blade center HS20 (8843) & HS21 (8853). The HS21 blade went very smooth , but it was a fight to get the...(read more)

SCUG Session Getting started with Out of band service management

scug-admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:22:00 GMT

SCUG Session Getting started with Out of band service management Date : 02/04/09 Time : 18u30 Place : Microsoft Belgium Speaker: Kim Oppalfens Abstract: Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 added this brand...(read more)

SCCM 2007 : Best Practice importing drivers (Part 4) , adding drivers to your SCCM Driver Package.

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:49:39 GMT

Did you ever wonder what would be the required best practice steps on how to import new drivers in System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), when building a new hardware model. Well I try to explain...(read more)