SCCM - System Center Configuration Manager

Configmgr Client Migration from 2007 to 2012 and App-V client version

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:44:31 GMT

If you are in the process of migrating your CM07 environment to CM12 and you are using already an App-V integrated solution , be sure that you have upgrade your App-V client to the correct version ! The...(read more)

Application Dependencies and the importance of having correct detection methods in your deployment types for ConfigMgr 2012

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:15:29 GMT

A brand new feature in CM’s 2012 application model is the ability to set dependencies on applications. This is something that I have been waiting for to replace task sequences in CM07. Of course every...(read more)

ISSUE: ConfigMgr 2012 Secondary sites or Remote DP’s failing to serve as PXE service Point !

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:46:54 GMT

Hey all, This week I spend a whole week troubleshooting at a customer site why my CM12 secondary sites or remote sender capable DP’s would not have any clients that would be able to PXE boot and we didn...(read more)

System Center 2012 and making sure your SQL SPN’s are correctly auto registering

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:41:31 GMT

Did you ever got the following message after installing your SQL server 2008 R2 / 2012 for a System Center 2012 Product? “SQL Server cannot authenticate using Kerberos because the Service Principal Name...(read more)

SCUG.BE event: Subscribe for the Belgian “System Center Configuration Manager Day” with Wally Mead on the 4th of July.

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:45:41 GMT

It has been a few weeks since the official System Center Configuration Manager 2012 release in Las Vegas at MMS 2012. So it’s time to provide the Belgian ConfigMgr Community a nice off-line event to share...(read more)

SCUG.BE will be on the Experience Days !! Join us !

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:42:32 GMT

This is your personal invitation to one of the two major technical conferences we will be holding on June 7th 2012: The Best of Microsoft Management Summit and Experience Windows Server 2012. During The...(read more)

TechEd Europe 2012: Ask the experts

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:47:39 GMT

Awesome! I’ve been selected to participate in Tech·Ed Europe 2012 as a Microsoft Product Expert in the Technical Learning Center (TLC). This is is my 1 th TechEd where I get the chance to staff as a Microsoft...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2012 & SCEP : Automatic Deployment Rule Fails with “Failed to download the update from the internet. Error = 5”

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:41:59 GMT

Hi there , You have implemented SCEP in Configmgr 2012 and you have enabled a Automatic Deployment Rule for you SCEP updates. You see them failing and you don’t know why ? Go and do a deep dive in the...(read more)

Scug.be Rocks! at MMS-2012

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:44:42 GMT

Hello All, Got back from MMS 2012 and finally rested enough to get going again, but man what a great event this was once more. I am especially pleased with how well the different SCUG members at the convention...(read more)

Configuration Manager 2012: Select a Preferred Deployment when deploying via unknown computer support

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:16:29 GMT

Hi there , Today a customer requested an interesting scenario about selecting a preferred deployment when deploying multiple TS to a single collection: Scenario: You have made a few task sequences available...(read more)

Configmgr 2012 and App-V dependencies

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:14:13 GMT

When using App-V Applications in Configmgr 2012 , make sure you have App-V client 4.6 SP1 CU5 deployed as this is the minimum supported version in CM12 . Just a reminder when you are in a migration phase...(read more)

MMS-2012 is only 1 week away and SCUG.BE will be there…

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:37:44 GMT

Yes, MMS 2012 is in front of the door and it will be an exciting week. The complete SCUG team from Belgium will be there! Myself (MVP SCCM), Kim Oppalfens (MVP SCCM) , Kurt Vanhoecke (SCSM), Alexandre...(read more)

A new SCOM 2007/2012 MP is available for ConfigMgr 2012 RC2

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:48:00 GMT

If you are testing and evaluating the latest System Center 2012 components, you might be interested in this. A new MP is available to Monitor ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 with OpsMgr 2007 R2, or OpsMgr 2012 RC:...(read more)

Important SQL information for a Configmgr 2012 CAS and Primary site.

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:46:49 GMT

You are probably deploying your CAS if you are a larger organization with specific needs. One of those needs is if you need more than 1 primary site because of geological/political issues. The version...(read more)

Preparing for the MVP summit 2012

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:35:43 GMT

Hi All, Just getting myself ready for the MVP summit in Seattle next week, as our other SCUG MVP’s (Kim Oppalfens & Alexandre Verkinderen & Mike Resseler) . For me it is going to be an exciting...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2012 : SCCM 2012 Client prerequisites

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:30:05 GMT

Hi guys , Working for a customer on managing WES 2009 Clients with Configmgr 2012 . On of the requirements by the customer was not to install Silverlight 5.0 or .net 4.0 onto the WES2009 Device as they...(read more)

Getting ready for my first Open ConfigMgr 2012 class

Kimoppalfens — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:40:19 GMT

Hi All, I am preparing for my very first teach in an open class of ConfigMgr 2012. The material we’ll be using is the manual me and Kent Agerlund (Danish ConfigMgr MVP) wrote. We started writing at beta2...(read more)

SQL 2008 R2 failover cluster for system center: Lessons Learned (the hard way)

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:22:47 GMT

I had assigned a task to install 5 SQL 2008 R2 cluster instances and on one of them had Analysis Services installed on a two node SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster (along with db engine). Now I discovered that...(read more)

SCVMM 2012 : Adding ESX 4.1(i) hosts will fail when using root account

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:23:44 GMT

Maybe this is a very small blog post , but I think it could help some people out When you want to add your physical ESX 4.1 hosts with the root account and it does not succeed ( getting an access denied...(read more)

CM12 : Issue with ASP.Net when installing the Application Catalog Website Point Role

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:24:20 GMT

Yesterday I faced an issue at one of my customers when installing CM12 in a lab environment. I wanted to install the Application Catalog Website Point Role . Scenario : My CM12 site is installed and running...(read more)

Managing XenServer 6.0 with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 RC

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:21:13 GMT

I promised you that I will start blogging again more often. Here is a first series of blog posts. At my current customer we will use hypervisors from VMware , Hyper-V and Xenserver used in parallel...(read more)

Long time , no blogging !

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:25:39 GMT

I haven't blogged over here on System Center Configuration Manager in a long time, mostly because life has been so super busy with my 3 months old son and more recently because I am running like a...(read more)

Installing Intel HD Graphics Driver for WinXP with SCCM 2007 SP2 fails with error code 14

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:26:17 GMT

If you need to install the latest release of the Intel HD Graphics Driver via a SD package or OSD task sequence with SCCM 2007 SP2. I downloaded the driver from the Intel website and built a package for...(read more)

Download the Latest Evaluation software to build your Private Cloud with System Center

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:10:37 GMT

Did you ever wanted to build and test out a “Private Cloud” ? The core is the System Center suite. In order to build and test out a “Private Cloud” with the System Center and Hyper-V stack...(read more)

SCCM Out of Band Management Troubleshooting (Part2)

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:11:15 GMT

In my previous blog posts “SCCM out of band management troubleshooting Part 1” I explained already that the Kerberos Tokensize with Intel vPro KVM stuff for System Center Configuration Manager is very...(read more)

SCCM Out of Band Management Troubleshooting (Part1)

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:47:12 GMT

It’s no secret for most people that KVM Remote Control is one of my favorite vPro features within System Center Configuration Manager ( System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 / System Center...(read more)

Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2 Part 4

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:05:08 GMT

This is my last post about the step by step series about Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2. In my previous post I have talked about importing the 3rd Party Remote...(read more)

Intel AMT Vpro KVM Configmgr plugin doesn’t work out of the box

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:49:47 GMT

In my previous blog post “ SCCM 2007 : Intel AMT–VPRO KVM add-on for SCCM 2007 ” , I have written that Intel had release a KVM (version 6 or higher) plugin for Configmgr 2007 . I was experiencing issues...(read more)

Windows 7 OSD deployment (SCCM or MDT ) and starting with a patched media = More secure & Saves time !

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:03:31 GMT

1. Download your patches to a folder You could always download the patches from the following link http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Install.aspx?referringpage=Home.aspx and save them to a local...(read more)

Belgian Best of MMS 2011 session recordings online

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:37:12 GMT

A couple of weeks ago we organized a Belgian Best of MMS 2011 event together with our local MVP’s and SCUG user group. All the sessions are published onto the Belux page on TechNet Edge Microsoft has created...(read more)

Configmgr : Kerberos Ticket Size can stop you from connecting to vPro Systems and using IDER/SoL.

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:16:59 GMT

vPro AMT can leverage Kerberos authentication to allow management from your management console to the AMT firmware. Depending on the management console of choice (e.g. SCCM, Altiris, SMS) you may be using...(read more)

SCCM 2007 : Intel AMT–VPRO KVM add-on for SCCM 2007

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:53:40 GMT

Have you ever wanted to be able to launch a KVM Remote Control session from within SCCM from AMT version 6.0 or higher ? Have you ever wanted to make use of the Alarm Clock feature in AMT to wake up or...(read more)

SCCM 2007 : Report Query to List all collections a pc belongs to

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:09:07 GMT

If you want to create a report to list all collections a pc belongs to : SQL Statement select FCM.CollectionId, C.Name from dbo.v_R_System r join dbo.v_FullCollectionMembership FCM on R.ResourceID = FCM...(read more)

Errors When Using the FEP 2010 Definition Update Automation Tool from Update Rollup 1

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:07:24 GMT

We’ve become aware of two issues when using the Definition Update Automation Tool. Definition Update Automation Tool fails to add new definition updates to the deployment package : Symptoms The...(read more)

Opalis 6.3 : Building a VMware/SCCM Opalis provisioning workflow

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:54:27 GMT

Recently we did a customer private cloud project where we used all the system center tooling ( http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/default.aspx ) , except for the hypervisor layer , which was VMware...(read more)

Wow, VMWARE vsphere 5 way to hand microsoft a full house in their "VMware is too expensive" poker hand! vRAM licensing = FAILURE

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:29:51 GMT

Wow, VMWARE way to hand microsoft a full house in their "VMware is too expensive" poker hand! With there new licensing schema about Vram on Vsphere 5 they are going to help Microsoft a big hand...(read more)

SCOM and VEEAM nworks management pack for VMware : Guest VM’s are not visible

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:37:55 GMT

At one of my customers we had an issue with discovering VM guests thru there VEEAM nworks management pack and it seems that a lot of people on the forums have the same issue . If you look in the SCOM console...(read more)

MVP Award Renewal for 2011-2012: System Center Configuration Manager

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:55:36 GMT

I’m very proud to inform you that my MVP award got renewed for the year 07/2011 – 07/2012 on System Center Configuration Manager . This is certainly a great honor for me. Thank you Microsoft, blog readers...(read more)

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 : Update Rollup 1 available for download

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:29:53 GMT

Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 introduces new features and updates. These new features and updates are summarized below. The following list is a summary of the updates...(read more)

Got SCCM 2007? Take a look at this XenApp Connector Tech Preview!

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:35:33 GMT

You’ve probably seen XenApp Connector for SCCM in XenApp 6. Now we’re taking it one step further – Along with the Citrix XenApp Tech Preview release, we’re pleased to announce the availability of the next...(read more)

Opalis 6.3 : Integration pack error solution - “Failed to CoCreate IOpalisServerExtension"

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:49:32 GMT

At my customer , we had a weird issue when running our workflow. We had a workflow with a custom start that fired off , but failed at the moment we hit to “add resource to SCCM”. It failed with a error...(read more)

Opalis 6.3 : Operator console and “Ghost” workflows/policies that seems to keep running for ever !

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:18:48 GMT

Today at my customer , we had a weird issue thru our operator console in Opalis 6.3. We had a workflow with a custom start that fired off , but failed with a error message “ Failed to CoCreate IOpalisServerExtension...(read more)

Best of MMS 2011 Belgium : Save the Date on 15th of June !!!

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:07:50 GMT

Best of MMS 2011 will provide the best possible opportunity to learn about the latest IT Management products, solutions and technologies from Microsoft and how to apply them in your organisation. With...(read more)

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Public Beta has released

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 17 May 2011 06:15:35 GMT

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 would not work or install on a Configmgr 2012 beta 2 environment . Therefore you will need Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Public Beta . It seems that the Client Agent...(read more)

SCSM : Enabling SSL on IIS 7.0/7.5 with a domain certificate instead of the standard self signed certificate

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:48:16 GMT

In System Center Service Manager 2010, you can use the deployment guide procedure to deploy the Service Manager Self-Service Portal. The Self-Service Portal provides two Web sites, a self-service portal...(read more)

Meet the SCUG Experts at the TechDays

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:30:34 GMT

During this years TechDays you will notice that we have a Ask The Experts (ATE) booth. During the three day conference you will find our SCUG.be experts at the ATE booths and will answer your questions...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2012 : Physical to Virtual Migration Toolkit for CM07

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:21:18 GMT

The Configuration Manager team is pleased to release a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Physical to Virtual Migration Toolkit. This tool is designed to assist organizations in their migrations...(read more)

Scug Rocks! at MMS 2011

Kimoppalfens — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:25:00 GMT

Hello All, Got back from MMS 2011 and finally rested enough to get going again, but man what a great event this was once more. I am especially glad with how well the different SCUG members at the...(read more)

ConfigMgr: Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 is now supported on Configuration Manager 2007 R2/R3 with Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:51:16 GMT

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 with System Center Configuration Manager SP2 now supports Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 SP1 Desktop Client and Client for Remote Desktop Services...(read more)

ConfigMgr : Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 now Supported

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:47:42 GMT

Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, R2 and R3 supports Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, R2 and R3 now supports the Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server...(read more)