Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2994331 So once again it’s time to take a closer look at how to determine the installation status of this cumulative update, this time for CU3. After upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 CU3, you
In some test situations I need a fast way to have a SMTP host relay mail using a Gmail account. this is for example the case if I don’t have access to an internal SMTP host. First install the Feature SMTP Server: Start the Internet information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager:
When you try to install Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Windows server 2012 R2 you might get the error The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. The operation cannot be completed, because the server that you specified requires a restart. Restarting the server does
Citrix has released Cumulative Update 1 for Windows Receiver, new version reported is 4.1.100.12 To see changes and download installation file : http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX140265 Author Lars Lohmann
Links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 OSDAdapter0EnableWINS Set this to True to use WINS for name resolution. Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0EnableWINS=True OSDAdapter0WINSServerList Comma-delimited list of WINS server IP addresses. This property is ignored unless EnableWINS is set to True. Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0WINSServerList=10.10.10.1,10.10.10.2 OSDAdapter0TcpipNetbiosOptions
Links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 OSDAdapter0DNSServerList Comma-delimited list of DNS servers for the adapter. Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0DNSServerList=10.10.10.1,10.10.10.2 OSDAdapter0DNSDomain Domain Name System (DNS) domain for the adapter. Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0DNSDomain=gt.local OSDAdapter0EnableFullDNSRegistration Set to True to register the IP address
Links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 OSDAdapter0EnableDHCP Set this to True to enable Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for the adapter (obtain an IP address automatically). Setting it to False will disable DHCP (Use the following IP address). Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0EnableDHCP=False OSDAdapter0IPAddressList Comma-delimited
Links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 This is the first post were I will take a closer look at the variables available to set network card settings in a task sequence. The variables are available both in MDT and in plain SCCM OSD, they can be set
when running a scheduled task you might get the error 0x41301 This error simply means that the task is still running, this might indicate that there is a problem with the task and that it never ends, or that you must be a bit more patience. Author Lars Lohmann
When loading the WINPE boot image with PXE from your distribution point, you might be able to speed up the boot time by increasing the TFTP block size. In my test scenario the boot time was one minute faster after the change, and this is often a part of the
When running a silent installation of Microsoft .Net framework 4.5.2 in a SCCM 2012 R2 task sequence you might see the installation fail when using the application model. The following is my silent installation command line “NDP452-KB2901907-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe” /q /norestart and in my test scenario this is done on a Windows
You might want to start a scheduled SCCM 2012 site backup job manually. off course the Site Maintenance task Backup Site Server must be enabled and a valid backup path must be selected (UNC or local drive). To start the scheduled backup job outside the scheduled time start services.msc
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