Deploy virual machines using SCCM

Hi Team,
I want to deploy windows 7(64 bit) on a VMware ESxi server by using SCCM task sequence .Please tell me can we image it using SCCM? If not please tell me what are the prerequisite for this.
Also tell me what is SCVMM (Virtual Machine Manager)? Is this used for deploying virtual machines? I don't have SCVMM, I only have SCCM 2012.
Thanks
Prashant

You can deploy VMs using ConfigMgr (i.e. you can install an OS in an existing VM).
SCVMM can be used to manage virtualisation hosts and guest - even VMWare. And yes there are overlapping functionalities.
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Deploy Java Updates using SCCM 2012 SP1 and SCUP 2011

What is the best way to deploy Java updates using sccm 2012 SP1 and SCUP 2011?

I didn´t find Kent´s blog useful when talking about Java. I can deploy Adobe products fine, but I have to import Java manually because not having Shavlik certificate. So with that said, I have the fallowing problem;
I have full offline installer unpacked, .msi file and Data1.cab. When I´m importing these binaries to SCUP, I only can point to .msi. Doing that, installation fails in client side fails because of lack of data1.cab fine, which is the main file.
Should I use some other downloaded files of Java? I couldn´t find any Java-update-file only type of files to download.

Can I Manage virtual machines using SCCM? What about Amazon ec2 instances?

Hi All,
As part of my lab environment, I would like to discover and manage virtual machines within ESXi platform and a few on Hyper-V. As part of this,
1] Do we need SC-VMM to create/discover/manage virtual machines or can this be done by using just SCCM 2012 module?
2] Does SCCM provide any connectors to public cloud services (ex: Amazon EC2 or Google Cloud services)? Can this be done using SCCM?
Any help on this would be appreciated. thanks

Thanks Jason.
A few follow up questions just to make sure I understand you correctly:
a] Statement: I understand SCCM can manage OS within any VM (I just realized my set up has discovered 2 VM's running Win 2008 OS via AD discovery method). My confusion began after going thru SC-VMM docs. I assumed, once you have SC-VMM set up, it will discover/manage
either ESXi servers or Citrix or other vendor hypervisors and then discover VM's within the hypervisors. But as you said, SCCM can manage OS within any VM.
b] Q: my sccm set up is part of domain 'A' and its discovering systems/users as part of domain 'A'. Is there a way to discover systems as part of domain 'B'? When I look into 'discovery methods' -> Active directory system discovery -> Add a new container
-> path -> select a new container -> it selects only domain 'A'
As a result I'm not able to add a secondary domain for system discovery. IS this how its supposed to be? Discovery runs only within one domain? (or) am I missing something here?
c] When you said 'Yes, I do think (I'm not familiar with all things VMM though) that there is a connector to EC2', did you mean a connector from SCCM or a connector from VMM component?
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Issues deploying CC packages using SCCM.

Getting the following error while deploying CC Photoshop/InDesign packages (Device based licensing) through SCCM - "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy".
The installation goes fine when I click OK on this error. But when the shortcut is launched, a "Sign In Required" window appears, which should not be the case, as I've build the packages using Device licensing option in Creative Cloud Packager. There is no issue, when I install these packages manually on the machine, seems to be an issue SCCM as it installs with SYSTEM account. Exactly not sure what is causing it, struggling to resolve it, have to deploy it to users within strict timeline.
Can you please look into this and assist? Kindly let me know in case you need more info on this issue.
Thanks in advance....

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How to Deploy exe application using SCCM 2012 SP1

Hi,
While creating deployment type wizard (for exe application deployment) , i am not able to see the "Windows Installer (native)" option in the drop down menu. Kindly refer snapshot. If i select "script installer" , deployment is not working.
I am taking it for adobe reader 9.1 exe application. Can anyone please suggest which option should i take.
Regards
Manish

I believe the thinking was that most people wrap their .exe in an .msi anyway, so that would have been way more common.
Really?
That seems bizarre to me. I guess, if this thinking occurred, it might have been based on the idea that lots of people are using Group Policy Software Installation (Intellimirror), since GPSI does a less-horrible job when you use MSI.
But, a lot of software I've seen, uses a setup.exe bootstrapper to launch one or more MSI's.
So, MSI wraps EXE wraps MSI would be the outcome of this thinking.
Which is why I chose the word... bizarre.
Don
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Error while deploying Windows 2008 R2 using SCCM 2012 R2

I am trying to deploy Window 2008 R2 image (captured from a reference machine) using SCCM 2012 R2. I have integrated MDT 2013 with SCCM 2012 R2 and created an MDT task sequence. During deployment, towards the end of Applying image.wim, it gives me
an error that task sequence failed with the error code 0x80070002. And then the system reboots. After reboot, I am able to login to the Windows Server. It seems to work fine, but there are no applications etc installed. Also the _SMSTS log folder is still
present in the C drive. And in the smsts.log file, i can see errors like failed to copy unattend.xml file. Please help me.

Hi,
Error code 0x80070002, it means the system cannot find file specified.
For more information, please review the link below:
Task Sequence Failed with the Error Code 0x80070002
http://prajwaldesai.com/task-sequence-failed-error-code-0x80070002/
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Can I use SCCM 2007 to deploy SCCM 2012 Agent

I was reading the scenarios for deploying the SCCM 2012 agent here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682132.aspx
I have been planning to deploy the 2012 agent using an SCCM 2007 deployment package. I am not migrating any data/packages/collections/anything from SCCM 2007.
I am looking for a sane way to deploy 2000ish clients a day for 2 weeks and be done.
I figure they are all SCCM 2007 clients so lets deploy 2012 agent using SCCM 2007.
I read the following in the link above and it sounds like the way I want to go – use SCCM 2007 software distribution…
Upgrade installation by using application management
Upgrades clients to a newer version by using Configuration Manager application management. You can also use Configuration Manager 2007 software
distribution to upgrade clients to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
Then later in the same document there is this…
How to Upgrade Configuration Manager Clients by Using a Package and Program
You can use Configuration Manager to create and deploy a package and program that upgrades the client software for selected computers in your hierarchy. A package definition file
is supplied with Configuration Manager that populates the package properties with typically used values. You can customize the behavior of the client installation by specifying additional command line properties.
You cannot upgrade Configuration Manager 2007 clients to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager by using this method.
In this scenario, use automatic client upgrade, which automatically creates and deploys a package that contains the latest version of the client.
What???!?? There is no Automatic client upgrade feature in 2007 – so how does that even make sense? In one section, it says I can deploy the 2012 Agent using SCCM 2007 software distribution, and then later in the same document, it
says I can't. I am probably misunderstanding somthing.
Is it possible to make a package/program in SCCM 2007 that will make targeted clients upgrade to Agent 2012 and join the new SCCM 2012 Site?

I tested this (deploying 2012 agent using existing 2007 SCCM infrastructure) with a few test systems at my desk and it seems to work pretty smoothly. I made a package to deploy SCCM 2012 SP1 and added it to my SCCM 2007 Site. Then I deployed
the 2012 agent from 2007 and it worked great. If it works this well in production, I will be able to migrate all of my clients in less than a weeks time.
I have not published the 2012 site information in AD - and I don't plan to. We would have some overlapping site boundaries - and in 2012 it seems its unnecessary in a single site hierarchy. I AM planning to use boundaries to assign
DPs, but thankfully site and DP boundaries have been separated. It works great to just specify the site in everything and not worry about auto discovery. My clients don't move among sites since I only have one large site.
Sorry that I somehow posted this same question twice, and thanks for cleaning that up.
In my installation, I just called ccmsetup.exe with the following command line...
/mp:myMP.mydomain.com CCMLOGMAXHISTORY=5 CCMLOGMAXSIZE=1000000 SMSCACHEFLAGS=PERCENTDISKSPACE;NTFSONLY SMSCACHESIZE=10 SMSMP=myMP.mydomain.com SMSSITECODE=CCM
I am not sure that I need to specify the MP twice, but it is working to do so. I'm also not sure whether the log and cache flags will be honored since there are existing settings from SCCM2007 agent. I think that the 2012 install will not change
these settings upon installation, but it does not appear to hurt the process to include them just in case it does work.

Deploy Java and Oracle updates using SCCM 2007 Software Updates

Hi Team,
I am using SCCM 2007 to deploy software updates on all my servers. Now i want deploy updates fro third party tools like Adobe, Java etc..Please suggest me on how to deploy these updates using SCCM.
I am looking for other simple solution than SCUP 2011. Please suggest.
Thanks
Siva

Hi,
SCUP 2011 would be the way to do it or a package/program. There are commercial software solutions that plugins to configuration Manager like Secunia
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/sc2012_plugin/ ,Solarwinds
http://www.solarwinds.com/patch-manager.aspx and Shavlik
http://www.shavlik.com/products/scupdates/ that offer a subscription of updates for these products for a cost of course.
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How to find using SQL query application deployed on win 7 machines with SCCM 2012 server or user installed manually.

Hi,
how to find using SCCM SQL query, application deployed on win 7 machines with SCCM 2012 server or user/technician installed manually. Please let me know.

Thanks, is it not possible via any script also?
Like Torsten said, how can you tell the difference between CM12 installed applications and locally installed? Once you can answer that, then you can write report.
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Adobe Creative Cloud Enterprise Deployment Issues using SCCM 2012 R2

Hi,
I have been trying to deploy Adobe Creative Cloud Enterprise to Windows 8.1 machines that are identical, using SCCM 2012 R2.
The Adobe package seems fine, because it seems to deploy successfully to some machines. And SCCM 2012 R2 has been configured correctly, as I can deploy other software using it, and again, it deploys Adobe CC successfully to some of the machines.
I have tried comparing the package that is downloaded on the test machine/client machine, with the original package on the distribution point, using Beyond Compare, and there are no differences.
I have contacted Adobe Enterprise Support, and they asked me to send to them log files from Event Viewer, the msi installer, and other Adobe logs, from the machine that failed the deployment. However, after Adobe studying them, they told me that they could not identify any problems... Strange, because I could have sworn that I saw error 1603 pop up over 20 times on different machines indicating that the 'Set-up.dat' file had a problem with it.
After all the testing on over 20 identical machines (same hardware/same software), using different configurations on SCCM 2012 R2 and the client machines, I still can't seem to have a reliable solution to deploying Adobe CC.
The fact that it deploys successfully on one machine and fails on another, or sometimes deploy to two machines and fail on another (simultaneously), is something that I don't understand.
Another thing is that, if I retry the deployment 10-15 times after it failed the first time, it might go through...
Adobe Enterprise Support asked me if they could remote into a machine that failed the deployment to have a look at it and I agreed to that option, but it seems like my issue has been ignored because they never got back to me.
Has anyone had this kind of problem or anything similar before?
I need to be able to deploy this remotely to 100+ machines. So installing manually is not an option.
Any help is appreciated.
This was posted in the wrong section a few days ago. I'm hoping I can get some help here.
Case Number: 1862659812
UPDATE: I spoke to Adobe Customer Support and after 1.5 hours on the phone with a remote session going on, problem was still not solved or identified. Additional log files have been sent and now I'm waiting for a call back.

Hi Robert,
We seem to be having a very similar issue. Our installs would randomly fail with error code 1603 and an error message about a fault in Set-up.dat. Failure rate was near 95% on our 900 machines. Adobe Support and Karl having been looking into our issues but so far no solution has been found.
Having done a lot of investigating we've managed to deploy our package using a schedule task running as a domain admin. This is a nasty solution and we don't intend on using this permanently, but we needed to get the package out.
Are you seeing any of the following:
Entries in PDApp.log:
[FATAL] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | The Bootstrapper Process is (5).Stopping the installation process.
[FATAL] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | The return code from the Adobe Installer Process is (33).Stopping the uninstallation process.
[WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | Failed to find the pdb database.
[WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | Failed to get the local payload database handle.
Event Log:
Faulting application name: Set-up.dat, version: 2.9.1.474, time stamp: 0x54e11f94
Faulting module name: Set-up.dat, version: 2.9.1.474, time stamp: 0x54e11f94
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000d7c52
Faulting process id: 0xb40
Faulting application start time: 0x01d072a073861622
Faulting application path: \\server.name.path\Adobe CC\FullPackage\Build\ASU\Set-up.dat
Faulting module path: \\server.name.path\Adobe CC\FullPackage\Build\ASU\Set-up.dat
Report Id: c86d9216-de93-11e4-8284-782bcb99e284
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Installer Log
Indicates it can't find the Media_db. We noticed that the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps doesn't get created on the machines were the install fails, so error message is correct in that there isn't a Media_db.db. Sysinterals Process Monitor seems to show that the setup tried to create the folder/files but they don't actually get created. Copying a Media_db into the folder from another machine seems to allow the installation to almost finish, but unsurprisingly you end up with problems later on.

Can we Deploy VM using task sequnce on ESXi servers using SCCM?

Hi Team,
I want to deploy windows 7(64 bit) on a VMware ESxi server by using SCCM task sequence .Please tell me can we image it using SCCM? If not please tell me what are the prerequisite for this.
Also tell me what is SCVMM (Virtual Machine Manager)? Is this used for deploying virtual machines? I don't have SCVMM, I only have SCCM 2012.
Thanks
Prashant

Hi Team,
I want to deploy windows 7(64 bit) on a VMware ESxi server by using SCCM task sequence .Please tell me can we image it using SCCM? If not please tell me what are the prerequisite for this.
Couple of ways to interpret this.
If you just want to know if you can use PXE deployments on VMs like VMWare the answer is yes, but you must use the e1000 legacy adapter as the para-virtualization VMNet adapters don't not support PXE deployment. Similar is true of Hyper-V BTW.
If you _also_ want to deploy the VM itself then we are coordinating SCCM with other tools like Orchestrator, SMA, maybe even the Microsoft WAP (Windows Azure Pack). It's
absolutely doable, but it's no longer a pure SCCM question. We are now talking about self-service workflows and all the wonderful steps that entails.
Bonus points: Now VMware has decided vmdk or bust, but both Xen and MS have decided VHDs are cool ... and if that back-end storage is NAS head with SMB support you can use SCCM to offline patch your templates, too.

Windows 7 deployment using SCCM 2007 SP2

Hi,
We planning to do Windows 7 deployment using SCCM 2007 SP2 so we have some queries regarding same.
Is it possible to take entire HDD backup & restore using SCCM 2007 SP2? Also is it recommended to do so?
What will be the effective method to deploy OS at remote branches?
If we want to save the network bandwidth then what will way to send image to distribution point and client as well.
Is it mandatory to have PXE boot enable in bios & set as first boot preference on each client machine for PXE initiated windows 7 deployment? If so then is there any option to enable PXE boot & set as first preference on client machine
remotely?
Is it possible to deploy OS in other than C drive i.e D or E to have dual boot option?
Which we will be best method to have zero touch deployment without any end user intervention and why?
Please help to clarify.

As Jason said, these are the configurations that requires some high level skills to configure it, the answers are the same as said by Arnav... below links would give you a good heads up for the OSD in SCCM if you still want to try it on your own...
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/C/9/7C9A54AC-9661-48CA-9A7C-E3D2B5B23CF2/SystemCenterConfigurationManager2007OperatingSystemDeploymentGuide.pdf
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2009/07/27/a-step-by-step-for-using-osd-through-system-center-configuration-manager-2007.aspx
https://blogs.technet.com/b/birojitn/archive/2010/01/20/windows-7-deployment-using-sccm-2007-sp2.aspx
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I used SCCM to deploy Firefox 5.0 to our organization, and when I redeploy firefox 6.0 I still have users complaining that Firefox needs an admin to upgrade even though it is already at 6.0

I used SCCM to deploy Firefox 5.0 to our organization, and when I redeploy firefox 6.0 I still have users complaining that Firefox needs an admin to upgrade even though it is already at 6.0

Absolutely! This post has the best solution by a user named cor-el.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/818780#answer-179418

Windows 7 Deployment using SCCM 2012

I am installing Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit on HP Desktops and Laptops using SCCM 2012 task sequence. I captured an image from the reference computer using capture media. The image works fine on Hp Desktops but when I install the same image on HP laptops,
I get an error message right at the end "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware". I captured another image with plain Windows 7 Enterprise without SP1, updates and drivers. it works perfectly fine on all desktops
and laptops both. Below is the setupact and setuperr error logs. Much appreciated.
SETUPACT.LOG
capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: assigned CAPI machine guid "d01b5e9b-0af5-4b3c-a712-70977e79a177"
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info capisp.dll::SamConnect failed: c00000dc
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: DisableAdministratorIfApplicable failed
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: returning 65b
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize', returned error code 1627[gle=0x000003e5]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Internal Providers Specialized Failed. System can't proceed to handle Internal Providers
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Specialize return: [1627]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x060435] IBS Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x65b
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware.]
SETUPERR.LOG
2014-08-26 21:16:24, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x25 (CONFIGRET) occurred while determining the buffer size needed to hold the list of devices that are using service usbhub20.
2014-08-26 21:16:24, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x424 occurred while opening a handle to the service usbhub20.[gle=0x00000424]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize', returned error code 1627[gle=0x000003e5]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x060435] IBS Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x65b

Hi,
From your error log, we could see the root is the incorrect driver.
How did you get the driver in your first image? If you enable "PersistAllDeviceInstalls" configuration when you capture the image, all Plug and Play devices in reference computer are uninstalled during the generalize pass and then reinstalled
during the specialize pass.
However, it‘s not always applied to your laptop.
Thus I suggest you download the proper driver or change the BIOS hard disk drive setting to IDE to check the result.
Warning: This procedure may involve changing your hard disk drive settings in the BIOS. Incorrect changes to the BIOS of your computer can result in serious problems. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from changes to the
BIOS can be resolved. Change the BIOS settings at your own risk. Incorrect or corrupted BIOS settings can cause startup problems or shutdown problems.
In addition, you could refer to the article below:
“Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware” installation error on a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753/en-us
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

Deploy Internet explorer 11 with latest updates using SCCM 2012

Hello,
I'd like deploy IE11 with the latest updates included. The reason is that I want the IE 11 enterprise mode to be available as soon as IE11 gets installed.
I don't want to wait an update scan cycle to trigger the installation of the updates.
What is the best way to achieve that using SCCM 2012 ?
Regards,
Michel

Hi,
You have to capture the installation package with latest update by using IEAK 11 on the computer which has the IE11 with this feature.
GP to enable this feature:
Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Let users turn on and use Enterprise Mode from the Tools menu
This is only for Windows 7 computer.
As I mentioned above, for Windows 8.1, we can only deploy Windows 8.1 update 1 to add this feature to IE11, since there is no separated update can be installed for IE11 on Windows 8.1 to implement this.
Windows 8.1
Update (32-bit version)
Windows 8.1
Update (64-bit version)
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

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