Deploying a VM with Orchestretor 2012R2 and SCVMM 2012R2

I have created VM template with SCVMM 2012 that deploys correctly onto a host. The
template is configured to get an IP address from a static pool from SCVMM. When
I attempt to create the VM using Orchestrators SCVMM IP using the “Create VM from Template”, activity complete and vm created with APIPA ip . The fact that I can deploy a VM directly
from SCVMM suggests that I have the Static IP Pools, MAC Pools and logical networks configured correctly.
Amr Tantawi

Hi,
Orchestrator use powershell(x86), are you check the Winrm and the Execution Policy for the x86 powershell ?
Remy BOVI

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Has anyone deployed converged access with 3850 switches and 5760 WLCs?

Has anyone deployed a converged access network architecture with 3850 switches and 5760 WLCs? I have done lots of projects with the 5508 WLCs In a centralized deployment. Basically with this design, I manage 2 logical networks as the wireless network is an overlay over the wired network. I can design firewall to segregate traffic between the wired and wireless hence I can carry both staff and guest traffic.
Now Cisco is telling us that there is new design such that the dats plane traffic can be dropped locally through the 3850 switched. I am not sold on this and have not found any recommended best practices on when should we use a converged access architecture.
Pros
With converged access, data traffic is terminated at the MA which is on the switches, hence the WLC will not be a bottleneck? This is to prepare adoption for 802.11ac?
Less hops for voice calls from user A to user B as data control traffic is dropped locally.
Cons
Now how do I segregate guest and staff traffic if my security folks say I need a firewall?
Troubleshooting wireless client mobility will be a nightmare as the 3850 switches are MA.
Pushing and upgrading code for the Code will mean upgrading the stack of switches in the LAN riser. This will be painful in a huge campus environment like an university.
Can someone convince me why would a customer choose converged access?
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They choose CA because of the capwap termination at the switch. You can still use a 5508 and tunnel guest to a DMZ segment if you wish. You will need a 5508 though is you want to tunnel traffic to an anchor WLC.
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How to achieve no-downtime solution deployment on farms with multiple WFEs and LB

Taking SharePoint Solution Deployer, my opensource PowerShell deployment script, to the next level,
Bill Simser got me the idea of making the deployment even more smooth on farms with multiple WFEs and load balancer in order to achieve a no-downtime deployment
The basic idea is to deploy the solutions on each WFEs one-by-one by
1. Taking one WFE offline
2. Installing the solution with the -local switch
//Solution deployment
Install-SPSolution -Identity <solutionname>.wsp –GACDeployment –CASPolicies –Local
// Solution upgrade
Update-SPSolution -Identity <solutionname>.wsp -LiteralPath LocalPathOfTheSolution.wsp -GacDeployment -Local
3. Run post-deployment actions on the WFE (ie. restart services, recycle apppools or IIS reset, warmup server), which my script already does for each server
4. Take WFE online again
5. Repeat step 1-4 for all other WFEs
I am struggling with three things here:
1. The whole deployment process could be quite risky when something goes wrong in between. And in order to roll back I would require the original solution if it was already deployed before (which I can back up of course before I replace
it)
Anything which involves changing the content dbs should of course be done after the solutions is deployed to the whole farm, so this should not hurt in this case.
Anyway MSDN says that the "DeployLocal" method (which I assume is the same as the -local switch in PS ) should be only used
for
troubleshooting purposes.
So it would be great to hear about anyones experiences with it
2. As there can be different types of load balancers (hardware, software) which might not be configurable through my script I assume that taking out the WFE from the the load balancer may not always be possible.
So I thought about just taking the server offline.
I haven't found an option yet to take only one server in the farm offline (without removing it from the farm of course), so maybe I miss something. Any ideas?
3. Before taking a single WFE offline, I would like to assure that this server does not have any open sessions, operations of users ongoing. Unfortunately I found only the possibility to quiesce the whole farm, but not a single
server. Am I missing something?
Appreciate any ideas which might point me in the direction to solve the overall goal!
SharePoint Architect, Speaker, MCP, MCPD, MCITP, MCSA, MCTS, Scrum Master/Product Owner
Blog: www.matthiaseinig.de, Twitter:
@mattein
CodePlex: SharePoint Software Factory,
SharePoint Solution Deployer

Hi Mike,
unfortunately not. I tried several different approaches but didn't really success reliably with any of them. So eventually I gave up on it.
Interesting idea though that Eric Hasley is commenting on the blog post you mentioned.
"There is another approach that has worked for me in the past. Because the deployment to each server is handled through a timer job,
by stopping the timer service in a controlled fashion you can rollout your solution without incurring any user outage."
It could work like that (in theory).
Stop the SPTimerV4 on all servers in the farm apart from one.
Take out the one to deploy to from the NLB
Wait until it has no connections
Deploy the solutions on it in the ordinary way (eg. with my
SharePoint Solution Deployer ;))
Put it back into the NLB and take the others out
Wait until they have no connections left
Activate the timer service on the others servers and let them deploy
Put them back into the NLB
No clue if this is actually working and you still have the problem with the NLB, so it could take a while.
Also I am not certain what happens in state 5 if users use different versions of your solutions at the same time (old version on the remaining open connections, new version on the updated server)
I do not have a suitable farm at hand to play with it though, so can't test it.
Cheers
Matthias
Matthias Einig, CEO, SharePoint MVP
Blog: www.matthiaseinig.de, Twitter:
@mattein
Projects: SharePoint Code Analysis Framework (SPCAF),SharePoint Code Check (SPCop),
SharePoint Software Factory,
SharePoint Solution Deployer

How to deploy ear file with jar file and war file with different names

Hi,
As part of weblogic migration from WL 6.1 sp3 to WL 10, Iam facing some problem.
Problem:
I have one ear file(abc.ear) to deploy which contains one jar file(xyz.jar) and one war file(pqr.war).
In config.xml file of WL 6.1, it was mentioned as :
<Application Deployed="true" Name="abc" Path="./config/mydomain/applications/abc.ear">
<EJBComponent Name="xyz" Targets="myserver" URI="xyz.jar"/>
<WebAppComponent Name="pqr" Targets="myserver" URI="pqr.war"/>
</Application>.
The above is working fine.
But in config.xml file WL10,I cannot mention the same.
I need to have different application anmes for ear,jar and war.If I deploy as a ear file,the jar and war files are deployed with the same ear file name.
I tried the following options:
1) Deploying as a ear file by adding <sub-deployments>
2) Deploying both war and jar seperately which is not recommended in my application.
Please provide the content I should place in the config.xml so that everything works fine correctly.
Any help is appreciated.

Hi,
As part of weblogic migration from WL 6.1 sp3 to WL 10, Iam facing some problem.
Problem:
I have one ear file(abc.ear) to deploy which contains one jar file(xyz.jar) and one war file(pqr.war).
In config.xml file of WL 6.1, it was mentioned as :
<Application Deployed="true" Name="abc" Path="./config/mydomain/applications/abc.ear">
<EJBComponent Name="xyz" Targets="myserver" URI="xyz.jar"/>
<WebAppComponent Name="pqr" Targets="myserver" URI="pqr.war"/>
</Application>.
The above is working fine.
But in config.xml file WL10,I cannot mention the same.
I need to have different application anmes for ear,jar and war.If I deploy as a ear file,the jar and war files are deployed with the same ear file name.
I tried the following options:
1) Deploying as a ear file by adding <sub-deployments>
2) Deploying both war and jar seperately which is not recommended in my application.
Please provide the content I should place in the config.xml so that everything works fine correctly.
Any help is appreciated.

OS deployment to laptops with lids closed and battery power?

I'm trying to deploy Windows 7 to laptops with the lids closed. I send wake on lan to start the deployment and it works on some of the laptops (they are all identical) and the rest run part way and never complete until I walk to the laptop and open
the lid (then the deployment resumes).
I am assuming the reason some complete and some do not is because the smart device that charges these laptops charges the laptops in banks to avoid overloading the power source and maybe the laptops do not want to continue after a reboot if they are not
actively charging at that moment and the lid is closed.
Are there any special settings (power plan settings or BIOS settings) we should configure to ensure that deployment continues unattended whether the lid is open or closed and whether the laptop is charging or not?

I am assuming the reason some complete and some do not is because the smart device that charges these laptops charges the laptops in banks to avoid overloading the power source and maybe the laptops do not want to continue after a reboot if they are not
actively charging at that moment and the lid is closed.
Are there any special settings (power plan settings or BIOS settings) we should configure to ensure that deployment continues unattended whether the lid is open or closed and whether the laptop is charging or not?
Connect an external monitor up to one of the laptops in question to see what is really going on. Specifically what is blocking things here? Are the machines actually booted into WinPE or the full OS, or are they blocked at BIOS.
Everything else at this point is speculation. There is nothing built into MDT Litetouch that would prevent it from continuing due to the state of the Laptop LID
Keith Garner - Principal Consultant (owner) at <a href="http://DeploymentLive.com/">http://DeploymentLive.com</a>

App-V 5.0 SP2 (Office Deployment Toolkit) - Unable to create Project and Visio with different package ID

We would like to create 2 App-V packages with the
Office Deployment Tool
- Visio Std 2013
- Project Std 2013.
The App-V packages are created successfully, the problem is that the package-id of both packages is the same.
When we deploy for example, Visio to a client and afterwards Project, Visio gets replaced in App-V by Project.
Is anyone else facing this issue ?

So I wanted to bring everybody up to speed on some changes. You can manage multiple Office packages by generating different PACKAGEGUID attributes (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219426.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396)
using the Office Deployment Toolkit BUT - the following still applies:
Only one Office package can be deployed to a machine at a time.
Only VL and Subscription Pro options are available for packaging via App-V.
Steve Thomas, Senior Consultant, Microsoft
App-V/MED-V/SCVMM/Server App-V/MDOP/AppCompat
http://blogs.technet.com/gladiatormsft/
The App-V Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/appv/
The MED-V Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/medv
The SCVMM Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/
“This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. User assumes all risks.”
Steve is there any chance this stance may change, or is there any feedback we can give (we have already followed up with our TAM and have also put in tickets but effectively have not gone anywhere other then to explain what the model of support is)?
To be perfectly honest its a very hard model to support since users are licenses for Visio and Project separately, not to mention the lack of user publishing (targeting) and Office Standard support.
We have put in advisory and problem tickets with MS for months in hopes of using the ODT packages in our non persistent VDI environment but I don't believe it will possible.
In short if we have to separate our images or pools to support the various possibilities we are losing what App-V gains us: on demand (per user) publishing to limit the number of gold images we need.
The loss of Office Standard support also leaves us in a tricky spot, because at the end of the day we have to find a way to support those users.
Not looking to put you on the spot, just hoping there is a way to give effective feedback or discuss how to use the ODT packages in a way that makes life easier, not more restrictive.

Deploy sql server with scvmm 2012 r2

Hello,
How to deploy SQL Server with scvmm such a way that I get a VM with OS+ SQL installed.
Is there way that i will get installed SQL with all feature to create new VM.
I have followed the steps as given links http://blog.islamgomaa.com/?p=236
I worked but when i have create a VM , still I need to installed SQL management Stdio manually for create DBs.

MSFT has also built SQL Server Service Templates that will do this for you - you download the template, add your OS disk, add the SQL install media and go.
Here is how to get the MSFT built templates:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2013/11/04/using-the-service-models-web-platform-installer-gallery.aspx
Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Disclaimer: Attempting change is of your own free will.

Deployment Error with jdk 5 and oc4j_extended_101320.zip

Hello,
I get the following error when I try to deploy my application using jdk 5 and oc4j (oc4j_extended_101320.zip) . I am sure no references of jdk1.4 are being used anywhere. I also tried deleting the persistence directory to make sure there are no lock files anywhere , but in vain. I am stuck with this problem and I urgently need a solution to get past this. Any help in this regard is appreciated. Thanks. Here is the stack trace.
This load was initiated at sim.root:0.0.0 using the Class.forName() method.
The missing class is not available from any code-source or loader in the system.
07/12/31 01:19:17 WARNING: DeployerRunnable.run java.lang.InstantiationException: Application: sim is in failed state as initialization failedoracle.oc4j.admin.internal.DeployerException: java.lang.InstantiationException: Application: sim is in failed state as initialization failed
     at oracle.oc4j.admin.internal.DeployerBase.execute(DeployerBase.java:126)
     at oracle.oc4j.admin.jmx.server.mbeans.deploy.OC4JDeployerRunnable.doRun(OC4JDeployerRunnable.java:52)
     at oracle.oc4j.admin.jmx.server.mbeans.deploy.DeployerRunnable.run(DeployerRunnable.java:81)
     at com.evermind.util.ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor$MyWorker.run(ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor.java:298)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: Application: sim is in failed state as initialization failed
     at com.evermind.server.Application.setConfig(Application.java:497)
     at com.evermind.server.Application.setConfig(Application.java:340)
     at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServer.addApplication(ApplicationServer.java:1879)
     at oracle.oc4j.admin.internal.ApplicationDeployer.addApplication(ApplicationDeployer.java:512)
     at oracle.oc4j.admin.internal.ApplicationDeployer.doDeploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:196)
     at oracle.oc4j.admin.internal.DeployerBase.execute(DeployerBase.java:93)
     ... 4 more
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For internal questions please use the internal mailing lists...
--olaf

Replace a 2003 (not R2) File Server with a 2012R2 files server and preferably keep the same machine name and IP when finished

I am wanting to replace a 2003 (not R2) File Server with a 2012R2 file server and preferably keep the same machine name and IP when finished. For the moment I just need some "high level" guidance, little details can be worked out once I know
which direction I will go. I was considering that DFS might be a way to help get through the process although when finished the 2012R2 Files server will be by itself with no other file server planned at this time. DFS can stay installed for maybe
future purposes but clearly I wouldn't need the DFS Replication with only one machine.
Here's a few details of the environment....
1. DC's are 2012R2 but it is still 2003 DFL because the old 2003 DCs are still present. But likely they will be gone and the DFL elevated before I start on the File Server project
2. Nearly all machines in the facility have a shortcut on the "All Users" Desktop that points to the existing old File Server. Editing or replacing that shortcut would be a major pain,...hence why I want to keep the same machine name at least,
and maybe the same IP if not too much trouble. This way the existing shortcut would continue to work with the new 2012R2 File Server. The UNC path represented in that shortcut is also configured into one or more of our major business applications,
futher emphasizing the need to keep the UNC path the same throughout the process.
3. The facility runs 24/7/365 but is "light" on weekends. The political environment is such that there is little to no tolerance for any down time at all.
4. Would DFS (based from the 2012R2 machine) be a good tool to get where I need to go?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Phillip Windell

Hi Sharon,
I've done some more reading and have a few new ideas to run past you....
Yes regular DFS wouldn't help and the Namespace would still be different than how it was with just the old server. However I was thinking DFS Replication could replace the purpose of RoboCopy and it would keep the two locations "in sync" until I was ready
to flip over to the new server. DFS Rep can exist independently of a DFS Namespace, so a Namespace is not even needed. It needs a minimum of 2003R2 for the "later & better" DFS Rep but I believe 2003 can do an "in place" upgrade to 2003R2, so I would upgrade
the old server to 2003R2 first. As long as the DFS Rep on 2012R2 and 2003R2 will properly interact I think that will work.
Thanks for the reg info on the Shares. I'm debating if editing that would reg file would really be much better than manually creating the Shares on the new server while the DFS Replication was doing its job. I'll probably export that Key as a
safety move whether I use it or not.
Once the DFS Rep is fully in sync and the Shares are in place on the new server, I figure I would then:
1. Remove the DFS Replication Object (optionally remove DFS Services completely)
2. Rename the old File Server to something else and set it to DHCP
3. Rename the new File Server to the name I want to use and give it the IP the old server had.
How does that sound?
Phillip Windell

Software Center Application Uninstallation Button Greyed Out and Deploying an Application with Uninstall switch Fails

Hi,
I tried everything I could find on the internet but no luck so far. I can successfully deploy MS Visio 2013 to the clients. I also want to be able to uninstall it from the clients. On the client machine Uninstall button is greyed out. This deployment is
installed as "Available" and there is only one deployment type within that MS Visio 2013 Application.
I tried the following uninstall commands in my deployment:
setup.exe /uninstall
setup.exe /uninstall
VisPro
/config .\vispro.ww\uninstallvisio.xml
“\\SRVSCCM2012\Sources\MSApplications\MSVisioPro_2013_64Bit_ENG\setup.exe” /uninstall VisPro /config "\\SRVSCCM2012\Sources\MSApplications\MSVisioPro_2013_64Bit_ENG\vispro.ww\uninstallvisio.xml"
\\SRVSCCM2012\Sources\MSApplications\MSVisioPro_2013_64Bit_ENG\setup.exe /uninstall VisPro /config \\SRVSCCM2012\Sources\MSApplications\MSVisioPro_2013_64Bit_ENG\vispro.ww\uninstallvisio.xml
I checked Product ID from Setup.xml and I know it is correct. My uninstallvisio.xml' content is below:
<Configuration Product="VisPro">
<Display Level="basic" CompletionNotice="yes" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
</Configuration>
Last night, I downloaded and installed Cumulative Update 1 for SCCM 2012 R2 and I haven't tried the deployment after the update,yet. I will try it today but please let me know what else to check.
Yavuz Selim Atmaca

After I updated SCCM Server and test client pc with CU1 , I tried to deploy visio as Required. It installed successfully. Then I uninstalled visio by deploying the application with Uninstall Action.
After that I tried to deploy visio as "Available" to see if Software Center Uninstall button works. However visio deployment does not come to Software Center's Available Applications List. I check the status of the deployment under the Deployments monitoring
node and it says Success "Already Compliant". I dont know what it means. Does config manager thinks that visio already installed?
Yavuz Selim Atmaca
2 or 3 hours later that -Succes "Already Compliant"- status of the deployment under the Deployments monitoring node is vanished automatically and Software Center application list showed the new deployment. I installed it and uninstalled it succesfully.
So, you are right Solution is the CU1 but I am still wondering why my available deployment took so time to be visible in Software Center althought I didn't enter any schedule to be available.
Yavuz Selim Atmaca

ISE with dot1x and Posture deployment in pararrel with certain users

Hi,
We want to deploy ISE in sequencial order, meaning that I will initially have all users authenticate/authorized with dot1x/MAB etc, then only on certain locations or users to have posture condition validation/verification while others not.
Can someone please advise whether this approach is possible, as far I understand, once you have posture policies in place as authorization rule it will hit all the users. This may be possible where you can match the switch or the location as a seperate condition, but if all users are spread/mixed we just need to find a simple way how to do it or whether it is not possible..?

We have modified the attached policy on rule 04 and 05 (from top) and add a new condition Device locationEqual "Switch1".According to this rule any user connected to Switch1 only do the posture and same user PCconnect any other switch (other than switch1), it should do only the dot1x/MAB (rule 1-3). But in our case user PC connect any other switch than switch1, it hit the ISE default policy(not included in this attachement) and also it pop-ups the NAC agent and do the posturing. Questions-why the PC/user is not hitting rule 1-3 and goes to default rule-why the PC/user is doing posture where there's no posture rule hitting.
Hi,
First of all, I would assume you configured the PC for machine or user authentication.
So, when a user connects to the network using other switch but not switch1, it will get 2 hits:
1. Computer authentication - this PC is part of Domain Computers
2. Default rule - because you configured (domain) user authentication for dot1x requests that are received only from switch1!
You haven't specified a rule for domain users alone (with no location condition) and with no posture.
You have to add something like this:
1. dot1x + Domain PC
2. dot1x + Domain User + location + preposture
3. dot1x + Domain User + location + posture compliant
4. dot1x + Domain User (and no posture condition)
To answer your second question, event though you 've excepted a certain user from posture, if NAC Agent is installed, it will popup and it will say that you're compliant, so practically it isn't doing posture
(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.1/user_guide/ise_pos_pol.html)
Generating a Posture Requirement The run-time services requests for the posture requirement for the endpoint by looking up at the role to which the user belongs to and the operating system on the client. If you do not have a policy associated with the role, then the run-time services communicate to the NAC Agent with an empty requirement. If you have a policy associated with the role, then the run-time services run through the posture policies through one or more requirements associated with the policies and for each requirement through one or more conditions.
If you want to rollout for posture, you could use exception rules (check the top section of authorization rules) or you could do only posture audit for your rules so that everyone can get network access event though they're not compliant.

Exchange was deployed without a CASArray, need help with array settings and PRF to fix.

I'm standing up a new Exchange 2010 server to replace old hardware (not going 2013 at this time) and found out the hard way that the person who built the old 2010 box never created a CASArray. I've created one and applied it to the mailbox DB on the
new server with set-rpcclientaccess and it works fine - I move my own mailbox to the new DB and do a "Repair" to the Outlook profile and then it shows the address for the CAS Arrary within Outlook.
I set up a hardware load balancer for the CAS Array IP address and it shows good connection from both CAS servers, Outlook is connecting through that just fine.
Users are on Outlook 2007 and 2010, almost all 64-bit versions.
Reconfiguring everybody's outlook isn't going to be a practical solution for me - I support a couple hundred geographically-dispersed users most of whom aren't keen to muck about in their Outlook settings. So here are my questions:
Should I add the mailbox DB on the old CAS server to the array using set-rpcclientaccess or will this disrupt connectivity for all users?
Assuming I need to use a PRF to update client computers, have read several pages on how to create the PRF, but even launching outlook.exe /importprf doesn't fix the value - and /promptimportprf doesn't prompt (I see a brief flash of what is probably the
prompt window but it disappears immediately). I'm going to paste in the PRF in use exempting sections 5, 6 and 7 which are unchanged. Where do I correctly need to enter the CAS array value?
[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=true
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
[Internet Account List]
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;[ServiceX]
;FormDirectoryPage=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services Form Directory page used to create Web forms.
;WebServicesLocation=
;-- The URL of Exchange Web Services page used to display unknown forms.
;ComposeWithWebServices=
;-- Set to true to use Exchange Web Services to compose forms.
;PromptWhenUsingWebServices=
;-- Set to true to use Exchange Web Services to display unknown forms.
;OpenWithWebServices=
;-- Set to true to prompt user before opening unknown forms when using Exchange Web Services.
[Service1]
HomeServer=cas.corp.mydomain
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=true

If you move a mailbox from one server to another, Outlook will automatically repair the Outlook profile. Have you tried this, instead of trying to force a profile update using a PRF?

Templates in SCVMM 2008 R2 and SCVMM 2012 R2

Hi Experts,
I have few questions regarding VM Template creation using SCVMM.
1. What is the difference between VM templates in SCVMM 2008 R2 and SCVMM 2012 R2 ?
2. I could not see the three folders (Snapshots, Virtual hard disks and Virtual Machines) of SCVMM 2008 R2 template in a template created using SCVMM 2012 R2. Only the vhd files are present in the template. What about the config.xml file?
3. Can we customize the config.xml for our VM installations?
4. Do we need to sysprep a VM or vhd file before creating a Template ? If yes, how to do it ?
Thanks,
Saleem

The reason that I am confused is that you should not have gotten a config.xml file, even with VMM 2008.
The only time that SCVMM ever saved that (that I recall) is when a VM was stored to the Library, which is a different action than creating a template.
All of the template settings are stored in the SCVMM database. If you have a custom unattend.xml that is merged with the one that SCVMM generates on the fly at deployment time, then that is stored in the Library. But the one that SCVMM generates
based on the OS Profile is never physically save in the Library. SCVMM always uses an unattend.xml whenever a Windows OS template is deployed.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb740827.aspx
Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Disclaimer: Attempting change is of your own free will.

Error when enabling the connection group with office 2013 and a plugIn

Hi,
I've created the office 2013 proplusVolume with ODT, published it globaly, Sequenced the plugin, with only the office 2013 as a published app-v package on the system, made the connection group with correct xml, but when I enable the connection group, I got
the error:
The connection group {xxx} version {xxx} could not be published because the
virtual COM settings of the individual packages conflict.
Verify that the virtual COM settings are the same for all member packages and try again.
The COM settings are made the same as the office package on the plugin package, but I still have the same error.
The Deployment-, and user-XML have this values (as it was for the office originally):
<COM Mode=”Integrated”>
<IntegratedCOMAttributes
OutOfProcessEnabled=”true” InProcessEnabled=”true” />
<Objects Enabled=”false” />
Why do I get this error?
Why is it merly impossible to track down the realy error?
What can i do to make this connection group work?

Right now the catalog is pulling from the AppXManifests inside the AppV Packages. You can see these settings by renaming the AppV file to .ZIP and browsing those files (READ ONLY) to see the default COM settings. Simply changing the Deployment Config files
is not enough. You will need to make sure the information is dynamically applied at publishing by specifying the -DynamicDeploymentConfiguration option when adding the package using the Add-AppvClientPackage cmdlet. You do not need to worry about the UserConfig
file.
If you are doing this in band with the management system, you would import this configuration in under Advanced Configuration for the package.
Steve Thomas, Senior Consultant, Microsoft
App-V/MED-V/SCVMM/Server App-V/MDOP/AppCompat
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Can not deploy Adobe CC with deployment Manager

Hi,
we are trying to deploy Adobe CC with SCCM 2012 R2. While the installation we are getting errors in the PDApp.log:
01/07/15 14:59:30:028 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 4196 | Build Version - 1.7.0.43
01/07/15 14:59:30:029 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 4196 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:30:029 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 4196 | Executing immediate custom action for install mode.
01/07/15 14:59:30:029 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 4196 | The CustomActionData string is : mode=install;sourceDir=C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\;installDir=;origDB=C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\ Adobe Creative Cloud Illustrator 2014.msi
01/07/15 14:59:30:029 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 4196 | Successfully executed the immediate custom action for install mode .
01/07/15 14:59:32:461 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Build Version - 1.7.0.43
01/07/15 14:59:32:461 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:461 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Executing the deferred custom action.
01/07/15 14:59:32:466 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Obtained the following as CustomActionData
01/07/15 14:59:32:466 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | mode=install;sourceDir=C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\;installDir=;origDB=C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\ Adobe Creative Cloud Illustrator 2014.msi
01/07/15 14:59:32:466 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | mode=install;sourceDir=C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\;installDir=;origDB=C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\ Adobe Creative Cloud Illustrator 2014.msi
01/07/15 14:59:32:466 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Original database path is : C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\Adobe Creative Cloud Illustrator 2014.msi
01/07/15 14:59:32:472 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | OptionXML saved at location :: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{C1921A81-A734-45BA-BE0B-E4440C3E2259}\\{CF57953C-5FB8-414D-AF1D-C555914C 4B73}
01/07/15 14:59:32:496 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Build Version - 1.7.0.43
01/07/15 14:59:32:496 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:496 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Initializing Custom Action Data from parameters
01/07/15 14:59:32:496 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | Utilities | | | 3796 | Folder does not exist
01/07/15 14:59:32:496 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Provisioning Tool path is (C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{C1921A81-A734-45BA-BE0B-E4440C3E2259}\\{FF74F6C4-0D5C-43E0-98F2-5A9B0B3 FED97}).
01/07/15 14:59:32:498 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Starting to run the custom action for install mode
01/07/15 14:59:32:498 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | STEP 1: Starting to parse Option XML.
01/07/15 14:59:32:503 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Self-Update BootStrapper Relative Path doesn't exist.
01/07/15 14:59:32:504 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | No of updates found (1).
01/07/15 14:59:32:504 | [WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Failed to find Royalty Bearing attribute info.
01/07/15 14:59:32:504 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Number of Medias found = 1
01/07/15 14:59:32:504 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Deployment Manager is running in Install Mode.
01/07/15 14:59:32:508 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Deployment XML created at path :: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{2C2F5292-0608-47D5-BCE2-3B2D1A59C1EC}\\{DE6BF6FD-0D94-4F7D-86B5-6804037C B0D7}
01/07/15 14:59:32:513 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Override XML created at path :: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{2C2F5292-0608-47D5-BCE2-3B2D1A59C1EC}\\{0B4F1D68-9714-494B-BF52-CCB490BD 2AF4}
01/07/15 14:59:32:517 | [WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Failed to find the pdb database.
01/07/15 14:59:32:517 | [WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Failed to get the local payload database handle.
01/07/15 14:59:32:517 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | STEP 2: Starting to launch ASU AAM.
01/07/15 14:59:32:517 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Bootstrapper launch location is :: C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\1d\ASU\Set-up.dat
01/07/15 14:59:32:681 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | Build Version - 8.0.1.12
01/07/15 14:59:32:681 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:711 | [WARN] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | Failed in key1 generation
01/07/15 14:59:32:711 | [WARN] | | ASU | OPM | CryptEngine | | | 4388 | Failed in key1 generation
01/07/15 14:59:32:747 | [WARN] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | Failed in key3List generation
01/07/15 14:59:32:747 | [ERROR] | | ASU | OPM | CryptEngine | | | 4388 | Failed in key3List generation
01/07/15 14:59:32:749 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | Schema version and schema compatibility version are same or greater than current
01/07/15 14:59:32:773 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | _opm_handle_OPDReturnedStatus called with opdStatus as:0
01/07/15 14:59:32:773 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | No Record found for the input fields in opm_getValueForKey
01/07/15 14:59:32:774 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 4388 | Released OPM refrence successfully in opm_freeLibRef
01/07/15 14:59:32:840 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Build Version - 2.8.1.451
01/07/15 14:59:32:840 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:849 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Build Version - 2.8.1.451
01/07/15 14:59:32:850 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:850 | [WARN] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Detected db journal file trying to repair it...
01/07/15 14:59:32:850 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | trying to createOrUpdatePIMDbSchema.
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Current db schema version on machine 2.
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Current db schema version to install 2.
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | PIM DB Schema is up to date. Current schema version is 2.
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | PIM Database is Up To Date.
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Sqlite 'Successfully' recovered from journal file.
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | PIMSqlite closeDB status 0
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Build Version - 2.8.1.451
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Creating PIM instance for path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [FATAL] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Detected db journal file, Application is in corrupted state: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [INFO] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | sqlite(pim.db) at path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp is already closed
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [ERROR] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Failed to create the pimLibraryRef
01/07/15 14:59:32:852 | [ERROR] | | ASU | PIM | PIM | | | 4160 | Successfully freed PIM object Array
01/07/15 14:59:32:869 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Build Version - 1.7.0.43
01/07/15 14:59:32:869 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:32:869 | [FATAL] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | The Bootstrapper Process is (62).Stopping the installation process.
01/07/15 14:59:32:869 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Starting to clean the partially installed payloads.
01/07/15 14:59:32:874 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Undeployment XML created at path :: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{2C2F5292-0608-47D5-BCE2-3B2D1A59C1EC}\\{FEBD9916-0002-4AFE-9DE5-08A59CA0 479A}
01/07/15 14:59:32:874 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Starting to launch the Adobe Installer for uninstall mode.
01/07/15 14:59:32:874 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Obtained Adobe Common Folder Path.
01/07/15 14:59:32:874 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\DECore\Setup.exe
01/07/15 14:59:32:993 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | AAMEEUtilities | | | 3796 | Process creation completed.
01/07/15 14:59:32:994 | [FATAL] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | The return code from the Adobe Installer Process is (33).Stopping the uninstallation process.
01/07/15 14:59:32:994 | [WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Failed to find the pdb database.
01/07/15 14:59:32:994 | [WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | Failed to get the local payload database handle.
01/07/15 14:59:32:994 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | Utilities | | | 3796 | Folder does not exist
01/07/15 14:59:33:001 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | Build Version - 8.0.0.143
01/07/15 14:59:33:001 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | Logging Level verbosity Set to 4
01/07/15 14:59:33:015 | [WARN] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | Failed in key1 generation
01/07/15 14:59:33:015 | [WARN] | | ASU | OPM | CryptEngine | | | 3796 | Failed in key1 generation
01/07/15 14:59:33:046 | [WARN] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | Failed in key3List generation
01/07/15 14:59:33:046 | [ERROR] | | ASU | OPM | CryptEngine | | | 3796 | Failed in key3List generation
01/07/15 14:59:33:048 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | Schema version and schema compatibility version are same or greater than current
01/07/15 14:59:33:077 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | _opm_handle_OPDReturnedStatus called with opdStatus as:0
01/07/15 14:59:33:078 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | No Record found for the input fields in opm_getValueForKey
01/07/15 14:59:33:078 | [INFO] | | ASU | OPM | OPM | | | 3796 | Released OPM refrence successfully in opm_freeLibRef
01/07/15 14:59:33:100 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3796 | Event Guid generated is: 'af2ccd85-1900-4b4e-b396-c2d165eb28df'
01/07/15 14:59:33:103 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3796 | GetIEProxyInfo - No default proxy present on the user machine
01/07/15 14:59:33:104 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3796 | GetIEProxyInfo - Failed to get proxy for the url, error:12006
01/07/15 14:59:33:104 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3796 | GetIEProxyInfo - proxy Url is
01/07/15 14:59:33:561 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3240 | HTTP Request Status code 200.
01/07/15 14:59:33:574 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3796 | The http request returned HTTP_Status:0 HttpCommunicator error:0
01/07/15 14:59:33:574 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 3796 | Waiting for the async thread to get the task completed
01/07/15 14:59:33:581 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | | | | 4664 | Async thread is completed. Now exiting from function.
01/07/15 14:59:33:625 | [INFO] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 3796 | The install workflow is terminating.
Can anybody please help us?
Thank you.
Stefan

Stefan,
Possibly dumb question but are your installers built for the appropriate architecture (32-, 64-bit)? Adobe is pretty picky about that with CC.

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