OSD: TS deployed to Vista SCCM 2012 client, reboots then doesn't find network drivers

Hi,
We deploy SCCM 2012 client to a SCCM 2007 Vista pc.
We then deploy a task sequence to install Windows 7.
Everything works fine on a vm, it reboots in winpe then starts the task sequence. On a laptop however, it does not work. F8 shows it does not get an ip address, it seems as if no network adaptor is recognized.
However, the same task sequence works fine on the same laptop when pxe booting + I added the driver to winpe. Didn’t help. Please advise.
J.
Jan Hoedt

I think I know what the root cause is, but not how to solve it.
In diskpart, I can see 3 volumes:
*Volume 0 = D-drive, DVD-rom,
*Volume 1 = no drive letter, partition of 400 GB
*Volume 2 = C-drive, label "Configuratio", type "removable" 4 GB
It should install to the 400 GB drive but it seems that its installing to the removable drive.
Not sure what that is since there is no USB attached. Probably it is the winpe temporarely mounted(?)
The behaviour I have is described
here and is also referring to USB.
=> I guess I have to tell the temporarely mounted drive to be f.e. Z when installing in full OS.
Any idea howto do this?
J.
Jan Hoedt

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Here is a snippet from the ccm logs:
---> The device computername.xxx.local does not exist on the network. Giving up~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.927+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
---> Trying the 'best-shot' account which worked for previous CCRs (index = 0x0)~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.927+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
---> Attempting to connect to administrative share '\\computername\admin$' using account 'xxx\sccm_push'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.927+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
---> WNetAddConnection2 failed (LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS) using account xxx\sccm_push (00000035) $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.942+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
---> The device "computername" does not exist on the network. Giving up~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.942+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
---> ERROR: Unable to access target machine for request: "2097152018", machine name: "computername", access denied or invalid network path. $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.942+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetLastErrorCode] 2097152018, 53~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.958+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
Stored request "2097152018", machine name "computername", in queue "Retry". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.958+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetPushRequestMachineStatus] 2097152018, 2~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.958+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetLatest] 2097152018, N'08/14/2012 10:47:23', 198~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.973+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
<======End request: "2097152018", machine name: "computername". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:23.973+300><thread=4568 (0x11D8)>
---> WNetAddConnection2 failed (LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS) using account xxx\sccm_push (00000035) $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-14-2012 05:47:25.989+300><thread=4688 (0x1250)>

SCCM 2012 client in capture but deploy has default step "Setup Windows and ConfigMgr"

Hi,
We have our SCCM 2012 client in the capture but the deploy has a single step "Setup Windows and ConfigMgr" in which there is no option to NOT install the sccm 2012 client.
So what happens then, the client is installed a second time?
Please advise.
J.
Jan Hoedt

Hello !
This is a mandatory step in order to configure Windows for a first use. In your case, the SCCM client will just be serialized, it's not a problem. The SCCM client has generally been prepared during the design capture.
Hope this helps.
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Ultimately, the best method is whatever works for you. Every environment is different and has unique constraints and requirements. You first need to learn out each of the methods and what they do to be able to properly evaluate which will work best for you.
Kind of like mining for gold, who cares how you got it out of the ground, once you get it out, you're rich :-) But if you rely on someone else telling you what the best way was for their mine, you may not be doing it the best way for your mine thus you need
to geological surveys, exploration, trial and error, etc. In other words, you need to do some real grunt work.
Often, using multiple methods is best though because each has its pros and cons (yes, even my startup script -- thanks for the cheerleading Michael and Tim). But as mentioned, it all comes down to you learning about your environment and the different
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SCCM 2012 client installation

Hi all,
I am trying to deploy SCCM 2012 client to my office computers using client push installation wizard, however when I random check the log file on client computers, the wizard did not start at all. Anyone know why this happen?
Anyway I can trigger the installation wizard for the clients?
Regards,
Chungb

Hi Chungb,
Please install the FSP Role and mention the same.
Also are you able to access the SCCM Server share from the client machines ? Can you confirm that as well
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SCCM 2012 client installation not happening

Hi,
I'm having issues while installing SCCM 2012 client on "Microsoftr Windows Serverr 2008 Standard SP-1"
I have tried manual install and uninstall also several time. And all the revelent services are also working fine
and I'm having below issue:
Some tabs are missing:
CCM Notification Agent is disabled.

Here are the attached log files.
This is CCMSetup.log
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:22:51: SmsSetLUAAccessPermissions. >Gets permission for evelation on Vista and grants each COM object permission.]LOG]!><time="10:22:51.744-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:22:51: Ngen. Calling NGEN.exe]LOG]!><time="10:22:51.760-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:12: InstallServices. Installing new services]LOG]!><time="10:23:12.445-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: WriteEnvironmentStrings. Updating environment strings]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.116-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmSetServiceConfig. Sets WMI ServiceRootDir and configures CCMEXEC service.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.116-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmRegisterWinTaskRollback. Rolls back the changes made by CcmRegisterWinTask.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.381-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmRegisterWinTask. Registers tasks with Windows Task Scheduler.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.397-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmRollbackEvalTask. Rollback the creattion of Configuration Manager Client evaluation tasks.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.412-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmCreateEvalTask. Create Configuration Manager Client evaluation tasks.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.428-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: SmsMigrateInventory. Migrating SMS Legacy Client inventory settings]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.631-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmEnableAppVIntegration. Enable Configuration Manager Client integration with App-V.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.631-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmConfigDCOM. Configures registry key permissions for the DCOM Components passed from CcmConfigDCOMInit.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.662-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: SmsShellNotify. Notifies the shell for the file-association icon changes.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.693-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: SmsSetClientConfig. Applies the configuration placed by SmsSetClientConfigInit and configures client framework.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.709-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:13: CcmInitializePolicy. Sets and initializes default policy.]LOG]!><time="10:23:13.724-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: CcmRegisterWFGina. Registers Write Filter Gina.]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.283-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: CcmRegisterWFGinaRollback. Rolls back the changes made by CcmRegisterWFGina.]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.298-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: CcmClearServiceSetupStamp. Clear the time stamp for blocking the ccmexec service from starting up during upgrade.]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.314-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: CcmRegisterProduct. If product is registered in MSI database, then product is registered with WMI.]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.329-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: CcmRegisterProductRollback. Calls CcmUnregisterProduct. Deletes the instance from the WMI in the Configuration Manager namespace using the ProductCode instance in the session.]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.345-120" date="07-01-2014"
component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: SmsInstallPrepDrvr. Installing Software Metering PREP Driver]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.345-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:16: StartServices. Starting services]LOG]!><time="10:23:16.439-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:17: CcmStartService. Starts the ccmexec service.]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.484-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:17: SmsCleanupDesktopMigrationInfo. Deletes backed up information on the disk.]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.499-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:17: SmsClientInstallSucceeded. Sends a wmi event to indicate client installation succeeded.]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.499-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:17: InstallFinalize. ]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.515-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:17: RollbackCleanup. Removing backup files]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.655-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[MSI: Action 10:23:17: RemoveExistingProducts. Removing applications]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.687-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:314">
<![LOG[File C:\Windows\ccmsetup\{59A0EA77-D28C-4286-83A6-04BB57B9CDD6}\client.msi installation succeeded.]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.827-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3556" file="msiutil.cpp:831">
<![LOG[A Fallback Status Point has not been specified. Message with STATEID='400' will not be sent.]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.827-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3556" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9428">
<![LOG[Deleted file C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ccmsetup.xml]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.827-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3556" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9156">
<![LOG[Task 'Configuration Manager Client Upgrade Task' does not exist]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.843-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3556" file="wintask.cpp:571">
<![LOG[CcmSetup is exiting with return code 0]LOG]!><time="10:23:17.843-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3556" file="ccmsetup.cpp:10540">
Here is Clientidmanagerstartup.log:
<![LOG['RDV' Identity store does not support backup.]LOG]!><time="10:26:18.985-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="3336" file="ccmidstore.cpp:372">
<![LOG[Raising event:
[SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]
instance of SMS_RemoteClient_Reassigned
ClientID = "GUID:523B833D-AB79-4DBC-B026-F01F1549ED3F";
DateTime = "20140701082618.985000+000";
LastAssignedSite = "";
MachineName = "KIEVM-XENE01";
NewAssignedSite = "EME";
ProcessID = 3652;
SiteCode = "EME";
ThreadID = 3336;
]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.001-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="3336" file="event.cpp:706">
<![LOG[Read SMBIOS (encoded): 56004D0077006100720065002D00340032002000320062002000300065002000610035002000300031002000310033002000360030002000300034002D0061003000200031006400200062003900200032003800200061003500200063006200200066003100200034006300]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.266-120"
date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="smbiosident.cpp:118">
<![LOG[Evaluated SMBIOS (encoded): 56004D0077006100720065002D00340032002000320062002000300065002000610035002000300031002000310033002000360030002000300034002D0061003000200031006400200062003900200032003800200061003500200063006200200066003100200034006300]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.266-120"
date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="smbiosident.cpp:184">
<![LOG[No SMBIOS Changed]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.266-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="smbiosident.cpp:65">
<![LOG[SMBIOS unchanged]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.266-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="ccmid.cpp:671">
<![LOG[SID unchanged]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.266-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="ccmid.cpp:688">
<![LOG[HWID unchanged]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.266-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="ccmid.cpp:705">
<![LOG[GetSystemEnclosureChassisInfo: IsFixed=FALSE, IsLaptop=FALSE]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.281-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="ccmid.cpp:215">
<![LOG[Windows To Go requires a minimum operating system of Windows 8]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.297-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="util.cpp:2902">
<![LOG[Computed HardwareID=2:235672F0CA7CA27255D20470050155D4B91872C8
Win32_SystemEnclosure.SerialNumber=<empty>
Win32_SystemEnclosure.SMBIOSAssetTag=<empty>
Win32_BaseBoard.SerialNumber=None
Win32_BIOS.SerialNumber=VMware-42 2b 0e a5 01 13 60 04-a0 1d b9 28 a5 cb f1 4c
Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration.MACAddress=00:50:56:AB:6A:BB]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.297-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="ccmid.cpp:476">
<![LOG[Persisted hardware IDs in CCM_ClientIdentificationInformation=@:
HardwareID1=2:235672F0CA7CA27255D20470050155D4B91872C8
HardwareID2=B332A505010000FA]LOG]!><time="10:26:19.297-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="2104" file="ccmid.cpp:575">
<![LOG[RenewalTask: Executing renewal task.]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="regtask.cpp:2335">
<![LOG[Begin searching client certificates based on Certificate Issuers]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="ccmcert.cpp:3833">
<![LOG[Completed searching client certificates based on Certificate Issuers]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="ccmcert.cpp:3992">
<![LOG[Begin to select client certificate]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="ccmcert.cpp:4073">
<![LOG[There are no certificates in the 'MY' store.]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="ccmcert.cpp:4131">
<![LOG[Raising event:
instance of CCM_ServiceHost_CertRetrieval_Status
ClientID = "GUID:523B833D-AB79-4DBC-B026-F01F1549ED3F";
DateTime = "20140701082640.481000+000";
HRESULT = "0x87d00280";
ProcessID = 3652;
ThreadID = 768;
]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="event.cpp:706">
<![LOG[Unable to find PKI Certificate matching SCCM certificate selection criteria. 0x87d00280]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="2" thread="768" file="ccmgencert.cpp:3590">
<![LOG[RenewalTask: Certificate store/settings have changed, but target certificate has not.]LOG]!><time="10:26:40.481-120" date="07-01-2014" component="ClientIDManagerStartup" context="" type="1" thread="768" file="regtask.cpp:2365">
And other logs are looking fine....

SCCM 2012 client push occurs from site server or from distribution point?

I would like to set up client push in SCCM 2012 and I have a remote site with about 80 workstations that I would like to deploy the clients to using client push, but this remote site is VERY slow, as in less than 3Mbps slow. There is a remote DP located
at this site and I wanted to know if the remote workstations will be hammering my Site Server across the WAN (or MP I guess since the MP role is i installed on the Site Server) to request the client installation, or do the clients just request the client from
the Site Server or MP and then the client downloads to the remote DP and then the workstations install the SCCM 2012 client from the local DP at the remote site?
I just do NOT want the WAN link to become overwhelmed with workstation requests to install the client and have the Site Server have to respond to each and every workstation and download the SCCM 2012 client to each system over this slow WAN link.
How does the client push process actually work?
Thank you

The initial files will come from the primary site server. The rest (the biggest part) will come of the distribution point. See for a good read (even though it's more about secondary sites), this post of Jason:
http://blog.configmgrftw.com/secondary-sites-and-boundary-groups/
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DPM 2012 R2 long backup to tape job randomly fail after installing SCCM 2012 Client

Hello,
I'm managing a two nodes 2012 R2 file server cluster that contains a 16To CSV. I'm using DPM 2012 R2 to backup this entire shared volume directly to LTO 4 tapes, the job last about 55h.
Since SCCM 2012 client has been installed(I don't manage it), the tape jobs are failing ramdomly after several hours with the error:
Type: Tape backup
Status: Failed
Description: The DPM service was unable to communicate with the protection agent on serverX.xxxx.xxx . (ID 52 Details: The semaphore timeout period has expired (0x80070079))
More information
End time: 19/07/2014 03:11:06
Start time: 18/07/2014 22:00:00
Time elapsed: 05:11:05
Data transferred: 768 289,56 MB
Cluster node serverX.xxxx.xxx
Source details: G:\
Protection group members: 1
Details
Protection group: File Server Tape Protection
Library: Quantum PX500 Series Medium Changer
Tape Label (Barcode): File Server Tape Protection-00000230 (000043L4)
If I uninstall SCCM 2012 client, no more issue, backups succeed. I've asked our SCCM team, no specific task has been scheduled or deployed in SCCM.
I can't see anything abnormal in logs.
Any idea?

I have disabled "Configuration Manager Maintenance" and I have also tried to set the registry value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CCM\CcmEval\NotifyOnly to TRUE and still the same issue.
I can't find any correlated errors in the Windows event logs, task scheduler history neither in the DPM logs.
I've increased the log level of DPM by following the following procedure
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/george_bethanis/archive/2013/11/04/how-to-collect-dpm-verbose-logs.aspx
Now i'm suspecting the maintenance job of Windows 2012 R2, i'll try to disabled this task. But the fact is that I don't have this backup issue if SCCM 2012 client is not installed.
I'm waiting for next logs and will keep you informed

Tracing SCCM 2012 Client settings.

Hi,
I am trying to get a better understanding of the internals of SCCM 2012 client settings. In particular I would like to find out how to trace them through the client logs so I can trace them through and via the policy spy. I have looked through the policy logs
and I can not see how to distinguish them. Can somebody tell me how I tell me how they are represented and what I should look for. So the idea being I can create a custom policy and trace it through.
Thanks Ward

I hope, you're not here for understanding which will the resultant client settings (when you've multiple client setting deployed) applied on a particular machine/device. If this is your question then you can see this via collection-devices and select Resultant
Client Settings. More details http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/gg682109.aspx
If you wanted to know more about how you can analyse the policies using policy spy or client spy. Here are some tips via following link.
http://anoopcnair.com/2012/06/28/sccm-configmgr-2012-how-to-use-policy-spy-policyspy-exe/
http://anoopcnair.com/2012/06/27/configmgr-sccm-2012-how-to-use-client-spy-clispy-exe/
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SCCM 2012 Client delpoyment in SCCM 2007 Native world

Hi Team,
In my account I have SCCM 2007 running in Native mode.... we do not support internet based clients there..but work on HTTPS only. Now I have implemented SCCM 2012 R2 there and now testing the client migration so that I can upgrade the SCCM client agent from
2007 to 2012. In SCCM 2012 we have to support internet based clients and so the SCCM 2012 client which we need to install should be compatible on internet and intranet both
The plan is to use the existing SCCM 2007 infra to do that. Send the ccmsetup.exe ( of SCCM 2012 ) in a package to all the clients via SCCM 2007 Software Distribution and trigger SCCM 2012 installation.
Just to do a small test I did this :
1. Created a folder in C drive of a client machine and copied the ccmsetup.exe ( of SCCM 2012 ) in it.
2. Tried to trigger the installation with below mentioned commandlines..... but getting error as mentioned below.... Please help.
Command line used :
Here ABCD.contoso.org is the intranet MP and PQRS.dmzone.org is internet MP
CCMSetup.exe /UsePKICert /NoCRLCheck smsmp=ABCD.contoso.org ccmhostname=PQRS.dmzone.org smssitecode=ABC
CCMSetup.exe /UsePKICert /NoCRLCheck smsmp=ABCD.contoso.org smssitecode=ABC
CCMSetup.exe smsmp=ABCD.contoso.org smssitecode=ABC
Error in ccmsetup.log
<![LOG[==========[ ccmsetup started in process 3068 ]==========]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.547+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="5076" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9441">
<![LOG[Running on platform X64]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.548+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="5076" file="util.cpp:1892">
<![LOG[Updated security on object C:\Windows\ccmsetup\cache\.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.548+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="5076" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9285">
<![LOG[Launch from folder C:\Windows\ccmsetup\]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.548+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="5076" file="ccmsetup.cpp:721">
<![LOG[CcmSetup version: 5.0.7958.1401]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.549+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="5076" file="ccmsetup.cpp:727">
<![LOG[Successfully started the ccmsetup service]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.550+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="4744" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3271">
<![LOG[Deleted file C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ccmsetup.exe.download]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.551+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="4744" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9497">
<![LOG[In ServiceMain]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.552+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3365">
<![LOG[Folder 'MicABCoft\Configuration Manager' not found. Task does not exist.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.556+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="4744"
file="wintask.cpp:622">
<![LOG[CcmSetup is exiting with return code 0]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.556+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="4744" file="ccmsetup.cpp:10879">
<![LOG[Running on 'MicABCoft Windows 7 Enterprise ' (6.1.7601). Service Pack (1.0). SuiteMask = 272. Product Type = 18]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.618+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1"
thread="3284" file="util.cpp:1974">
<![LOG[Ccmsetup command line: "C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ccmsetup.exe" /runservice "/UsePKICert" "/NoCRLCheck" "smssitecode=ABC"]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup"
context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3590">
<![LOG[Command line parameters for ccmsetup have been specified. No registry lookup for command line parameters is required.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context=""
type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3775">
<![LOG[Command line: "C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ccmsetup.exe" /runservice "/UsePKICert" "/NoCRLCheck" "smssitecode=ABC"]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup"
context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:3776">
<![LOG[SslState value: 448]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4425">
<![LOG[CCMHTTPPORT: 80]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8621">
<![LOG[CCMHTTPSPORT: 443]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8636">
<![LOG[CCMHTTPSSTATE: 448]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8654">
<![LOG[CCMHTTPSCERTNAME: ]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8672">
<![LOG[FSP: ]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8724">
<![LOG[CCMFIRSTCERT: 1]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.619+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8782">
<![LOG[HTTPS is enforced for Client. The current state is 31.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.621+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmutillib.cpp:403">
<![LOG[Begin searching client certificates based on Certificate Issuers]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.623+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4393">
<![LOG[Completed searching client certificates based on Certificate Issuers]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.624+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4550">
<![LOG[Begin to select client certificate]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.624+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4706">
<![LOG[The 'Certificate Selection Criteria' was not specified, counting number of certificates present in 'MY' store of 'Local Computer'.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.624+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context=""
type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4742">
<![LOG[1 certificate(s) found in the 'MY' certificate store.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.624+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4770">
<![LOG[Only one certificate present in the certificate store.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.624+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4774">
<![LOG[Begin validation of Certificate [Thumbprint 50051EB74624621341900739D65706D8089A0941] issued to 'D-LJACKNVM7X64.ABClan.org']LOG]!><time="12:49:12.624+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context=""
type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:1662">
<![LOG[Failed to get certificate key provider information. Error 0x80092004]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.626+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="3" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:1199">
<![LOG[The Certificate [Thumbprint 50051EB74624621341900739D65706D8089A0941] issued to 'D-LJACKNVM7X64.ABClan.org' has 'Client Authentication' capability.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.633+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup"
context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:582">
<![LOG[Completed validation of Certificate [Thumbprint 50051EB74624621341900739D65706D8089A0941] issued to 'D-LJACKNVM7X64.ABClan.org']LOG]!><time="12:49:12.633+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context=""
type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:1803">
<![LOG[>>> Client selected the PKI Certificate [Thumbprint 50051EB74624621341900739D65706D8089A0941] issued to 'D-LJACKNVM7X64.ABClan.org']LOG]!><time="12:49:12.633+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup"
context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmcert.cpp:4850">
<![LOG[Raising event:
instance of CCM_ServiceHost_CertRetrieval_Status
ClientID = "GUID:A5879665-7A1B-4529-827E-52FA34ABD384";
DateTime = "20141111174912.640000+000";
HRESULT = "0x00000000";
ProcessID = 3068;
ThreadID = 3284;
]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.640+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="event.cpp:715">
<![LOG[Failed to submit event to the Status Agent. Attempting to create pending event.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.643+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="2" thread="3284"
file="event.cpp:737">
<![LOG[Raising pending event:
instance of CCM_ServiceHost_CertRetrieval_Status
ClientID = "GUID:A5879665-7A1B-4529-827E-52FA34ABD384";
DateTime = "20141111174912.640000+000";
HRESULT = "0x00000000";
ProcessID = 3068;
ThreadID = 3284;
]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.643+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="event.cpp:770">
<![LOG[Successfully submitted pending event to WMI.]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.648+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="event.cpp:813">
<![LOG[CCMCERTID: MY;50051EB74624621341900739D65706D8089A0941]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.649+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:8803">
<![LOG[No MP or source location has been explicitly specified. Trying to discover a valid content location...]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.649+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1"
thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4729">
<![LOG[Looking for MPs from AD...]LOG]!><time="12:49:12.649+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4737">
<![LOG[Performing AD query: '(&(ObjectCategory=mSSMSManagementPoint)(mSSMSDefaultMP=TRUE)(mSSMSSiteCode=ABC))']LOG]!><time="12:49:13.226+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0"
thread="3284" file="lsad.cpp:657">
<![LOG[OperationalXml '<ClientOperationalSettings><Version>5.00.7958.1000</Version><SecurityConfiguration><SecurityModeMask>0</SecurityModeMask><SecurityModeMaskEx>448</SecurityModeMaskEx><HTTPPort>80</HTTPPort><HTTPSPort>443</HTTPSPort><CertificateStoreName></CertificateStoreName><CertificateIssuers></CertificateIssuers><CertificateSelectionCriteria></CertificateSelectionCriteria><CertificateSelectFirstFlag>1</CertificateSelectFirstFlag><SiteSigningCert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iteSigningCert></SecurityConfiguration><RootSiteCode>ABC</RootSiteCode><CCM>
<CommandLine>SMSSITECODE=ABC</CommandLine> </CCM><FSP> <FSPServer></FSPServer> </FSP><Capabilities SchemaVersion ="1.0"><Property Name="SSLState" Value="0" /></Capabilities><Domain
Value="ABClan.org" /><Forest Value="ABCroot.org" /></ClientOperationalSettings>']LOG]!><time="12:49:13.378+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0"
thread="3284" file="lsadcache.cpp:236">
<![LOG[The MP name retrieved is 'ABCD.contoso.org' with version '7958' and capabilities '<Capabilities SchemaVersion="1.0"><Property Name="SSLState" Value="0"/></Capabilities>']LOG]!><time="12:49:13.381+300"
date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="lsadcache.cpp:334">
<![LOG[MP 'ABCD.contoso.org' is not compatible]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.382+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="lsadcache.cpp:345">
<![LOG[Retrieved 0 MP records from AD for site 'ABC']LOG]!><time="12:49:13.382+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="lsadcache.cpp:287">
<![LOG[FromAD: command line = SMSSITECODE=ABC]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.383+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:288">
<![LOG[Local Machine is joined to an AD domain]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.383+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="lsad.cpp:715">
<![LOG[Current AD forest name is ABCroot.org, domain name is ABClan.org]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.386+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="lsad.cpp:843">
<![LOG[Domain joined client is in Intranet]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.386+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="lsad.cpp:1048">
<![LOG[CMPInfoFromADCache requests are throttled for 01:07:08]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.386+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="0" thread="3284" file="lsadcache.cpp:173">
<![LOG[No valid source or MP locations could be identified to download content from. Ccmsetup.exe cannot continue.]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.386+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="3"
thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4806">
<![LOG[Failed to parse '"C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ccmsetup.exe" /runservice "/UsePKICert" "/NoCRLCheck" "smssitecode=ABC"' with error 0x80004005]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.386+300" date="11-11-2014"
component="ccmsetup" context="" type="3" thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:4611">
<![LOG[A Fallback Status Point has not been specified. Message with STATEID='100' will not be sent.]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.386+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1"
thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9767">
<![LOG[A Fallback Status Point has not been specified. Message with STATEID='307' will not be sent.]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.387+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1"
thread="3284" file="ccmsetup.cpp:9767">
<![LOG[CcmSetup failed with error code 0x80004005]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.388+300" date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="5076" file="ccmsetup.cpp:10883">

Hi Jason,
Thanks for your reply..... I tried with /mp switch.... but same error.... if you look at the logs it says
<![LOG[MP 'ABCD.contoso.org' is not compatible]LOG]!><time="12:49:13.382+300"
date="11-11-2014" component="ccmsetup" context="" type="1" thread="3284" file="lsadcache.cpp:345">
<![LOG[Retrieved 0 MP records from AD for site 'ABC']LOG]!>
Not sure why it is saying " not compatible " ... its a valid MP..... from the same client machine below links are working fine..
http://ABCD.contoso.org/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert
http://ABCD.contoso.org/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist
Thanks,
Sam

SCCM 2012 R2: does the sccm server itself need a sccm 2012 client?

Hi,
The question is simple. Reason, I update my SCCM 2012 R2 forefront clients via automatic update rule. The server itself has also the forefront/SCEP client but no sccm client.
So I wonder if in general it 's a good idea to install the sccm 2012 client to the SCCM server itself.
J.
Jan Hoedt

Hi,
There is no document about installing the SCCM 2012 client to the SCCM server itself.
It's depends on whether you want to monitor the SCCM server.
We
are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this
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SCCM 2012 Client was removed but SCCM console still showing the status as "Yes"

Hi,
In a VM, SCCM 2012 client agent was removed and the VM was reverted back to a clean machine. SCCM console still shows the status as "Yes" even after the client agent was removed. Heartbeat Discovery is set to run every 1 hour.
Please guide on this.
Regards, Lorin Davis

It's kind like a person dying (sorry to be a bit morbid) -- how does the phone company know the person died? The dead person certainly can't tell them and the phone company doesn't query every person it services and ask them "are you alive?"
Thus, someone else must notify them of the person's passing. This is no different than a client agent "dying" in ConfigMgr. A ConfigMgr site never initiates communication with clients and thus something else needs to tell the site that the client
agent is dead. You! Or, an automated process (as Torsten mentioned) that goes through automatically marks a client as "dead" that hasn't been heard from in x number of days.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys

How to enable SCCM 2012 clients to get Windows Updates through SSL VPN

I would like my SCCM 2012 client laptops to get Windows Updates through SSL VPN.
I suppose I need to add VPN Subnet in my boundary and boundary group.
What other setting I need to enable?
At this moment, on the 'Software Update Point Component Properties' "Allow intranet-only client connections" radio button is active. Do I neeed to select "Allow both intranet and internet client connections" and Enable SSL communications
for the WSUS server?
or are there something else I need to check?

No, a VPN client is no different than a client connected internally as far as the network is concerned and as far as ConfigMgr is concerned there is no way to explicitly know any different. Internet clients literally are those that connect via the Internet
using IBCM.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

Send SCCM 2012 client or re-send client to individual computer

We have a tech tools web portal and I need to add an item so techs can send the SCCM 2012 client to a machine. This will be used if they have to reinstall the client for some reason.
I had planned to use PowerShell and created the script only to find out that it requires too great a permissions role to connect to the SCCM drive so the cmdlets can be used.
I then thought I could just create a .CCR for a computer. But, the format for SCCM 2007 does not work for SCCM 2012.
Reasons we are approaching this in this manner are:
1) We want to install using the CURRENT client files. And, we don't want to copy those off to some other location and need to remember to update them when we update SCCM 2012.
2) We want the retry capability that comes with using .CCRs.
3) We want the "smartness" of the client install we have found. We have a distributed operation and doing the client install by an SCCM admin from the PowerShell script or via the right-click in the console allows SCCM to find the closest DP and
use client install files from a local source when available.
4) We have a LOT of desktop techs that we do not want having access to the SCCM console. There is just too high a learning curve. We want a simple tool.
One other thing to mention ... we cannot use the Generate CCR tool because we are not turning on client push (lots of valid reasons for this and some the SCCM admins don't think are valid, but the decision has been made for us :) )
Anyone have thoughts on how to have a simple tool to send the client install via script or .CCR?
Thanks in advance!

You can't turn client push off -- you can turn *auto*-client push off though. The Generate CCR tool does not depend upon *auto*-client push though so there's no reason you can't use it.
Here's a blog post on the changes in the CCR process:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/neilp/archive/2012/07/03/client-push-installation-changes-in-configuration-manager-2012-and-how-to-take-advantage-of-these-for-troubleshooting-purposes.aspx
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

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