SCCM 2012 R2 Disaster Recovery and the SCCMContentLib

Hello all...
Starting to update our DR recovery strategy to separate servers for SCCM 2012 R2, and I am wondering if there is anything special that needs to be considered when "replicating" the SCCMContentLib from one server to another server?
Is simply copying over the folders/files enough (via RoboCopy or another tool)? Besides the folders/files is there something else that needs to be copied that maps the Content Library so its functional on a different server?
Any insight/tips/tricks are greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
- Dave

Hi,
You may want to read this article then:
Backup and Recovery in Configuration Manager
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for HTTPS, the pull-distribution point must be co-located on a computer that runs the Configuration Manager client. "
Does "why" really matter , who cares? It just is. Whether it was an oversight, a coding bug, or an act of God doesn't change anything. Why does there "have to be" an easier way? And what's wrong with using the VBScripts others have
written? A script is a script is a script particularly if you've been given it already. Just because the hammer is pink doesn't mean it can't hammer the nail in.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys

[Disaster recovery] Moving the Essbase server to another physical server

Hi All,
I have 3 Solaris servers part of the EPM 11.1.2.1 environment:
Server1.company.com:
Foundation services, APS, EAS
Server2.company.com:
Essbase Server, Essbase Studio Server.
Installation done on a SAN disk using user ID hypadmin
Server3.company.com:
*Nothing installed here*.
Its the standby server in case Server2 goes down.
Note: I couldn't find any documentation for my below approach... So please understand the risk involved before attempting the same.
Pre-disaster recovery:
I copy the home directory of hypadmin from Server2 to Server3.
During disaster recovery:
I update the Essbase server host name from Server2.company.com to Server3.company.com and similarly update the opmn.xml file.
Finally mount the SAN onto Server2 and start up the services.
Has anyone done the same..? Have you faced any issues? Is there a better way of doing this?
Thanks
Regards,
Kent

Hi,
I believe the usual way of doing this is to have a DR environment, rather than just one server (so for you you would have 2 DR servers). The DR environment has hosts file entries to map Production host names to DR IP addresses.
In DR you are connected to a separate SQL instance and you install and configure the products exactly as you would for Production (exactly the same hostnames).
Then when you are finished you shut down the DR environment and turn on SQL log shipping between the Production and DR databases.
If your Production environment goes down you stop the SQL log shipping, then you can bring up DR and change the DNS names (as required) to give your users access.
For Essbase storage you can either backup Production cubes to DR or mount the Production SAN in DR. The only problem with the latter is that if Production goes down and the SAN is lost you can't bring up DR fully either.
Let me know if you still have questions.
-Dan

Issue with SCCM 2012 SP1 U5 upgrade and client published version

Recently we upgraded our SCCM server to SP1 U5, and our published and available client version is still at 5.00.7804.1000 instead of 5.00.7804.1600. We ran the hotfix to upgrade it and it looked like everything had went through. Does this not also
upgrade the client? It doesn't seem like you can run the hotfix again after you've already installed it once to repair either. Is there another way to update the published version inside the console? We have it as a package right now to deploy to all the systems
but I was hoping we could upgrade the internal one and let it run more automatically. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

More info:
How to update ConfigMgr clients automatically… in SP1
http://configmgrblog.com/2012/12/03/how-to-update-configmgr-clients-automatically-in-sp1/
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