FWIW, In our environment, importing Dell Driver CABs via the DCIS console extension tool doesn't encounter this driver bloating issue (since I think it uses powershell under the hood anyway).
A majority of the machine in our environment are Dells, but we happened to stumble across the import bug when trying to get OSD working on some HP models we were evaluating. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Steve Wouden <[email protected]> wrote: > I use this script. > > > http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/automate-importing-and-creating-drivers-packages-in-sccm-2012-r2/ > > > > No issues with “exploding” driver packages > > > > > > Steve Wouden > > T +31 20 546 0243 > > M +31 6 531 750 78 > > F +31 20 546 07 05 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 4, 2015 10:19 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > *Dell - Internal Use - Confidential * > > We were primarily concerned with the Driver Import issue which is fixed by > CU1. I would expect that Dell drivers would still be affected by this > driver package size issue. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > *Warren Byle* > > *Dell* | Business Client Systems Management > > Product Manager > > *office* +1 512 724 2626 > > [email protected] > > > > Client Command Suite <http://dell.com/command> > > > > Join the conversation > > Twitter: WarrenByle <http://twitter.com/WarrenByle> > > > > Warren > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Jim Walker > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 4, 2015 1:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Byle, Warren > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > This happening with Dell drivers? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Niall Brady > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 04, 2015 10:17 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > nope, it's not fixed in this CU > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 6:33 PM, John Aubrey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone know if this issue has been fixed in CU1? It doesn’t appear > to be. I can only find fixes for Win10 driver issues. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason Sandys > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2015 9:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > It still works fine, just not very quickly. > > > > J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Andreas Hammarskjöld > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2015 2:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > I would say that a 12GB driver package is pretty broken Jason! J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Jason Sandys > *Sent:* den 10 juli 2015 21:23 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Yes, it happens every time for a specific set of drivers. To my knowledge, > it’s based on the construction of the inf file from the vendor thus there > are some drivers unaffected by this. It’s not broken per se, just causes > extra time when downloading the driver package during OSD and some space > wastage in the source files. How much depends upon the inf file itself and > how many times files are referenced. > > > > J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Atkinson, Matt T > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2015 1:46 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > It doesn’t happen every single time does it? I can’t believe something > like that wouldn’t have been discovered during QA. > > > > Has there been any idea what triggers the duplication of files if it only > happens sporadically? We are putting together our plans for upgrading > because we want to start testing Windows 10, but something like this would > force us to hold off until they fix it in CU. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Roland Janus > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2015 4:25 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Gee, just looked into the drivers for the HP Elitebook 800 G1 DM > > Source package folder goes from 400MB to 1.2GB in the package > > > > A single file in the source exists now 152 times in the package. > > Amazing that something like that wasn’t caught during basic testing… > > > > I have R2SP1 in prod. although no OSD yet, but obviously I need this to be > fixed before deploying clients > > > > -R > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Ratliff > *Sent:* Donnerstag, 9. Juli 2015 19:58 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Thanks Aaron for the update! > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Aaron Czechowski > *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 1:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > FYI, we’ve reproduced and identified the issue. I’m talking with sustained > engineering about getting into a future CU, but nothing committed yet. > Continuing to work through support is your best course of action right now. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Stephen Leuthold > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 8, 2015 6:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Does anyone have updates on this issue or any other issues that would make > one hesitant to upgrade in production? > > > > Thank you, > > Stephen > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:38:48 +0000 > > FYI > > > > > https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e6b39a1e-e66e-4223-8c94-46b62b7ebeac/sccm-2012-r2-sp1-driverpack-bug?forum=configmanagergeneral > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Mike Dougherty > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 07, 2015 6:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > This occurred in my environment when I tried to download the Windows 7 x64 > drivers for the Z230 Workstation from here: > > > > http://ftp.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HP_Driverpack_Matrix_x64.html > > > > I downloaded the .exe from the page, extracted it, imported the extracted > driver content into SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 and tried to create a package of JUST > those newly imported drivers. > > > > When I tried the package creation in this fashion, the driver package > source ballooned to over 12GB (vs 1 GB of extracted content) before I > forcibly stopped the process, as I was afraid our site server data drive > would run out of space. > > > > The Realtek audio driver was the worst offender (creating multiple copies > of the 183 MB folder, as there are 50 inf files in it), but it seemed to > trip over the Intel Chipset driver folders as well. > > > > I deleted the imported drivers and semi-finished driver package for this > model at that point. > > > > I then went ahead and deleted the Realtek audio driver sources from the > extracted content and replaced them with previous version of the Realtek > audio drivers available from HP for that model (which had 1 .inf in the > folder instead of 50) and re-imported everything. > > After that, package creation finished, but the final driver package was > about 3-4 GB (once again, vs. a 1 GB driver source size). > > > > I have imported and created driver packages for other HP models using the > method above and there's a 1-1 relation in size of the driver source to the > packages created prior to our SP1 upgrade. > > > > This isn't 100% scientific, but that's pretty much what I was seeing last > week. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Underwood, Bob < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Does this happen regardless of the method used to import drivers? (i.e., > single INF versus scanning a directory for all drivers?) > > > > Can you provide a specific example of driver(s) that exhibit the > behavior? We can’t seem to reproduce the issue in our testing environment > where SP1 is applied. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andreas Hammarskjöld > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 07, 2015 3:22 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > As I understood it applies to all new/updated packages after SP1 was > installed. > > > > And yeah, I wouldn’t put SP1 in production… > > > > //A > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *John Aubrey > *Sent:* den 7 juli 2015 22:18 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Mine increased. All the older drivers and packages are about the same. I > only had one new 2012 R2 driver package I have imported since SP1 and it > went from 245 MB to 323 MB. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Miller, Todd > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:11 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Is this for every driver import or does it only happen under certain > conditions? > > > > That’s big enough to stay away from SP1, I’d say. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Ratliff > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 07, 2015 12:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > Can confirm, MS is aware. We haven’t upgraded to SP1 ourselves, but I know > others that have and have tickets opened. > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Mike Dougherty > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:45 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 Driver Package > "Duplicates" bug > > > > I've seen this issue reported on Microsoft Connect and I've read anecdotal > evidence that Microsoft is supposedly aware of the issue, but I wanted to > reach out here to see if any can comment more-or-less officially whether or > not this is a known issue... > > > > Long story short, since updating to R2 SP1, we've found that creating > Driver Packages via the console causes massive content bloat. > > > > It seems that the process is a causing creation of a duplicate copy of the > driver source for every .inf file in a driver source folder. > > > > For example, for model of hardware X, the audio driver source content > folder has 50 .inf files in it. > > The folder containing the .inf files is 183 MB. > > When I go to create a driver package from this source, ConfigMgr creates > 50 copies of the 183MB source folder when creating the driver package (or > something along these lines). > > > > It caused me a minor freak-out last week when I was trying to create a > driver package for 1 GB worth of content that ballooned to over 12GB in the > "package" before I killed the process... > > > > Has anyone else seen this? 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