Thanks Todd, the good news is we already have the modified CustomSettings.ini and can do one Install Packages step without issue.
Reading through now! Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miller, Todd Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Is there a way to create your own "Install packages" basevariable without using customsettings.ini or a TS step? If package installation order is not important to you then MDT and Customsettings do this without modifications - you still have to configure cusomsettings to read values from the MDT database. The CROLES and RPackages handle the computer being assigned to multiple roles. If you google this "CROLES CPACKAGES MDT" you will get a lot of good help. You have to use Customsettings, but not in the way maybe you are concerned about. You have to modify customsettings to tell it to get the values from your MDT database. In your case you would assign computers to an "Enterprise" role and then all the "everybody" packages would be assigned to that role. You'd then have specialized roles that install packages for that specialty. The computer would get assigned to the Enterprise role and also one or more specialtiy roles. You might need to modify things a little bit if package order is important to you. I found this blog entry especially helpful for that case. http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2008/08/14/controlling-package-sequence-with-multiple-roles-in-mdt-2008.aspx From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 3:06 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [MDT-OSD] Is there a way to create your own "Install packages" basevariable without using customsettings.ini or a TS step? ConfigMgr 2012 R2 CU1 + MDT 2013 integration. I am finding little online about this, except the example below to put in your customsettings.ini. http://www.myitforum.com/forums/m226612-print.aspx [ENTSUITE] ENTSUITE001=PACKAGEID:ProgramName ENTSUITE002=PACKAGEID:ProgramName I see how you can do it in CustomSettings.ini, but I would prefer using the MDT database. The goal is I have a Role in the MDT database that needs to run on all task sequences, and then I have other roles that will be populates based on a variable, but I need to be able to run multiple 'Install Packages' steps using a dynamic package list. Is this possible? Daniel Ratliff The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. ________________________________ Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.
