Epic response, Todd. :) Must have taken you a while to write such a novel of an email. LOL!!! :)
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 11:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 dynamic disk On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Elias Leal <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I have often wondered if using server 2012 SIS (de-dupe) is wise with SCCM. I mean, if you are using it because you don't have the actual disk capacity....would anyone have the ability to do a smooth restore from backup if you ran into disk or server crash? If I understand this correctly, performing a restore from backup would not initially be in SIS form and you would have to give Server 2012 time to do the de-dupe again. The question that comes up is...do you have enough disk space to do your restore all at once? Which means...you have to restore things slowly, perhaps in stages. This is assuming you are still dealing with the same disk capacity constraints. If you are rushing to restore your primary or a site system, would this be a good thing? But if you do have a disk capacity to do a full restore all at once, then why use the SIS in the first place? Perhaps the SIS would be more ideal in file server situations, SCCM may present challenges in restore situations. It may be worth considering. I am curious if anyone has considered this. Or perhaps I am wrong about the capability to restore in SIS form. Elias On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Russ Rimmerman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: As a follow-up on this one, please be aware that you can run into issues with using server 2012 de-dupe. ConfigMgr does not currently support reparse points, so if you attempt to import a driver package or something else that has a reparse point in it, it will fail with something like: "Import failed as \\server\share\driverpath\* <file:///\\server\share\driverpath\*> is a Reparse Point that SMS does not support via downloads. DriverCatalog 06-03-2013 14:24:23" From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:37 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 put your driver import source, package source, and content source all on the same volume and it will only be as big as the import source alone. If you used to have driver packages that contained the same driver (say network) in 40 driver packages, and 40 import sources.. now you have it on the file system 1 time. That is phenomenal disk savings. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Russ Rimmerman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Interesting, looks like I have a shiny new toy err feature to play with in the lab today :) From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [mailto: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Sandys Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:14 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 True but Server 2012 SIS is at a binary level whereas the ConfigMgr SIS is at a file level. I've seen reports of significant savings. J From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russ Rimmerman Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:46 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 But you get SiS w/SCCM 2012 in the contentlib with or without Server 2012 From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:39 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Server 2012 vs Server 2008 R2 Single Instance Storage in Server 2012. Reduces Disk Space. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Christopher Duszynski <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Is there any benefits to install SCCM 2012 SP1 on Windows Server 2012 vs. Server 2008 R2. If so can you provide me with your justification?
