This happens enough that you have to start wondering if the software could be improved in some way to help prevent it.
Maybe there should be alerts or limits or a wizard that summarizes any change that affects a deployment or target collection. Like when you click OK, maybe there would be a "This change will result in NNNN systems receiving Package/Application "YYYYYYYY" with a mandatory time of 12:20AM" or something like that. The trouble is, you would need to do that every time you modify a collection too and that takes some computational time. - maybe that is computer in the background and you get this warning when you enable the deployment? Wouldn't it be nice if there was an option to create all deployments as disabled and then you had to enable them, and when enabling them you could see or were told how many systems are affected. You could also automatically disable advertisements when the underlying collection query was modified. So the advertisement would need to be reenabled after reviewing how that change affected the deployment. You know how your DVR shows what programs are going to be recorded over the next couple of days/weeks? Wouldn't it be great if SCCM showed a list like that of pending packages, deadlines, the target collection, the number of affected machines, and the time? With these kinds of events, there definitely is an established need to make the SCCM product harder to make unintentional blunders and easier to see what it is doing/going to do and when. Often with these kinds of things there is a long chain of events that lead to an unanticipated result. The worst part is that those machines that were ruined over night, SCCM probably "knew" it was going to happen all day long and could have warned the Admin if there was just a interface that computed what advertisements were pending, how many machines are affected etc.... I certainly would get more use from something like that than being able to manage iOS/MacOS/Linux/AntiVirus definitions/Android Apps/etc. Maybe SCCM v.Next can focus on doing core competencies better rather than extending the product into areas few care about. I dunno, I just don't think all or even half the blame falls on the guy that clicked "OK." I certainly feel a great deal of empathy for him. While this has never happened to me, it has sometimes been a recurring theme in bad dreams/nightmares. From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of JONES, RICK J [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: Emory IT accidentally deploys Windows 7 to everything EVERY person in IT has an OCM (Oh Crap Moment) that they remember or changed them. If a new tech haven't had their OCM yet, I tend to lock down access and not trust because the OCM has a higher chance of happen in my environment. And yes, I had my OCM, it changed how I add logging and build a back out to my scripts. Rick J. Jones Wireless from AT&T Domestic Desktop Application Management D: (425) 288-6240 C: (206) 419-1104 ________________________________ From: Murray, Mike<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 5/16/2014 4:22 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Emory IT accidentally deploys Windows 7 to everything Wow.... ouch. So there's an opening at Emory? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Jackson Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Emory IT accidentally deploys Windows 7 to everything I'm thankful that I do not work over there. "A Windows 7 deployment image was accidentally sent to all Windows machines, including laptops, desktops, and even servers. This image started with a repartition / reformat set of tasks. As soon as the accident was discovered, the SCCM server was powered off – however, by that time, the SCCM server itself had been repartitioned and reformatted." http://it.emory.edu/windows7-incident/ William ________________________________ 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. ________________________________
