I have a question about the function of limiting collections. In SCCM 2012, they are having a undesirable effect where when a limiting collection is changed, the collections that are limited by that collection seem to reevaluate immediately. I have a workflow in 2007 that this new function disrupts. Sorry this is kind of long.
Here is my workflow in SCCM 2007. I create a collection with query rules to determine what clients are eligible for the installation. This collection we will call "Deploy - App A" and I set the collection to refresh daily at 3:30AM. I create another collection named "Limiter -App A" which is initially empty. The Deploy - App A collection is set to be limited by Limiter -App A. Then I advertise an package to deploy to "Deploy - App A" and set it to run at some time in the past- I could also set it to run "as soon as possible." Nothing happens immediately because Deploy - App A and Limiter - App A are empty. Now when I want to deploy Application A to a client, I add Computer X to the Limiter - App A collection. At 3:30AM (and not before), when the Deploy -App A collection is refreshed, the client is added to Deploy - App A and the next time the client checks in AFTER 3:30AM, the software is installed. Basically, I can drop clients or lists of clients into the Limiter collection in the middle of the day knowing that they won't get added to the actual deployment collection until the collection is scheduled to refresh in the middle of the night. That's how this functions in SCCM 2007. SCCM 2013 messes up this beautiful arrangement I have. Now the deployment collection ignores the collection schedule entirely. I am not even sure what that collection refresh schedule is good for anymore. As soon as I add a client to Limiter - App A, the Deploy - App A collection seems to refresh and Computer X that I just added to Limiter - App A gets added to Deploy - App A. Since the advertisement is in the past, itkicks off the installation. My ability to pre-stage installations during the day knowing the deployment collection won't update until the middle of the night is lost. I do not have the Deployment collection set to do incremental updates, so why is it not respecting the collection update frequency? Is there a way to predictably (at a particular time) add clients to a collection where I could stage them during the day and have the collection update at a set time? There doesn't seem to be a way for me to ensure that collections are updated only on a strict schedule anymore. ________________________________ 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. ________________________________
