While Ray is not on the team he might want to pass this tool along onthe remote chance they are not aware of it http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsclictr/
Our SCCM guys used it to remiediate a lot of things in the earlier days. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this a nice way of telling us to "be quiet now"? :) > > Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. > Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC > component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full > RC component. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until > rolling out SCCM. > > I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a > problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is > mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. > It may be "hidden" by lots of command line programs, but it's often the > underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. > > SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a > specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. > (I > don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides > read a couple of documents.) > > Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have > premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and > Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - > and > they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent > SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've > known we were going to have major issues. > > Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and > now I have even less to do with it. > > I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via > Premium Support. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... > > WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to > various means (like improper imaging). > > Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are > important as well as the links. > > SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 > workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to > work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some > things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has > been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our > agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be > "finicky" with various permissions. > > That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've > had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? > (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single > server? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rod Trent > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 > 10:01:28 -0700 > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > > > :) Where to start...? > > > > How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > > > Hey everybody. > > > > I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. > > Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the > > possibility of running System Center on it. > > > > Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm > > ignorant of much of it's uses. > > > > We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program > > when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all > > of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and > > Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not > > had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have > > CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client > Management Suite. > > > > So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed > > Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install > > Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I > should look out for? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
