Re: [mssms] Problems running KB947821 (System Update Readiness Tool) during OSD

Howdy Jason, Usually I would. It runs the CheckSUR process to repair windows servicing (CBS) or log issues for manual remediation. You can run it as many times as you like without it installing as a traditional hotfix. -Stephen > On Dec 5, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Jason Sandys wrote: > > Have you t

[mssms] Re: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

Note that the TechNet docs are quite clear on the purpose of Software Inventory being for "file inventory" as Nash pointed out. The problem herein lies with the fact that there is no definitive and consistent way to actually detect if software is installed. ARP is great, but there is lots of sof

Re: [mssms] Problems running KB947821 (System Update Readiness Tool) during OSD

Have you tried injecting into into your image using DISM? J From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com on behalf of Stephen Leuthold Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 12:37 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [mssms] Problems running KB947821 (System Update R

RE: [mssms] Why is this Invoke-Command failing for installing t he SCCM client?

Windows 2012 R2 VM Casey Robertson Systems Engineer W 619.878.9099 E casey.robert...@mindbodyonline.com MINDBODY, Inc. 4051 Broad Street, Suite 220 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 [Logo-for-email-signature.jpg] From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

I haven't been active on this list in a while, but had a coworker tell me about this thread this morning. Jeff Krueger - I'm really sorry that you had a bad experience with CDW. Reach out to me offline and I'll do everything I can to make things right. Jimmy Martin - thank you for the kind word

RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

Try this instead, it use almost no resources. http://mnscug.org/blogs/sherry-kissinger From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Miller, Todd Sent: December 5, 2014 1:30 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking

RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

It take 4 hours on my laptop with an SSD drive! http://be.enhansoft.com/post/2013/10/03/Slow-Software-Inventory-Cycle-in-SCCM-2012.aspx From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Greg Thomas Sent: December 5, 2014 12:27 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.

RE: [mssms] Why is this Invoke-Command failing for installing t he SCCM client?

What's the target OS? For the bits error? Sent from my Windows Phone From: Gilmanov, Nile Sent: ‎6/‎12/‎2014 4:53 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] Why is this Invoke-Com

RE: [mssms] Data deduplication & ConfigMgr content source folder

There could be an issue with the drivers AFAIR May work, not supported, may get issues. I guess that’s the MS statement Save to use it for the source files though. -R From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Steve Whitcher Sent: Freitag

RE: [mssms] RE: Distribution Bottleneck

Wasn’t there even mentioning that it isn’t the case anymore with 2012, meaning it was before? :) I’ve tested branchcache as part of a project to death and it wasn’t really good in Server 2008, like this: First ever dl with BC enabled, first client downloads, server creates cash, first time

Re: [mssms] Problems running KB947821 (System Update Readiness Tool) during OSD

Anyone successfully running this KB via OSD task sequence ? -Stephen > On Dec 4, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Stephen Leuthold > wrote: > > Unfortunately we are still supporting Windows Server 2008 non-R2 > 64-bit/32-bit on rare occasions. There seems to be an issue where > post-deployment of this OS w

RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

We use it all the time. What machines have Chrome or Dropbox installed? "Applications" installed by the user don't show in add remove programs since the normal user just has it in his/her own user profile. There are gobs of applications running on systems that are not part of any installed p

[mssms] Data deduplication & ConfigMgr content source folder

I have read from several places (such as this blog post from February) the official statement that the server 2012 Data Dedup function is not suppo

RE: [mssms] Why is this Invoke-Command failing for installing t he SCCM client?

Not sure if related but perhaps worth a try? See answer to this thread (maybe auth. Issue at some level): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15336336/running-batch-file-on-remote-computers-using-powershell-2-0 Nile Gilmanov Systems Administrator Wabash National Corporation nile.gilma...@wabashna

RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

We inventory all .exe and .dll files because of old tracking methods. Our SINV takes anywhere from 1-4 days. Daniel Ratliff From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Greg Thomas Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 12:27 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.co

RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

Its very, very rare that I find a customer with an actual need for Software Inventory. Like Nash said, many folks assume information on installed software comes from Software Inventory, which it does not. And yes, it burns a bunch of resources when it runs if you are inventorying a large numbe

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

I am not sure it's a misunderstanding of what it's doing, as much as a misunderstanding of proper inventory. It has been a long time since a file being present denoted an application was actually installed was the norm. It's nothing better than a best guess for any application that actually regi

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

We used Now Micro and were very pleased with their services. Highly recommended. Mike From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 4:51 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM Profession

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

I already manage 3 separate SCCM instances. Building out an SCCM infrastructure is not an issue for me. Just don't have time to start a 4th and the timeline of doing all that work in probably 30 days or less on top of my regular duties. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lis

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

The feature is not really broken, it is just misnamed so people end up using it poorly. It should be called File Inventory instead of Software Inventory. The push to get people to stop using it stems from the fact that customers enable it thinking they are grabbing Add/Remove Programs info, whe

Re: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

Organizations still want to be able to inventory certain pieces of software though. If they can do it through compliance items, why not use those until Microsoft fixes software inventory? On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Miller, Todd wrote: > How about we rally to get Microsoft to fix software

RE: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

…but it still does a better job compared to other products…. ;) From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Miller, Todd Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 5:47 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

How about we rally to get Microsoft to fix software inventory instead of begging everyone to stop using it? Their AV software is touching every file as it is read in and doing full scans periodically successfully, right? The index service is crawling the hard drive and maintaining a DB of file

RE: [mssms] Why is this Invoke-Command failing for installing t he SCCM client?

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RE: [mssms] Question about Limiting Collections

Hmmm.. The more I think of this the less I like my options. If anything causes that limiter collection to refresh, then “stuff” will happen in the middle of the day when I don’t want it to. And the collection refresh will occur if any changes are made to limiting collections up the chain all

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

Use Compliance if you do, not SINV! http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2014/11/14/using-configuration-items-instead-of-software-inventory/ Daniel Ratliff From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Gilmanov, Nile Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 10:40

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

I guess one more thing to inventory (file size of the latter file). Nile Gilmanov Systems Administrator Wabash National Corporation nile.gilma...@wabashnational.com | Office: 765.772.2691 | Mobile: 765.414.7402 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

I've used Catapult Systems in the past. They're wonderful! Really friendly, smart, and keep you as informed and involved as you want to be. Kenneth Merenda From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Friday, December

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

We have a pretty good size inventory, and my machine has a 133MB file. Daniel Ratliff From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 10:26 AM To: 'mssms@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: [mssms] RE: CC

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

Consultants are going to be dependent on your location. This list can provide some general advice, but I'd go with what someone else suggested, talk to your TAM, or find others in your area that have used consultant services for this purpose. On the other hand, it doesn't seem like your setup

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

38MB here, and I've never thought about that file until you mentioned it. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Gortney Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 6:34 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

34mb, and I have a ton of extra inventory classes! I don't manage it at all. :) From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Gortney Sent: December 5, 2014 9:34 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb

[mssms] RE: CCMEXEC is taking up over 3gb of RAM

OK here is what I found out. CCMEXEC was reading the InventoryStore.SDF file which grew to over 4gb in size. This has to be tied to hardware inventory somehow. On a hunch, I renamed that file and rebooted the laptop. And CCMEXEC barely touched memory. It seems like this performance issue is

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

We had brought CDW in to help with our migration, can't say I would recommend them. It may be dependent on who the actual consultant you work with is. But the guy we got was not good, it's clear he didn't really understand much about the application model in 2012. When we were discussing our r

RE: [mssms] RE: Distribution Bottleneck

That's what surprises me though, as I wrote a tool to fix that issue and then there was no issue. So maybe we need to revamp that if people are still using 2008 R2. Its definitely not the case on 2012, that's for sure. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

My client(where i work) sccm infra migrated by infront but i didnt like the way they setup the hierarchy or the items in the console. I have to remodify the folder structure including collections, drivers, applications what else.. Its kind of double work. Regards, Eswar Koneti www.eskonr.com Se

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

Talk to your TAM, they can help you pick a nice vendor to help out, if they cannot do it themselves. Typically MS is much more expensive though. We have worked with InFront and ThinkSiS in the past. Daniel Ratliff From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On

RE: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

Cdw helped with ours and was great Sent from my Windows Phone Jimmy Martin (901) 227-8209 From: Newingham, Lance Sent: 12/4/2014 16:28 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors Hey All, Does anyone have exp

RE: [mssms] RE: Distribution Bottleneck

Peer Caching is the API (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734631(v=WS.10).aspx, which was in Server 2008), Branch Cache is more of a management layer on top of that API (with some additional server capabilities), and BITS is a transport (not the only one, as SMB can also be used).

RE: [mssms] RE: Distribution Bottleneck

Oh, interesting debate guys! Love it. The fact is I agree with some or all of both arguments (I should work for the UN) BranchCache has a bad rep, the docs from MS don't help, but the picture is improving, and will continue to do so. BITS is, in my opinion, the piece that needs more work. Bran

RE: [mssms] RE: Distribution Bottleneck

Too little, sleep all confused... BranchCache wasn't even in 2008, so it has to be R2. But pretty sure that was tested, anyhow will give it a kick and get back to you. //A From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Andreas Hammarskjöld Sent: den 5