Martins ConfigMgr stuff https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/feed.xml Random stuff about ConfigMgr (SCCM). Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:32:10 GMT en-US hourly 1 Resize Azure ARM virtual machine with PowerShell https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/resize-azure-arm-virtual-machine-with-powershell Tue, 01 Dec 2015 02:35:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2015/12/01/resize-azure-arm-virtual-machine-with-powershell/ I recently worked on a project where we needed to resize VMs in Azure to be able to scale up or down during different periods of the month. Since these VMs where created using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) we needed to use the new AzureRM PowerShell cmdlets. So naturally I tried Set-AzureRmVMSize, but to my surprise there was no such cmdlet. It turns out that it’s actually not supposed to work with the current version of AzureRM modules: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/0c16a10a-c4df-4d34-97c5-f0778cdef182/how-to-change-a-v2-arm-virtual-machine-size-using-powershell?forum=windowsazuremanagement

But then I found the following blog post by Igor Pagliai: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/igorpag/archive/2015/11/04/azure-vm-resizing-and-sku-change-in-asm-and-arm.aspx

So with just a little modification of the example he provides its really quite simple to achieve.

Note that it’s only necessary to stop the VM if you're also changing SKU when doing the resize, read more about that on Igor's post above. It also describes what you need to think about regarding storage etc. Note that if changing size within the same SKU the VM will still reboot.

So below is a simple script to resize a VM with the AzureRM modules.

Login-AzureRmAccount

$ResourceGroupName = "CMLAB"
$VMName = "2007CMCEN"
$NewVMSize = "Standard_A5"
 
$vm = Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $VMName
$vm.HardwareProfile.vmSize = $NewVMSize

Update-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -VM $vm

]]> Install .Net 3.5 on Server 2012 without internet connection https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/install-net-3-5-on-server-2012-without-internet-connection Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:47:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2012/11/07/install-net-3-5-on-server-2012-without-internet-connection/ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /all /Source:D:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

D:\ in this case is the path to the Windows Server 2012 installation media.

]]> Collection membership rule to check for clients that are members of multiple AD groups https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/collection-membership-rule-to-check-for-clients-that-are-members-of-multiple-ad-groups Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:03:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/11/08/collection-membership-rule-to-check-for-clients-that-are-members-of-multiple-ad-groups/ The following collection query will list all clients that are part of the following AD groups: "APP-1" and "APP-2". 


select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.ResourceId in (Select ResourceID from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName LIKE "%\\APP-1") and SMS_R_System.ResourceId in (Select ResourceID from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName LIKE "%\\APP-2")

The following query does the same and also excludes all members of the "APP-1 Pilot" group.



select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.ResourceId in (Select ResourceID from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName LIKE "%\\APP-1") and SMS_R_System.ResourceId in (Select ResourceID from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName LIKE "%\\APP-2") and SMS_R_System.ResourceId not in (select SMS_R_System.ResourceId from  SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName LIKE '%\\APP-1 Pilot')

 

 




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      Configure IIS Response Buffering Limit on ConfigMgr reporting points
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/configure-iis-response-buffering-limit-on-configmgr-reporting-points
      Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:58:00 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/11/01/configure-iis-response-buffering-limit-on-configmgr-reporting-points/
      
       If you get a HTTP 500 error when trying to watch a report e.g "History - Specific task sequence advertisements run on a specific computer"


With show friendly HTTP error messages enabled in IE:
The website cannot display the page 
 HTTP 500 


This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.



Show friendly HTTP error messages disabled in IE:
An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator. 


You can try to solve this by increasing the ASP "Response Buffering Limit" for the site hosting the reporting point.


The following command sets the limit to 8 MB (8388608), The default value is 4 MB (4194304)


C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/asp /limits.bufferingLimit:"8388608" /commit:apphost


 
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      Setup PXE service point on Windows Server 2008 R2
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/setup-pxe-service-point-on-windows-server-2008-r2
      Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:41:00 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/08/27/setup-pxe-service-point-on-windows-server-2008-r2/
      
      Install Windows Deployment Services (WDS)


Start Administrative Tools \ Windows PowerShell Modules (Run as Administrator)


> Add-WindowsFeature WDS


> WDSUTIL /initialize-server /reminst:<X>:\Remoteinstall


If WDS is running on the same box as DHCP:


> WDSUTIL /set-server /DHCPoption60:yes


> WDSUTIL /set-server /usedhcpports:no


Add the PXE service point


Distribute both x64 and x86 Boot Images to both SMSPXEIMAGES$ ditribution point and standard distribution point


Verify that they are distributed


SMSPXEIMAGES$ ditribution point = X:\Remoteinstall\SMSIMAGES\SMSPKG


image


Standard distribution point = X:\SMSPKGE$


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Advertise a task sequence to all unknown computers or a collection with a computer that you want to target
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      Some packages will not download from BITS enabled distribution points in ConfigMgr 2007
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/some-packages-will-not-download-from-bits-enabled-distribution-points-in-configmgr-2007
      Tue, 25 May 2010 00:24:00 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/05/25/some-packages-will-not-download-from-bits-enabled-distribution-points-in-configmgr-2007/
      
      If a package has folders that contains characters like "+" or "-" there can be problems on BITS-enabled distribution Points. The package will not download and only the folder structure will be created in the client cache. 

 


To troubleshoot on the client from a command prompt run: "bitsadmin /list /allusers"


 


{92C8E35D-7B11-4B1B-885A-350C7B2AFE32} 'CCMDTS Job' ERROR 126 / 1636 38389430 / UNKNOWN
Listed 1 job(s).


 


The run: bitsadmin /info {92C8E35D-7B11-4B1B-885A-350C7B2AFE32} /verbose >>bits.log


 


In the bits.log we can see the error:


ERROR FILE:    https://SEDP001.CONTOSO.COM:80/SMS_DP_SMSPKGE$/P07000E3/Program Files 64/Tivoli/TSM/baclient/jvm60/jre/lib/zi/Etc/GMT+8


 


These KBs explains how we can fix it: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/942076



To modify the requestFiltering section on BITS-enabled distribution point computers: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431377.aspx




 


execmgr.log "Execution Request for package P07000E3 program IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client (W2K8 R2) PSI state change from WaitingContent to WaitingContent"


ContentTransferManager.log "CTM job {6380EDD1-B38B-464F-B0E4-AC4590740968} entered phase CCM_DOWNLOADSTATUS_DOWNLOADING_DATA"
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      Limitations in ConfigMgr 2007 object names
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/limitations-in-configmgr-2007-object-names
      Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:34:28 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/04/29/limitations-in-configmgr-2007-object-names/
      
       
  
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 Programs  50 characters
 
 Collections  127 characters
 
 Folders  127 characters
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      Starting a CMD prompt as system in Windows 2008 R2
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/starting-a-cmd-prompt-as-system-in-windows-2008-r2
      Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:23:00 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/02/18/starting-a-cmd-prompt-as-system-in-windows-2008-r2/
      
      PSEXEC -i -s -d CMD
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      Minimum permissions required to run reports in ConfigMgr console
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/minimum-permissions-required-to-run-reports-in-configmgr-console
      Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:56:00 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/02/16/minimum-permissions-required-to-run-reports-in-configmgr-console/
      
      SMSAdmins local group to run console


Read on site instance/class


Read on reports class.
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      How to extend the MDT 2010 database with custom settings
      https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mmodin/how-to-extend-the-mdt-2010-database-with-custom-settings
      Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:35:00 GMT
      
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmodin/2010/02/03/how-to-extend-the-mdt-2010-database-with-custom-settings/
      
      Add a new column to the settings table (can be done with SQL Management Studio)

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Give it a name and specify a datatype

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Run the following stored procedure against the MDT database

EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[ComputerSettings]'
EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[LocationSettings]'
EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[MakeModelSettings]'
EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[RoleSettings]'

 

Edit the customsettings.ini with the new column

Under the [Settings] section add your column name to the properties line

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Now its possible to add a value to the column you added.

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To test this run: cscript ZTIGather.wsf /inifile:E:\deployshare\CustomSettings.ini from the scripts directory and point to the customsettings.ini file that is configured with the settings to query the MDT database.

 

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Now we can see that the property CustomCollection002 is set to C0010000

 

To reference the new value you would use the variable %CustomCollection002%

 

For more information see the section “Extending the Schema of the MDT DB” in “Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.docx” that can be downloaded here: Optional - MDT 2010 Print-Ready Documentation]]>