SCCM 2012 CUs, Hotfixes & Service Packs Troubleshooting FAQs

This page contains the various categories for the SCCM 2012 CUs, Hotfixes & Service Packs Troubleshooting FAQs

General

• Unable to Uninstall a Failed ConfigMgr CU/ Hotfix
• Why when I install a Cumulative Update on a Site is the whole Client installation bundle copied to my Pull DPs when it doesn’t need to be?

Cumulative Updates

• SP1 – CU3
  • “The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value”
  • Why are the “All Windows RT” and “All Windows RT 8.1 Preview” entries appearing in the Supported Platforms list for new Configuration Items after applying CU3 for SCCM 2012 SP1?
  • Why can’t I install a SP1 CU3 Site Server on Windows Server 2012 R2?
• R2- CU2
  • Warning message for the “Perform Database Update” Action displayed during the installation of CU2 for R2
• R2 – CU3
  • “The conversion of a nvarchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value” error when trying to install Cumulative Update 3 for ConfigMgr 2012 R2

Hotfixes

• “This update applies to systems running cumulative update 1, this system has cumulative update 0 this system will need to be updated with cumulative update 1 before this hotfix can be applied.”
• Why don’t I receive a Hotfix I’ve requested?

Service Packs

• SP1
  • Why have I lost the changes I made to the built-in Collections when I installed Service Pack 1?