SCCM 2007 Archives

ConfigMgr – Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for February 2013

So my good friends in the Documentation Team have been hard at it again this time updating both the ConfigMgr 2012 and and ConfigMgr 2007 Libraries. The highlight for both of them for me is the support of SQL Server … Continued

ConfigMgr – When not to use IP Address Ranges as Boundaries in Configuration Manager

This post from Jason Adams over on the ConfigMgr Team Blog makes fascinating reading. I had always assumed (incorrectly), that IP subnet based boundaries and IP address range based boundaries basically achieved the same thing (bit of course in slightly different … Continued

Is there any way I can stop the Administrator Console from trying to connect automatically to the ConfigMgr TechCenter?

On my servers that have a connection to the Internet, whenever I load the ConfigMgr/SCCM Administrator Console it seems to take forever to load as I assume it is trying to connect to the System Center Configuration Manager TechCenter. Is … Continued

Second Site Server Server Management Magazine Article Now Available

This article is a reproduced version of the “Second site saver” article I wrote for Server Management Magazine back in October 2008. Thumbnails of the actual pages from the magazine are included at the end of the article which can … Continued

ConfigMgr – Support Announcements for February 2013

The ConfigMgr Team have just released their Support Announcement for this month (see full blog post below). As a quick summary SQL 2012 SP1 is now supported on the following: ConfigMgr 2007 SP2/ R3 (requires KB2676776) ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 (NOT … Continued

How often does the ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 ‘Site System Status’ node update?

I had an issue with my ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Server running out of disk space on the D: drive causing some of my Site System roles to go into a Critical state under “Site System Status“. I’ve now … Continued

‘The Site Server cannot be contacted or trying to connect to an incompatible Site Server version. Please enter a new Site Server Name’ error when trying to connect to a different ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Server

‘The Site Server cannot be contacted or trying to connect to an incompatible Site Server version. Please enter a new Site Server Name’ error when trying to connect to a different ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Server

When I try to connect to a different Site Server from within the Administrator Console I get a “Database Connection Wizard” error dialog box which states: “The Site Server cannot be contacted or trying to connect to an incompatible Site … Continued

ConfigMgr – Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for November 2012

My friends over in the ConfigMgr Documentation Team have been busy beavering away with updates to both the ConfigMgr 2012 and ConfigMgr 2007 Documentation Libraries: “The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library have been updated on … Continued

ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Package is not decompressing to the “SMSPKG<drive>$” directory

ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Package is not decompressing to the “SMSPKG$” directory

I’ve sent a Package to a new DP. The PCK is appearing in the “SMSPKG” directory but the Package is not decompressing to the “SMSPKG<drive>$” directory. Why is my ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Package is not decompressing to the “SMSPKG<drive>$” directory?

Why is there a large number of files in the ‘<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\AdminUI\AdminUILog’ directory on my ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Server?

On my Site Server if I look in the “<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\<install_directory>\AdminUI\AdminUILog” directory it contains over 3 MILLION files (3,007,851 to be exact) taking up over 19 GB of disk space. What I’m confused about is what are all these … Continued