SCCM 2012 Archives

Why does the Status on the “Shared Distribution Points” tab show as “Failed to upgrade distribution point” when a SCCM DP upgrade fails?

Why does the Status on the “Shared Distribution Points” tab show as “Failed to upgrade distribution point” when a SCCM DP upgrade fails? I’ve tried upgrading a Shared Distribution Point (DP), to being just a ConfigMgr 2012 DP. However, the … Continued

Why do I get an error stating my Sms_def.mof contains invalid information when trying to import it?

Why do I get an error stating my Sms_def.mof contains invalid information when trying to import it? I am trying to import my Sms_def.mof to ConfigMgr 2012 in order to customise Hardware Inventory. However, when I try to do so … Continued

“SetRegistrationState failed (0x80071770)” in ClientIDManagerStartup.log on Clients that repeatedly become “Inactive”

“SetRegistrationState failed (0x80071770)” in ClientIDManagerStartup.log on Clients that repeatedly become “Inactive” I’ve got some ConfigMgr Clients that repeatedly become inactive. These Clients haven’t sent any inventory information for more than 30 days and the Inventoryagent.log hasn’t been updated. If I … Continued

Why are my Clients not being updated with the latest Antimalware Definition files?

Why are my Clients not being updated with the latest Antimalware Definition files? I’ve installed the Endpoint Protection Point Site System Role and set the Manage Endpoint Protection client on client computers client setting to True on the Endpoint Protection … Continued

Why is the value for the “lastLogonTimestamp” attribute incorrect?

Why is the value for the “lastLogonTimestamp” attribute incorrect? I’ve enabled Active Directory User Discovery and I’m trying to use the value retrieved by the lastLogonTimestamp attribute to determine the last logon for a user. However, the value shown by this … Continued

[ConfigMgr 2012] KB Article 2683915 Updated

Microsoft has just updated the following KB Article: Installing a secondary System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site fails when using the default SQL instance name http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2683915 I’ve updated the list of KB Articles for ConfigMgr 2012 accordingly.

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2691080 Updated

Microsoft has just updated the following KB Article: The Ccmexec.exe service is not automatically restarted after the WMI service is paused and restarted in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2691080 I’ve updated the list of KB Articles for ConfigMgr 2012 … Continued

[ConfigMgr 2012] KB Article 2692576 Updated

Microsoft has just updated the following KB Article: Many ID 5450 status messages may be received when migrating clients to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2692576 I’ve updated the list of KB Articles for ConfigMgr 2012 accordingly.

[ConfigMgr 2012] KB Article 2688288 Updated

Microsoft has just updated the following KB Article: Changing the SQL Service Broker port while performing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site recovery causes the site to remain in Maintenance Mode http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688288 I’ve updated the list of KB Articles … Continued

[ConfigMgr 2012] Looks like LOTS of KB Articles have been updated

Looks like Microsoft has updated a whole raft of ConfigMgr 2012 KB articles. I’ll aim to get the updates posted here and the list of KB Articles for ConfigMgr 2012 accordingly.