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100 % SCCM Client Installation - 5/14/2008 10:46:47 AM

ridvan

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Hi Guys,

Is there any possibility, or third party tools, that will makes me sure tha 100% of computers that i want it to, has the SCCM client installed... and if they dont, is there any way to initiate installation and to be sure 100% that the SCCM Client is installed.

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Ridvan

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RE: 100 % SCCM Client Installation - 5/14/2008 2:37:52 PM

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If you use a GPO and enforce a startup script similar to this: http://www.myitforum.com/articles/8/view.asp?id=10774
through Active Directory, you'll get as close to 100% as possible. If it's group policy & startup scripts, people can't cancel out of it and it has absolute control over that machine.

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RE: 100 % SCCM Client Installation - 5/14/2008 4:47:51 PM

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You can also enable the client push mechanism. This will install the client on most anything (you can control what type of systems workstations, servers, domain controller) automatically when the site discovers the system. This method and what John has mentioned are good for getting the client out there, but you still would need to address the issue of client health (failed or botched client installs). R2 will help to address this going forward. There is a client startup script that was created specifically for SMS2003, but it can be tweaked to perform the same tasks under SCCM.

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 5/14/2008 8:23:14 PM 1 votes

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To ensure that all systems that are intended and targeted for the ConfigMgr client installation. The best client deployment method i have used here at Microsoft is using AD GPO that will apply 3 settings. 1. the ccmsetup parameters are place in the registry 2. the WSUS URL is place in the registry. 3. applies the ADM Client Assignment template. Enable WSUS/SUP Client Installation. In the GPO add the WSUS URL for your SUP Site Role. As clients join the domain or connects to the network, the Windows Update Agent will scan against your WSUS server and the ConfigMgr client will be detected as not installed and WSUS will install the client treating the client as if it was a critical update. The installation will start about 2 to 3 minutes after the client is detected as not installed. This method will also upgrade a client that is lower than the published version in WSUS. If a client is already installed with the right version, the client will be re-assigned to your site if not already assigned. Also as part of this GPO you will want to add the ADM Client Assignment template. This is comes with ConfigMgr 2007. This template will keep clients assigned to the site of choice.

Two things will happen automatically for you. If the client is un-installed for any reason, WSUS will re install the client on the next WSUS scan. If the client is re assigned to another site, the ADM template with automatically reassign the client back to the originating site code immediately.

Let me know if you need to help setting this up. Its the best client deployment method i recommend. Works great. Client upgrades would also be made simple as well. All an admin would have to do is publish the new latest client to WSUS, client upgrades will happen automatically on the next Windows Update scan.

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 5/15/2008 9:30:25 PM

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Richards method of client install/update is great ( even if he did get beat up by a Klingon), but one thing I keep seeing that makes me wince everytime is the difference when we're talking about "client health". We all usually interpret "client health" as the health of the SMS/SCCM Client ( agent), and miss the "workstation" point or confuse the two. The GPO applied startup script referenced by John helps "aid" in making sure the "workstation" can actually accept and install the "client". All the GPO's in the world arent going to install an SMS/SCCM client on a workstation that is jacked up and/or doesnt meet the minimum requirements for a client to install in the first place. Now GPO enforcements can help us with many things and at minimum can enforce a script that checks, validates, repairs( if needed) and "allows" the client to install from other enforcement rules.

So coupled with Richards method and a good "workstation health" script we can get near 99.999% ( you will ALWAYS miss that one system sitting in some closet training room somewhere, come on get real)

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 5/20/2008 9:20:06 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rdixon

To ensure that all systems that are intended and targeted for the ConfigMgr client installation. The best client deployment method i have used here at Microsoft is using AD GPO that will apply 3 settings. 1. the ccmsetup parameters are place in the registry 2. the WSUS URL is place in the registry. 3. applies the ADM Client Assignment template. Enable WSUS/SUP Client Installation. In the GPO add the WSUS URL for your SUP Site Role. As clients join the domain or connects to the network, the Windows Update Agent will scan against your WSUS server and the ConfigMgr client will be detected as not installed and WSUS will install the client treating the client as if it was a critical update. The installation will start about 2 to 3 minutes after the client is detected as not installed. This method will also upgrade a client that is lower than the published version in WSUS. If a client is already installed with the right version, the client will be re-assigned to your site if not already assigned. Also as part of this GPO you will want to add the ADM Client Assignment template. This is comes with ConfigMgr 2007. This template will keep clients assigned to the site of choice.

Two things will happen automatically for you. If the client is un-installed for any reason, WSUS will re install the client on the next WSUS scan. If the client is re assigned to another site, the ADM template with automatically reassign the client back to the originating site code immediately.

Let me know if you need to help setting this up. Its the best client deployment method i recommend. Works great. Client upgrades would also be made simple as well. All an admin would have to do is publish the new latest client to WSUS, client upgrades will happen automatically on the next Windows Update scan.

Could you please elaborate on this? This sounds like the path we would like to follow, but I need more specific details.

Thanks
Keith

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 5/20/2008 5:23:08 PM

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rolson's right. you'll never get 100% until you make sure of a few things first. Namely that your AD and DNS are clean, healthy and up to date with the latest changes in your environment. I've been consulting for SMS for about 10 years now and I can tell you that prior to this doing a Network Discovery was a great way to determine just how many IP addresses were being used. Along comes AD discovery and suddenly folks discover tens (if not hundreds) of machines they weren't aware existed, or were no longer active as machines/machine names. Now with CM requiring both AD and DNS entries it's a lot simpler for admins to see just how jacked up their environments are. Where I'm at now, they've just found that there are a significant number of machines that are in AD, but not DNS. They've also found that File nad Print Sharing isn't necessarily enabled at the NIC level which makes installing the client alot harder. At the last place I was at, they stated repeatedly that they didn't thin there were more than a "couple of dozen, if that many" Windows 2000 machines. Install CM, do an AD discovery and, lowandbehold, they've got over 300 W2K machines. So, couple those things with the "hidden" machines (those in closets, or those that are turned off, or those that are simply inactive machines) and getting 100% is a true dream of every SMS/SCCM admin.

So, that bottom line is that a GPO will work well, login scripts work well, Client Push works well, but you've got no way of knowing whether or not SCCM is installed on 100% of the machines. One thing to keep in mind, is that only "manual" client push (right clicking a collection and installing the client), and GPO will give you control over what gets the client and what doesn't (GPO can target a specific OU). Other methods will not ensure a DC or server get the client should you not want it on those assets.

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 5/22/2008 10:40:55 AM

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rdixon,
Richard, could you ilaberate a bit more. ive got a pretty good client installation rate. my pronblem is machines are reinstalled or duplicated on a regular basis. Would your deployment help in this situation to keep these machines pushed with the ccm client..?
Do you run WSUS seperate from SCCM? seems you do if you are pushing WSUS updates out before SCCM client is installed

regards

Mark.

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 9/13/2008 8:14:43 AM

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Jnelson, your link goes to a post, which than takes you to the dudeworks.com and it is not for free :)

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 9/13/2008 9:34:26 AM 1 votes

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Are you sure about that?

http://www.dudeworks.com/Downloads/FreeTools/tabid/89/Default.aspx

Download link in the bottom right-hand corner for the ULTIMATE SMS LOGON SCRIPT V.4.11.

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 9/15/2008 4:17:18 AM 1 votes

ridvan

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rodtrent

Are you sure about that?

http://www.dudeworks.com/Downloads/FreeTools/tabid/89/Default.aspx

Download link in the bottom right-hand corner for the ULTIMATE SMS LOGON SCRIPT V.4.11.

YES 100% Sure, if you click in this link it will send you to the dude works download page, than dudwork you have this:
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This script does just about everything you’ll ever need to ensure all your little ducks ( sms clients) are coming in.
More info about this script here: http://www.myitforum.com/articles/8/view.asp?id=10774
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Than, if you click on this link, in the end of the page is the link to download, and than if you click the link it will send you to home page of dudeworks...

THE RESULTS :) Just surf around dudeworks and myitforum...

Regards,
Ridvan

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RE: 100 % SC CM Client Installation - 9/15/2008 10:22:10 AM 1 votes

jnelson993

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You're missing an important line on that page:

Login to access the FREE downloads, if you do not already have and account Register Here.
You register and login and the script is yours. (I work with the "Dude" from Dudeworks, so I know this is all you have to do).

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