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July 2008 - Posts

Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:13 PM

FQDN Task Sequence username limitation

A common step in imaging is to use the 'Apply Network Settings' task sequence item to configure joining a system to the domain. As shown in the screenshot, configuring to join a domain requires the administrator to enter credentials to be used in the
Posted by steverac | 1 Comments
Friday, July 18, 2008 6:45 PM

ConfigMgr and OpsMgr Maintenance Mode

I've seen the question several times now about whether ConfigMgr supports setting OpsMgr agents into maintenance mode during software deployment. The answer is mixed. If we take a look at the MOM Maintenance Mode tab for a program we see the options available.
Posted by steverac | 2 Comments
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:14 PM

Capturing logs during failed Task Sequence Execution

Every OSD administrator knows the feeling of configuring a complex (or even simple) OSD Deployment, testing and releasing - only to have the deployment fail. At failure, OSD will begin a countdown to reboot and, on restart, the logs are often lost and
Posted by steverac | 3 Comments
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:49 PM

Task Sequences and advertisements

Have been working a fair amount lately with task sequences. Task sequences are traditionally thought of as a part of OSD - which is certainly true - but task sequences can also be deployed as advertisements - similar to standard software distribution.
Posted by steverac | 1 Comments
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:49 PM

Testing Network Speed - Multiple Applications

A question came up recently about how to determine network speed. In the specific environment small locations existed with just a handful of ConfigMgr clients at each. Each location had anywhere from a very slow network link (256 MB or less) to something
Posted by steverac | 1 Comments
 
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