I ran into an issue with a customer where they were getting an error that the package could not be downloaded. The that they kept showing up in the client logs was 0x80070057. In going over the logs and researching the issue we found that the issue was in that the file path was too…
How to Move the WSUS Database
I ran into an issue where a customer needed to move the WSUS Database to a different SQL server. In my research I found most of the information below. In testing I added a few pieces to it since my customer was using a remote SQL server. To move your WSUS Database to another…
Client Schedule ID’s
I get asked this quite often so I have been compiling a list of the Schedule ID’s for a Config Manager client. This is not a complete list by no means but I think that it is most of them. I add to it as I find new ones. Hardware Inventory Collection Task {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001} Software…
Reporting Services Server Properties Grayed Out
In doing some research and testing for one of my screen casts on SRS and Config Manager I ran into an issue that I couldn’t find much information on. My SQL Server is running SQL 2005 SP3 with CU 1 and is on a different box than the Config Manager site server. I also run…
Easy setup of SRS with Config Manager R2
I just completed a screen cast video for my customers on configuring SRS with Config Manager. While I can’t share the video with you I can post the document that contains the steps I used. This is all information that is on the Microsoft TechNet site but is kind of hard to find and understand. …
Troubleshooting “Failed to Insert Object” error message
I have run into a few CI update problems over the last few months. It seems that these are becoming more frequent. I found the information below in my research. I did some additional testing and rewrote part of it. Let me first say that before doing anything we need to make sure that we…
What Collections is your Client a Member of?
Many times during the course of troubleshooting, you may come across a situation where you need to find out how many Collections a specific Client machine is a member of. Here is how you can find that information, along with the Collection Names and the ID’s. Run the following SQL query in against the SMS…
Where are the patches in Resource Explorer
On Server 2008/Vista and Server 2008R2/Windows 7 machines you will not find the patch information in Resource Explorer like you will for other OS’s. This is due to a change in the way that those OS’s store their patch information. Let me explain more. Remember that Config Manager only gathers this information from WMI…
Branch DP’s and Hash Values
How can I find the package hash value in WMI on a BDP: 1. Open Webemtest and connect to root\ccm 2. Select Enum Classes, click the recursive radio button press OK 3. Scroll down to ccm_peerdpagent and double click 4. select ccm_peerdp_job and click instances. 5. click a package packageID listed. 6. Scroll…
Clients Never See the Pop Up Balloon in the Systray
I ran into a really strange issue a while back with a customer and then last month I hit the same issue with a different customer. Have you run into an issue where you send out a normal software distribution but the clients never see the pop up balloon in the systray informing them that…