A simple way to run your OSD against the All System collection is to set the Task Sequence Properties – Advanced – “This task sequence can run only on the specified client platforms” to an operating system that you don’t have in your environment.
If HP ProLiant Server OS Deployment for Configuration Manager 2007 fails to install or upgrade. Then you can try this fix from Microsoft.
Here is a report that shows you which collections a computer is a member of.
Have you ever noticed that Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) starts using another drive to store the distribution point data? Well I have and the simple solution is to add a file in the root of the drives that you do NOT want to become distribution points. Just create a empty Text Document and rename the [...]
Using Configuration Manager 2007 client in Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) needs to be addressed in a special way. The setup that I used for this is the following:
We run in to some problems with McAfee ePO Agent when we where creating our master image to our Citrix Provisioning Server (PVS). In the Citrix PVS all machines are created from one master image that are streamed out to the PVS clients. This means that any type of agents that are installed in that [...]
To install XenServer Tools for your XenServer virtual machines during Configuration Manager 2007 deployment use the xensetup.exe /S /norestart or skip the norestart if you want it to reboot during installation.
I spent a couple of days trying to deploy Lotus Notes client 8.0.2 in a Operating System Task Sequence in Configuration Manager 2007 to our Citrix XenApp 6 servers. It kept failing when a run it in Configuration Manager but worked fine when I run the command manually.
If you want to install the Configuration Manager agent with a Active Directory GPO you will need to the following.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632442.aspx
