ecmday2015 - kim oppalfens – microsoft system center configuration manager: hints, allegations and...

Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid

Speaker(s): Kim Oppalfens #ECMDay2015

HINTS, ALLEGATIONS AND THINGS LEFT UNSAID

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Introduction: Kim Oppalfens• 10 years ConfigMgr Mvp• Consultant OSCC• [email protected] • SCUG member• Self-proclaimed quiet shy guy• Wmiguy blog http://scug.be/thewmiguy• The Wmi Guy twitter http://twitter.com/thewmiguy• Quizmaster Extra-Ordinaire • Owner of the Technet Library search providers

http://www.oscc.be/tn-library-searchpage

mailto:[email protected]

http://scug.be/thewmiguy

http://twitter.com/thewmiguy

http://twitter.com/thewmiguy




Agenda

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Session history Bing Maps integration (T) IP Range boundaries (H) URL Rewrite & DFS + Dedup for Definitive

MediaLib (H) Software Update fallback to Microsoft (A) Collection updating details (T) Using ConfigMgr support center log viewer (T) When time permits UI++ (H)


Bing Maps integration

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• Monitoring workspace• Site Hierarchy• Configure view settings• Enter GPS coordinates• Open geographical view


Bing Maps integration

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BoundariesAD Site

IP RangeIP Subnet


The problems with boundariesIP Subnet

• Cannot use “Super-nets”• Based on Subnet/Network

ID• Are subjective

– Subnet IDs are based on IP Address + Subnet Mask

AD Site

• “Converted” to IP Subnet IDs– 192.168.14.0/23 = 192.168.14.0

• Cannot use “Super-nets”• Workgroup clients aren’t part

of an AD Site


Why Subnet IDs are EvilClassful

• IP Address:10.0.151.17– Subnet ID: 10.0.0.0– Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0

• Subnet ID: 192.168.18.0– Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0– Valid IPs: 192.168.18.1 –

192.168.18.254

Classless Internet Domain Routing (CIDR)

• IP Address:10.0.151.17– Subnet ID: ?– Subnet Mask: ?

• Subnet ID: 192.168.18.0– Subnet Mask: ?– Valid IPs: 192.168.18.1 – ?


Super-net example

IP Address: 10.0.1.27/24

AD Site Subnet: 10.0.0.0/8Subnet ID: 10.0.0.0

Subnet ID: 10.0.1.0

IP Subnet: 10.0.0.0Subnet ID: 10.0.0.0


Discovery example

IP Address: 192.168.15.27/24

AD Site Subnet: 192.168.14.0/23Subnet ID: 192.168.14.0

Subnet ID: 192.168.15.0

Discovered IP Address: 192.168.15.27Discovered Subnet ID: 192.168.14.0


Boundaries

• IP Address Ranges FTW– Do not rely on AD Sites– “Super-netting” is fine– No ambiguity– What you see is what you get– Very granular and exact– No subnet calculator needed


DFS + Dedup

• All content in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 needs to be on UNC path– Enforce CM07 best practice

• UNC path != SiteServer share• Use DFS over DNS alias aka CNAME• Add Dedup to save on storage

– Add filesystem role service– Configure in server manager ui

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URL Rewrite Download URL Rewrite and install it (http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite)

Open IIS and navigate to the servernode

Select URL Re-write, add a new rule

Use url pattern maching ^$ Use {HTTP_HOST} condition

pattern matching Action redirect to

/CMApplicationCatalog Action type 301 permanent Create DNS Cname record#ECMDay2015

http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite





Software Update fallback to Microsoft

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New SP1 feature If software updates are not available on the

preferred distribution point or remote distribution point, download content from Microsoft updates.

Fully works as designed != works as most people think


COLLECTION UPDATING DETAILS (1)

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Collection updating & Collection limiting


Collection updating details (2)

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Collection updating & Include collections Primary evaluator Express evaluation Single evaluation Auxiliary evaluation



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Collection updating & Exclude collections



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Collection updating & Include + Exclude collections


Collection updating details (5)

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Collection updating & Direct membership vs Query based membership Select * from sms_r_system where netbiosname

in (‘hostname1’,’hostname2’)


Using ConfigMgr support center log viewer

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PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Configuration Manager Support Center> .\CMLogViewer.exe '\\configmgr01\e$\Program Files\SMS_CC

M\logs\InventoryAgent.log','\\ConfigMgr01\e$\program files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs\dataldr.log', 'v:\SMS_CC

M\Logs\MP_Hinv.log', 'w:\sms_ccm\logs\mp_hinv.log'


UI++

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Display info to interactive user Solicit feedback from interactive user Choose apps to install List of variables to use throughout the

tasksequence Populate regkeys using regwrite Populate wmi http://blog.configmgrftw.com/uiplusplus/

http://blog.configmgrftw.com/uiplusplus/

http://blog.configmgrftw.com/uiplusplus/

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