Hi everyone, Bindusar here again. Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Are you planning to install the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012) client using a Software Update Point but running into issues? Below are the things you may want to check.
- The computer should be joined to the domain. - Group Policy should be working properly. - The Software Update Point should be installed and working properly. - Configuration Manager should be published in Active Directory (AD). - The Windows Update agent on client machines should be working properly. - Client Push installation should not be configured.
When installing the client using a Software Update Point, we need to make sure a few things are configured:
- Configure the WSUS server location using Group Policy so that client machines can get ccmsetup as an update patch. - From the Configuration Manager console, client installation should be configured using the Software Update Point.
That’s it!
You can find more information on this in the following articles:
Configure Group Policy to locate the WSUS server by configuring the policy item named “Specify intranet Microsoft Update service location” and provide the WSUS server name (e.g. http://WsusServerName>:Port).
Found published client Configuration Manager Client (5.00.7958.1000) (id=8427071a-da80-48c3-97de-c9c528f73a2d, version=5.00.7958.1000)SMS_WSUS_CONFIGURATION_MANAGER5/28/2014 4:07:24 AM4404 (0x1134)
Successful published and approved package 8427071A-DA80-48C3-97DE-C9C528F73A2D for Install to All Computers, Deadline UTC time=5/26/2014 9:53:43 PMSMS_WSUS_CONFIGURATION_MANAGER5/28/2014 4:07:24 AM4404 (0x1134)
completed checking for client deploymentSMS_WSUS_CONFIGURATION_MANAGER5/28/2014 4:07:24 AM4404 (0x1134)
Waiting for changes for 60 minutesSMS_WSUS_CONFIGURATION_MANAGER5/28/2014 4:07:24 AM4404 (0x1134)
As we can see, the update is not only published but it’s approved with a deadline automatically! Once we are able to see this line in WCM.log we are done from the server side.
Connect to SUSDB and you should be able to see the following now available:
If you are connecting to WSUS on Server 2008 R2 use \\.\pipe\mssql$microsoft##ssee\sql\query If you are connecting to WSUS on Server 2012, use \\.\pipe\MICROSOFT##WID\tsql\query
Now we need to wait and watch on the client machine for it to start the update scan cycle. Alternatively, you can manually trigger it from Control Panel with the Check for Updates option.
2014-05-2703:40:01:788936438Agent* Added update {8427071A-DA80-48C3-97DE-C9C528F73A2D}.1 to search result
2014-05-2703:40:01:788936438Agent* Found 1 updates and 72 categories in search; evaluated appl. rules of 265 out of 519 deployed entities
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2014-05-2703:40:01:804936e78AU>>##RESUMED## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {A7DDCEFB-825C-4B67-949F-D92645D11D82}]
2014-05-2703:40:02:741936438DnldMgr* Downloading from http://binpri1:8530/Content/E4/28F170F0C414D9474A43A4CAEB2577F2F8C86CE4.cab to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\222661f20b633750ff74f33b134f79d9\28f170f0c414d9474a43a4caeb2577f2f8c86ce4 (full file).
2014-05-2703:40:02:913936e78AUAU checked download status and it changed: Downloading is paused
2014-05-2703:40:02:975936e78AUAU checked download status and it changed: Downloading is not paused
2014-05-2703:40:02:975936e78AUAU setting pending client directive to 'Download Progress'
2014-05-2703:40:03:3979367f8MiscValidating signature for C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\222661f20b633750ff74f33b134f79d9\28f170f0c414d9474a43a4caeb2577f2f8c86ce4:
As we can clearly see, CCMSetup is not calling any additional parameters with it. This simply means that all of the default parameters will be passed. Site and MP information will be fetched from Active Directory.
Bindusar Kushwaha | Support Engineer | Microsoft GBS Management and Security Division