ConfigMgr Postconfiguration

ConfigMgr 2012 R2 postconfiguration

Check logfiles

• C:\ConfigMgrPrereq.log
• C:\ConfigMgrSetup.log
• Check logfiles sitecomp.log and hman.log
  \\\SMS_abc\Logs

Network Access account

• Administration - Site Configuration - Sites - <Site>
• Configure site components – Software distribution

Check web service:

• http://localhost/SMS_MP/.sms_aut?MPLIST

Configure SCCM Backup and other maintenance tasks

• Administration | Site Configuration – Sites
• Settings – Site Maintenance
  Backup Site server, Enable this task
   Use Edit to configure the backup path.
• Delete Inactive Client Discovery data
  
  • In the same “Site Maintenance” box, configure and enable “Delete inactive Client discovery data”
• Delete Obsolete Client discovery data.
  
  • In the same “Site Maintenance” box, configure and enable “Delete obsolete Client discovery data”
• Rebuild indexes
  
  • In the same “Site Maintenance” box, configure and enable “Rebuild Indexes”

Configure Client customizations

• Administration | Client Settings - Default client settings - properties
  • Computer Agent - Organization name displayed in Software Center

Site boundaries

• Administration – Hierarchy configuration - Boundaries - create
  
  • Description: first site
  • Type: Active Directory Site
  • AD site name: select… (FirstSite)
• Boundary Groups - create boundary group
  • General
    • Name: BoundaryGroup laptop
      Boundaries: add - firstsite
  • References
    • Enable: use this boundary for site assignment
      Assigned site: … select Site
      Site system Servers: Add.. select server

Discoveries

Recreate Configuration Manager client package
Copy the default Configuration Manager Client package since the built-in package is readonly for a few necessary properties.
Also enable the client package to patch itself during installation, derived from: http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2013/06/04/automatically-populate-the-patch-property-for-the-configmgr-client-installation-script-update.aspx

$Folder = (Get-SmbShare | ? { $_.Name -Match '^SMS_.{3}$' } | Select Path).Path
cd $Folder

md Client\i386\hotfix\
md Client\i386\hotfix\KB2854009
md Client\x64\hotfix
md Client\x64\hotfix\KB2854009
copy hotfix\KB2854009\Client\i386\configmgr2012ac-sp1-kb2854009-i386.msp Client\i386\hotfix\KB2854009

copy hotfix\KB2854009\Client\x64\configmgr2012ac-sp1-kb2854009-x64.msp Client\x64\hotfix\KB2854009

copy SCCMClientHotfixPath.wsf  Client
copy ZTIUtility.vbs Client

Edit / create the install.bat in the client directory

IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%" (set bit=x64) ELSE (set bit=i386)

%~dp0CCMSetup.exe /skipprereq:silverlight.exe SMSCACHESIZE=10000 PATCH="%bit%\hotfix\KB2854009\configmgr2012ac-sp1-kb2854009-%bit%.msp"

Optionally add SMSMP and FSP entries to the SCCM server

Create a generic set of collections

Cd Z:\Deploy\Deployment\Scripts\SCCM
.\CreateFoldersAndCollections.ps1 –InputFile .\GenericFoldersAndCollections.xml

.\CreateFoldersAndCollections.ps1 -InputFile .\Collections_SCCM_Client_Versions.xml