CCMsetup parameters

I post a url to a good Technet article covering all the different Client installation paratmeters.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680980.aspx

Really nice to have while customizing and building an automated client installation package!

Move SCCM database to another server

I have been forced to move SCCM database in a couple of cases and it sounds a bit scary if you are running a big environment but it’s an easy task and you have several ways to be sure not to loose any data.

For my migration task I used this good instruction guide:
http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/693-guide-moving-your-site-database/

Remove SCCM Primary Child Site Manually

Sometimes you get in to trouble when hardware crashes or child site teams just terminates a site server without letting you remove it the right way first.

At this site you can get good instructions how to solve the removal manually:

http://isatechie.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-remove-sccm-primary-site-child.html

I have used the instructions a couple of times and it saved my day :)

Portable SCCM lab environment

I have built up a my SCCM lab environment in Virtual PC and running it in my Laptop (together with two external usb 2.0 drives).

Brief setup:
One virtual Windows 2008 server with one outbound NIC (NAT, with internet connection) and one local network card.
On this server I have installed AD, DHCP, DNS, SQL2008, SCCM2007. This is my SCCM site server and the DHCP service gives IP adresses to all the other virtual images I have.

Then I have all OS platforms as own virtual images which I can run 1-2 of together with the site server before my Laptop starts to feel ill. :) A portable virtual Lab is exellent when doing demo’s or testing something in really Beta status.

I call this environment my “portable sanbox”

Microsoft has published several virtual labs on technet, one good one is this:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032456557&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US