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Deploy Server 2012 with SCCM 2007

28 Friday Sep 2012

Posted by renekierstein in SCCM, Server 2012

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configmgr2007, Not suported, server 2012

Yes, it can be done but as you know it is Not supported by Microsoft.

Start installing a server 2012 in a virtual environment, Configure it as you as like it to be.

Follow danovich’s blog http://blog.danovich.com.au/2012/03/06/deploying-windows-8-with-sccm-2007-r3/

from the point where he does the sysprep…. – Do the ImageX stuff.

Then you have a server 2012 wim file.

Implement this as a normal image os in SCCM2007 and you’re done.

PS/If you are using Vmware then you should use the E1000 driver, Netflex3 will fail.

I’m still having some issue with the MDT role installations, but I think it wil be solved soon.

adveritsement of a single package works fine

have fun

Remember: it is NOT supported by MS

Aside

SMS_Executive service stops and creates a crashdump

26 Wednesday Sep 2012

Posted by renekierstein in SCCM

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crashdump, replicate object, SCCM, service stop, SMS_executive

I was troubleshooting a problem that objects from a primary child site was not replication up to central site. It turned out that the SMS_executive servce was stopped on the central site server – Easy one, so I just started the service.

Shortly after it stopped again? – back into troubleshooting mode. The SMS_executive server generated a crashdump in the \logs\crashdump directory

The crashdump log indicated that there were an issue with the SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER component.

EXCEPTION INFORMATION

Time = 09/25/2012 22:50:14.622

Service name = SMS_EXECUTIVE

Thread name = SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER

Executable = C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\i386\smsexec.exe

Process ID = 5752 (0x1678) Thread ID = 6272 (0x1880) Instruction address = 74461eeb

Exception = c0000005 (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)

Description = “The thread tried to read from the virtual address FFFFFFFF for which it does not have the appropriate access.” Raised inside

CService mutex = No CService mutex description = “”

Next was to investigate the site status messages for central site and here was the reason that SMS_execitive crashes 2 packages was for unknown reason not owned by the central site server, but a primary child site. So every time the SMS_Ditribution_manager tried to update the packages it gets access denied and the SMS_executive services crashed.

Solution:

  1. Identify primary child site server that own the packages and delete the distribution point.
  2. Wait for the change to replicate to central site
  3. Recreate the distribution point on the central site as it should be

Winpe / pxeboot fails randomly – Max number of cpu supported is 64

03 Monday Sep 2012

Posted by renekierstein in bootimage, pxeboot, SCCM, winpe

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Recently we saw pxebooting hanging randomly, without any error at all.

The pxeboot process simply stopped, and was hanging forever.

After long time looking for the error together with the hardware supplier and Microsoft, the error was finally found.

The server we were testing have 40 physical CPU’s and with hyper threading enabled the number is 80 logical cpu’s.

This caused the random error as 64 cpu’s is the max supported number .

To solve this there is 2 options:

  1. Disable hyper threading
  2. Install this KB hotfix at your boot image. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2529956

Procedure to implement the fix:

Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:<path>\TempBootImageMount\winpe.wim

Dism /mount-wim /wimfile: <path>\TempBootImageMount\winpe.wim /index:1 /mountdir: <path>\TempBootImageMount\Mount

Dism /image: <path>\TempBootImageMount\Mount  /add-package /packagepath: <path>\TempBootImageMount\Windows6.1-KB2529956-x64.msu

Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir: <path>\TempBootImageMount\Mount /commit

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