How to create SMP (State Migration Point) Role in SCCM 2012 Step by Step

How to create smp (state migration point) Role in SCCM 2012 Step by Step

1.     In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration.

2.     In the Administration workspace, expand Site Operations and then click Servers and Site System Roles.

3.     Select your Server of interest, right click it and select "Add Site System Roles" from the context menu

4.     At the System role Selection page select State Migration Point

5.     You need to select destination folder where user states can be stored

6.     This is the place where user data would be stored in .MIG file format.
You may have to scale your operations Servers for Free Disk space and till how many days you wanted to store the user data on server.

7.     For Step of SMP role you can review the Log to monitor the installation progress by  SMSSMPSetup.log and smpMSI.log.

8.     Once the Role installed successful, you will find information about component state in smpmgr.log file

 

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How to Create a User State Migration Tool Package In SCCM 2012

How to Create a User State Migration Tool Package In SCCM 2012

    Create USMT Package in SCCM 2012

    Create USMT package ConfigMgr 2012

You can follow below steps to create your User State Migration Tool (USMT) Package.
ON SCCM installed system USMT Source files will be exists by default, this will be during System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Setup and is Part of Windows Automated Installation Kit (ADK / WAIK).

Open ADK installed Folder path

In my case it is “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\User State Migration Tool”

 

Fill the Package creation steps as shown below

 

Browse the source and show the USMT souce, in my case it is is “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\User State Migration Tool”  as ADK was installed in C Drive.

 

You no need to create any Program. So choose Do not create a program option

Click next to review the Summary and next to complete the wizard

Once package is created you can Distribute the package to required OSD USMT target DP’s.

What is Phishing ?

What is internet Phishing ? How they do it ?

Internet fraud that aims to steal valuable information such as credit cards, Social Secu­rity numbers, user IDs, and passwords, to steal this they may create a fake Web site that is similar the legitimate organiza­tion, typically a financial institution such as a bank or in­surance company, later they can send e-mail requesting that the recipient access the fake Web sites and enter their personal details including security access codes., and website web pages can be easy to change or modified to suit a phishing scheme.

What are the Software update policy in WMI

 

Software update policy is located in two classes in the WMI namespace:

§  Root\ccm\policy\machine\requestedconfig When the client downloads the policy from MP, it saves it in this WMI class so the CCM client Policy Evaluator can evaluate the policy.

§  Root\ccm\policy\machine\actualconfig Policy Evaluator first checks whether there is a valid policy, and if so, saves it in this wimi class. The actualconfig class is therefore the running configuration for the client, which means it contains all the current settings as defined by the SCCM administrator.

What is Period of Time for Which All Pending Deployments with Deadline in This Time Will Also Be Installed setting

You find this setting in the Software Updates workspace of the Default Settings

 

 

 

 

This setting can be used in junction of When any software Update Deployment Deadline is reached, Install all other software update deployments with deadline coming within a specified period of time.

 

By choosing the above settings we can install Updates on or prior updates if we have available schedule / maintenance Window

How to Enable WUA verbose logging

For troubleshooting purposes, enable verbose logging for the Windows Update Agent by below registry edits :

1.        Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

2.        Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Trace

3.        Create the following registry value: Value name: Flags

Value type: REG_DWORD Value data: 00000007

4.        Create the following registry value: Value name: Level

Value type: REG_DWORD Value data: 00000004

What is WUAUCLT.exe

This utility is the Automatic Updates client and is responsible for all of the user interactions involved when deploying software updates, for example displaying the UI for download and install progress, showing the reboot notification, and so on. The Automatic Updates client communicates with the Automatic Updates engine through a private application programming interface (API).

As a utility we can run, WUAUCLT.exe includes the following command line switches:

/DetectNow Forces a detection cycle

/ShowSettingsDialog Opens the UI for “Help Protect your PC: turn on Automatic Updates” which allows you to configure Automatic Updates settings

/ResetAuthorization Resets the cookie and the Software Update Services client ID

/ResetEulas Resets the end user license agreements (EULAs) for updates

 /DemoUI Launches the System Tray icon