Presented by Tim De Keukelaere.

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About Me

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Agenda
Client
Deployment
Client Health

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Agenda
Client
Deployment

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Platform Support - WindowsClients
• Windows XP SP3
• Windows Vista SP2
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
Servers
• Windows Server 2003 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 R2
SP2
• Windows Server 2012

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Platform Support – Non-MS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (version 4, 5 and 6)
• Solaris (Version 9 and 10)
• SUSE Linux Ent Server (SLES) (version 9, 10 SP1 and 11)
Unix / Linux
• Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
• Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
MacOSX

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Deployment Methods Overview
New Clients
SUP-based installation
Group Policy
Startup Scripts
Client Push
Manual Installation
Existing Clients
Upgrade using SWD
Automatic Client Upgrade

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SUP Based Installation

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Group Policy

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Logon/Startup Scripts
http://blog.configmgrftw.com/?page_id=349

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Client Push

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Client Push (2)

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Client Push (3)

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Manual Installation

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CCMSetup.exe
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699356.aspx

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CCMSetup.exe example

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Client.msi
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699356.aspx

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Client Lifecycle

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Client Installation troubleshooting

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Things to consider ...

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Client Health

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Client Health - Overview
Monitored from the Server
Monitored from the Client

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Client Health - Components
Client Check
• Independent agent
• Single install
• Auto-Remediation
• Prerequisites
• Dependencies
• Services
• WMI
• Viewable by collection
Client Activity
• Track server activity
• DDR
• SINV
• HINV
• Status messages
• Policy requests
• State Messages
• Viewable by collection

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Client Activity - Settings

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Client Check

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Client Check – Client Health Tool

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Client Check – Installation properties
Property Details
/NotifyOnly Specifies that client status will report, but not
remediate problems that are found with the
Configuration Manager client.
Property Details
CCMEVALINTERVAL Specifies the frequency when the client health
evaluation tool (ccmeval.exe) runs. You can specify
a value from 1 through 1440 minutes. If you do not
specify this property, or specify an incorrect value,
the evaluation will run once a day.
CCMEVALHOUR Specify the hour when the client health evaluation
tool (ccmeval.exe) runs. You can specify a value
between 0 (midnight) and 23 (11pm). If you do not
specify this property, or specify and incorrect value,
the evaluation will run at midnight.

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Client Check - Structure

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Client Check – Remediation Capabilities
(1)

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Client Check – Remediation Capabilities
(2)

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Client Check – Remediation Capabilities
(3)

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Client Health - Dashboards

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Client Health - Alerts

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Client Health - Reporting

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Q & A

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Next steps
Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us
/server-cloud/system-center/default.aspx
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Operations Manager
• Orchestrator
• Service Manager
• Data Protection Manager
• Configuration Manager
System Center Marketplace:
http://systemcenter.pinpoint.
microsoft.com
Blogs:
http://blogs.technet.com
/systemcenter
Community:
http://scug.be/
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