Configuration Manager 2007 Reporting Point – Cannot set application role ‘webreport_approle’
Stumbled over an issue with a Configuration Manager 2007 Reporting point this morning. The customer couldn’t run a report, instead they got this message in the browser: Cannot set application role ‘webreport_approle’ because it does not exist or the password is incorrect For what-ever reason it turned out the application role has dropped the default [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Inventory and Reporting, Configuration Manager, Troubleshooting | Comment
Error installing Lync 2010
Last Friday I had the pleasure of being contacted by a customer who was in the middle of a Lync 2010 deployment. The scenario: Windows XP, Windows 7×86 & Windows 7×64 client. Some computer do already have Office Communicator 2007 installed which must be uninstalled. Solution, creating a task sequence: Conditions to only unstall Communicator [...]
Category: Software distribution, Troubleshooting | 4 Comments
How to create a context menu for SMS Client Center in the Configuration Manager 2007 console
If you have ever worked with Configuration Manager 2007 you properly know about the great freeware tool called SMS Client Center created by Roger Zander. The latest version of SMS Client Center can be downloaded from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsclictr/files/SCCM%20Client%20Center/ You install the tool locally on your computer and it does not require the installation of the [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Tools, Configuration Manager, Configuration Manager R3, Tips and tricks, Troubleshooting | 1 Comment
Configuration Manager Power Management charts won’t show
At a few sites I have experienced a problem where none of the Power Management charts will show in the canned SQL Reporting Services reports. Everything looks like fine from the client side, power management is part of the inventory and data is being send correctly back to the Management Point. Yesterday evening I found [...]
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How to fix ConfigMgr 2007 Console Error: “MMC cannot initialize the snap-in”
Today I was working in my test environment, my colleague had been testing some backup/restore of the site software. This had resulted in the console not working. this error appeared, when I tried to start it: “MMC cannot initialize the snap-in” I searched the net and found this article: ConfigMgr 2007: Unable to open Configuration [...]
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Error extracting files from KB977384
I have seen a few Configuration Manager R3 installations failing when trying to create the Configuration Manager package and program. To fix that problem I extract the SCCM2007-SP2-KB977384-ENU.msi file like this: msiexec /a SCCM2007-SP2-KB977384-ENU.msi /qb TARGETDIR=D:\R3 The command will extract all files and place them in D:\R3. From this folder you can take the sccm2007ac-sp2-kb977384-x86-enu.msp [...]
Category: Configuration Manager, Configuration Manager R3, Tips and tricks, Troubleshooting | 1 Comment
Modifying the execution account after installing Configuration Manager R3
In a previous post I described how you create and configure an execution account for SQL Reporting Services and Configuration Manager R2. The execution account is a requirement for those who want to use the e-mail subscription feature. Due to changes in security the execution account does not have the needed permission to open the [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Inventory and Reporting, Configuration Manager, Tips and tricks, Troubleshooting | 2 Comments
Installing a Secondary site with non-standard SQL port
Configuration Manager will by default utilize the standard SQL ports when accessing the database. If you have configured the SQL server to use a non-standard port you will need to configure a SQL failure to do so will result in a non-working Management Point and WDS. The error: In the MPcontrol.log file you will see [...]
Category: Site Systems, Troubleshooting | 4 Comments
WDS Service stopping after system restart
I had a problem with my PSP (PXE Service Point) on a Windows 2008 R2 box. Every time I restarted the server the service wouldn’t start (Which is not good). The error only happens when I add the PXE Service Point role in the Configuration Manager console, without the role my WDS service is starting [...]
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SQL Reporting Services and antivirus settings
Just installed and configured SQL Reporting Services 2008 with ConfigMgr. 2007 R2 SP2 this morning. Everything went smoothly except for one minor detail; I got an error in my mail subscription: Failure sending mail: The message could not be sent to the SMTP server. The transport error code was 0x800ccc15. The server response was not [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Inventory and Reporting, SQL Reporting services, Troubleshooting | 1 Comment
