SCCM Tips, Scripts and Tools

When installing the client you can look at the ccmsetup.log to tell when the setup is done. However there are a few different return codes that can be shown below is a table of what the codes mean.

This script will check components used by the SCCM client and if an issue is found it will attempt to fix the issue. 1. Looks to see if the the client is installed, if not it will install the client from the specified location. 2. Next the script will check the startup type and status of services needed for SCCM 3. Runs specific client actions to verify they are working 4. Checks to see if basic WMI queries are working and that the SCCM name space is working. 5. If an issue is found that can be resolved by reinstalling the SCCM client this will happen last. The scrip will also look for any reaming client files and remove them to be sure there are no corrupted files left behind. This script is best used in a Scheduled task deployed via a GPO <# .SYNOPSIS SCCM client health check and repair .DESCRIPTION This script will check components used by the SCCM client and if an issue is found it will attempt to fix the issue. 1. Looks to see if the the...

Yesterday, I released a script, Install-Wrapper.ps1 , that allows you to do more with a SCCM Application Deployment then just a single task. The Install-Wrapper script will only run a single application install and yes you could modify the scrip to do more but I found it much easier to use another script. The Multi-Software Install Wrapper script allows you to plug the Install-Wrapper script into it and install software in an order or stop the process if an install fails. The only part of the script  you need to modify to use it is under the variables to set section of the script. The $Installs variable is where you will enter the name of the Install-Wrapper scripts that are to be part of this application deployment. Again the Install-Wrapper script should be in the same content folder as the Multi-Software Install Wrapper script. The other variable, $ExitOnFail will determine if the script should stop if the other install scripts fail. If you want the script to stop on an error ...

SCCM is able to do a lot but sometimes you need to sometimes you need to Install software uninstall the old version move some config files then remove a old shortcut and this all needs to be done as an application deployment. By default SCCM isn't able to handle all of that as an application deployment so you will need a scrip to do it. A while ago I was given a scrip that dose all of that and more the script was old and not all part of it functioned  so I doctored it up and made it a little more user friendly. The scrip is called Install-Wrapper.ps1 is very easy to use enter the appropriate information under Software Information and uncommnet the actions you want to run. Then in SCCM create an Application for the script and for the install parameter enter. powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -File Install-Wrapper.ps1 The msi file should also be in the same folder as the script. If you need to deploy multiple applications with the script you ...