We consolidated and merged all threads of the Configuration Manager 2007 forums to Configuration Manager 2007 General. Please post all of your questions regarding. Microsoft. The fiercely competitive software giant is positioning its wares for cloud computing with software and services. The companys two cash cows operating. Note 2008 and older issues are only available as. chm files. On most versions of windows you must first save these files to your local machine, and then unblock the. Technet forums. Frequently Posted Questions and Answers. Following list of questions are from SCE 2. SCE 2. 01. 0 forums and answers applies to SCE 2. Document Owner Anshu Agrawal. Question 1 How can I create auditing rules in EssentialsQuestion 2 How do I set up a remote console in a different domain or using local policy Question 3 How can I discover network devices to manage Question 4 Can I run both Essentials and WSUS in the same domain Question 5 Can I monitor a machine that is in a workgroup Question 6 My managed computers installed successfully, but still report a status of unknown in the computer space. How can I get them to contact Question 7 How can I create a dynamic deployment groupQuestion 8 I get an error when creating software packages saying verification failed. How do I resolve the issue Question 9 What would prompt an update to go in Unknown category in updates space overviews page Question 1. 0 What steps are required to uninstall Essentials from server A and reinstall on server B on same domain Question 1. 1 Is it possible to upgrade from SQL Express to SQL standard without reinstalling Essentials Question 1. 2 Can Essentials ask for the location of the VM files on the destination during the migration process Question 1. 3 Can a package be redeployedQuestion 1. 4 If we disable auto select would it uncheck previously selected products Question 1. 5 Where can I find deployment guide of Essentials 2. Question 1. 6 What is the data retention schedule for reporting in Essentials Question 1. How can you send files to Microsoft for the Essentials team to review Question 1. 8 How can you verify if the computer agent is contactable via network Question 1. 9 What if the computer discovery fails for an agent boxQuestion 2. 0 How can you choose installation path for SQL in Essentials installation process Question 2. 1 Why does running the automatic approval rule for all computers result in unapproved updates Question 2. 2 Can third party updates be approved by auto approval feature Question 2. 3 What if you see monitoring. Host. exe process consuming a lot of CPUQuestion 2. 4 How to troubleshoot if windows update WU and Essentials reports different status for updates Question 2. 5 What are the locations to find common logs to troubleshoot issues in Essentials Question 1 How can I create auditing rules in Essentials Answer In Essentials, you can create custom rules that collect events from the security log. Go to Authoring space Management Pack objects select Rules Create a rule Alert Generating RulesEvent BasedNT Event Log. Select the Essentials group you want to collect events from. To collect from all computers, select the Agent group. Select the Security Log to collect events from. Next you build the Filter Expression. The Source will be Security and the Event ID will be the security event you are interested in, for example event 6. Audit Policy Changed. Finally, configure the alert with title and description to match the event, such as Audit Policy was changed. You need to make sure that auditing for the type of event you want to capture is turned on at the domain group policy or local security policy level, otherwise the security events wont be written to the log for Essentials to see them. Question 2 How do I set up a remote console in a different domain or using local policy Answer When in the same domain, the certificates used to connect to Essentials are generally available from the group policy, but for a different domain or local policy, the certificates require manual import on the UI machine. The two certificates are available on the Essentials server in the install directory folder titled Certificates. The WSUSSSLCert. The WSUSCode. Signing. Cert. cer should be imported into the local computers trusted root authority, third party publishers and third party root certification authority stores. Question 3 How can I discover network devices to manage Answer To discover network devices, launch the same wizard used to discover computers it appears in the administration space of the splash page in Computer and device section with the name Add new Computer and devices. In the Discovery type page, chose network devices. Question 4 Can I run both Essentials and WSUS in the same domainAnswer Individual machines can only report to one WSUS server. Those machines managed by Essentials should only report to the Essentials server for updates, although users are not prohibited from contacting Microsoft update directly by default. If not all machines in the domain report to the Essentials server, a second Essentials server can be used to manage just those machines not included in Essentials. If the current environment is running a WSUS 3. Essentials server and retain the settings and data currently stored. Question 5 Can I monitor a machine that is in a workgroup Answer Yes. You will require two certificates from a trusted authority for both the Essentials server and the new manual agent. For more information on how to create the appropriate certificates, see http technet. To import the Essentials servers certificate on the server machine, use the install directorytoolsMOMCert. Import. exe tool. Use the System Center Essentials 2. You will need the two certificates from the install directory of SCE in a folder called certificates WSUSSSLCert. WSUSCode. Signing. Cert. cer, as well as the PFX certificate from the trusted authority and the trusted authority. Question 6 My managed computers installed successfully, but still report a status of unknown in the computer space. How can I get them to contact Answer The out of box experience wizard or configure product features wizard must have been run before computers will report status in this section. If using group policy, the settings may take some time to update before the clients will contact. If using local policy, the configure product features wizard must be run before agent deployment. If these steps have been completed successfully, check one of the machines that is reporting the unknown inventory by running the rsop. Computer ConfigurationAdministrative SettingsWindows ComponentsWindows UpdateSpecify intranet Microsoft updates location should point to https sceserver. If this is not the case, check that the computer is a member of the AD security group SCE Managed Computers SCESERVERMG and if so, try relogging into the machine or rebooting to pick up the group membership. If the correct server is reported, check the WINDIRWindows. Update. log to see if any errors are occurring with contacting the Essentials server. As always, if the answer is not clear, these forums are here to help Including the log file information in your post will aid in quick answer. Question 7 How can I create a dynamic deployment group Answer Many dynamic groups are available in Essentials from imported management packs that are not initially updatesoftware deployment groups. For example, groups already exist for SQL servers, active directory servers, or exchange servers if the management packs have been imported for monitoring. To make these deployment groups, chose to create a group from an already exiting group in the computers space grouping wizard. If the group you would like to create does not exist by default, try choosing the option to Specify Criteria. This will create a dynamic group based on manufacturer, model, operating system, service pack, andor organizational units. The authoring space contains a more complex grouping wizard that can create a dynamic computer group based on computer properties. Once the group has been created from the wizard, it will be available to become updatesoftware deployment group in the computers space using the create new groups wizard. Question 8 I get an error when creating software packages saying verification failed. How do I resolve the issueAnswer Either the out of box experience wizard or the product configuration wizard must be run before using any of the software packaging features of the product. If this is a remote UI, ensure that the WSUSSigning.
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