You can distribute a Service Pack in several ways and I will show you how to do it with a installation program in SCCM. In this guide I'm deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta to Windows Vista machines to show you one of the ways to do it. You can distribute the same Service Pack to Windows Server 2008 operating systems as well. It's not recomended to distribute this Service Pack to clients in your corporate enterprise since it's still in the beta stage, this is just for testing purpose.
Start the download of Windows Vista SP2 Beta while you continue to follow this guide.
Expand Site Database, Computer Management, Collections, right click and choose New, Collection.
Name your Collection to a suitable name, e.g. Deploy Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng. Press Next.
Press Next in the Membership Rules section.We do not need to create a query on this Collection because it's for test/demonstration only!. When everything is ready we will do a "Direct Membership" and we'll get back to that later in this guide.
Press OK.
Press Next in the Advertisement section.
Press Finish to create the Collection.
Result:
Create a Package
Expand Site Database, Computer Management, Software Disitribution, Packages, right click and choose New, Package.
Give the package a name, e.g. Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng, press Next.
Point out the Source Directory (the folder where your Service Pack installation file is placed) and verify that Always obtain files from source directory is checked.
Press Next in the Data Access section.
Press Next in the Distribution Settings section.
Press Next in the Reporting section.
Press Next in the Security section.
Reiview the summary and press Next.
Reiview the confirmation window and press Close.
Create Distribution Point(s).
Expand your newly created package and right click on Distribution Point, New Distribution Point.
Press Next in the Welcome window.
Select your distributions point(s) and press Next.
Review confirmation and press Close.
Use report ID 136 the verify that the package has been installed on your distribution point(s).
/nodialog = No windows is shown on the computer where the Service Pack is installed to
/forcerestart = As it sounds, force a restart if it's required.
I have choosen to use this values since a Service Pack is always important to install on clients since it contains all the latest updates and fixes and we want to install it ASAP.
Enter requirements, press Next.
Choose that this program can run when Whether or not a user is logged on, press Next.
Press Next in the Advanced section.
Press Next in the Windows Installer section.
Press Next in the MOM Mentenance section.
Review the summary and press Next.
Revied the confirmation and press Close.
Create a Advertisement
Expand Site Database, Computer Management, Software Disitribution, Advertisements, right click and choose New, Advertisement.
Give your advertisement a name (e.g. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng) and uncheck Include members of subcollections, press on Browse (Package).
Select your package and press OK.
Press on Browse (Collection).
Choose your Collection and Press OK.
Press Next.
Create a mandatory assigment by pressing the icon in the red circle.
Choose As soon as possible and press OK.
Press Next.
Choose to Download content from distribution point and run locally and press Next.
Press Next in the Interaction section.
Press Next in the Security section.
Review the summary and press Next.
Press Close.
Deploy Service Pack
Go to collection Deploy Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng and right click and choose Properties, click on Membership Rules tab.
Click on Direct Membership icon.
Press Next on the welcome screen.
Use the below resources to make a membership to your collection.
Resource class: System Resource
Attribute name: Netbios Name
Enter your computername in the Value field, press Next.
Press Next in the Collection Limiting section.
Select the computer that you want to distribute your service pack to, press Next.
Verify that correct resource was selected and press Finish.
Verify that your resource is listed, press OK.
Select your collection and hit F5 to refresh your collection. Verify that your computer is shown in the collection. The deployment of your service pack will begin shortly.
Open SMS Report ID 126 to fallow the deployment (detail level: LOW)
If you want to be shure that the installation has started on your computer, open the task manager on your Vista machine and look for process spinstall.exe
The package has not been advertised to the client yet.
The computer is downlading the package (service pack) to the local cache folder (C:\Windows\System32\CCM\Cache) before the installation will start since we choosen this erlier when we created the advertisement.
The installation is running.
The installation has finished.
Verify the installation
To be 150% shure that your service pack has been installed, do like this... On your Vista comuter, press Start, Run.
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Deploy Service Pack with SCCM 2007
You can distribute a Service Pack in several ways and I will show you how to do it with a installation program in SCCM. In this guide I'm deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta to Windows Vista machines to show you one of the ways to do it. You can distribute the same Service Pack to Windows Server 2008 operating systems as well. It's not recomended to distribute this Service Pack to clients in your corporate enterprise since it's still in the beta stage, this is just for testing purpose.
Start the download of Windows Vista SP2 Beta while you continue to follow this guide.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en
Create Collection
Expand Site Database, Computer Management, Collections, right click and choose New, Collection.
Name your Collection to a suitable name, e.g. Deploy Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng. Press Next.
Press Next in the Membership Rules section.We do not need to create a query on this Collection because it's for test/demonstration only!. When everything is ready we will do a "Direct Membership" and we'll get back to that later in this guide.
Press OK.
Press Next in the Advertisement section.
Press Finish to create the Collection.
Result:
Create a Package
Expand Site Database, Computer Management, Software Disitribution, Packages, right click and choose New, Package.
Give the package a name, e.g. Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng, press Next.
Point out the Source Directory (the folder where your Service Pack installation file is placed) and verify that Always obtain files from source directory is checked.
Press Next in the Data Access section.
Press Next in the Distribution Settings section.
Press Next in the Reporting section.
Press Next in the Security section.
Reiview the summary and press Next.
Reiview the confirmation window and press Close.
Create Distribution Point(s).
Expand your newly created package and right click on Distribution Point, New Distribution Point.
Press Next in the Welcome window.
Select your distributions point(s) and press Next.
Review confirmation and press Close.
Use report ID 136 the verify that the package has been installed on your distribution point(s).
http://<SERVER_NAME>/SMSReporting_<SITE_CODE>/Report.asp?ReportID=136
Create a Program
Expand your newly created package and right click on Programs, New Program.
Name your program to Install and enter your command line, press Next.
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Command Line:
Windows6.0-KB948465-X86.exe /quiet /nodialog /forcerestart
/quiet = silent install
/nodialog = No windows is shown on the computer where the Service Pack is installed to
/forcerestart = As it sounds, force a restart if it's required.
I have choosen to use this values since a Service Pack is always important to install on clients since it contains all the latest updates and fixes and we want to install it ASAP.
Enter requirements, press Next.
Choose that this program can run when Whether or not a user is logged on, press Next.
Press Next in the Advanced section.
Press Next in the Windows Installer section.
Press Next in the MOM Mentenance section.
Review the summary and press Next.
Revied the confirmation and press Close.
Create a Advertisement
Expand Site Database, Computer Management, Software Disitribution, Advertisements, right click and choose New, Advertisement.
Give your advertisement a name (e.g. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng) and uncheck Include members of subcollections, press on Browse (Package).
Select your package and press OK.
Press on Browse (Collection).
Choose your Collection and Press OK.
Press Next.
Create a mandatory assigment by pressing the icon in the red circle.
Choose As soon as possible and press OK.
Press Next.
Choose to Download content from distribution point and run locally and press Next.
Press Next in the Interaction section.
Press Next in the Security section.
Review the summary and press Next.
Press Close.
Deploy Service Pack
Go to collection Deploy Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Eng and right click and choose Properties, click on Membership Rules tab.
Click on Direct Membership icon.
Press Next on the welcome screen.
Use the below resources to make a membership to your collection.
Resource class: System Resource
Attribute name: Netbios Name
Enter your computername in the Value field, press Next.
Press Next in the Collection Limiting section.
Select the computer that you want to distribute your service pack to, press Next.
Verify that correct resource was selected and press Finish.
Verify that your resource is listed, press OK.
Select your collection and hit F5 to refresh your collection. Verify that your computer is shown in the collection. The deployment of your service pack will begin shortly.
Open SMS Report ID 126 to fallow the deployment (detail level: LOW)
http://<SERVER_NAME>/SMSReporting_<SITE_CODE>/Report.asp?ReportID=126&ComputerName=<COMPUTERNAME>
If you want to be shure that the installation has started on your computer, open the task manager on your Vista machine and look for process spinstall.exe
The package has not been advertised to the client yet.
The computer is downlading the package (service pack) to the local cache folder (C:\Windows\System32\CCM\Cache) before the installation will start since we choosen this erlier when we created the advertisement.
The installation is running.
The installation has finished.
Verify the installation
To be 150% shure that your service pack has been installed, do like this... On your Vista comuter, press Start, Run.
Type winver, press Enter.
Good luck...
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