Help me install and configure Sccm 2007SP2 R3 properly

[Balthier]

Hello guys, I've been trying to install and configure Sccm 2007 R3 for the past couple of weeks, but I've been having problems deploying and capturing images. There are sometimes pxe related problems, and sometimes I'm told the task sequence is not properly configured. So I am going to install Sccm 2007 R3 from scratch, and let you know what configuration changes I'm making, then you can kindly guide me, so I can learn more of this product.

 

I'm going to set up all roles and software on one server, called Server01 in a domain called Contoso.com. The Server will run on Hyper-V. This is the only server/computer in the domain.

 

Server01.contoso.com

Ram: 4096 GB
Disk0: 30GB
Disk1: 80GB
OS: Server 2008 R2
SP1 and all updates installed

DFL/FFL: Server2008 R2

IP: 192.168.0.10/24

[Balthier]

So I start by creating the sccmadmin account in AD. I am not creating a group, because I'm going to keep things simple.

 

Installation of role: IIS
- HTTP redirection
- ASP.net
- Windows Authentication
- IIS6 Metabase Compatibility
- IIS6 WMI Compatibility

 

Installation of features:
- BITS
- Remote Differential Compression

 

Installation of Role Services (IIS): WebDav

 

Enable WebDav
- IIS manager->Server01->sites->Default Web Site->WebDav Authoring Rules
- Enable WebDav
- Add authoring Rule-> All Content-> All Users-> Permissions-> Read-> OK
- Select the rule-> WebDav Settings
- Allow Anonymous Properties Queries=True
Allow Custom Properties=False
Allow Property Query with Infinite Depth=True
Allow hidden files to be listed= True

 

Installation of SQL Server 2008 R2

- Database Engine Services, Management Tools Basic, Management Tools Complete
- On Server Configuration, Use the same account for all SQL Server services=contoso\administrator
- SQL Server Agent and SQL Server Database Engine Startup type = Automatic
- Windows Authentication= Add current user (contoso\administrator and contoso\sccmadmin)

 

Extend Schema

 

Create System Management container in the System container
- Give contoso\administrator; contoso\sccmadmin; Server01 Full Control permissions on it and all descendant objects.

[Balthier]

Installation of Role: DHCP
- Create scope: 192.168.0.50-192.168.0.200, Authorize server, Activate Scope

 

Installation of Role: WDS
- Deployment Server
- Transport Server

Time to install SCCM2007

- Site Code: CEN
- Site name: Contoso central site
- Mixed mode
- Enable all Client agents, except NAP
- Management Point and Service Provider = Server01

 

Thats the basic installation finished

After that I install the hotfix 420678_ENU_i386_zip.exe, and then upgrade to R3.

Installation of MDT 2010 follows next, and then it is integrated with SCCM2007.

 

Then I set up two boundaries. One for the AD site (Default-First-Site-Name) and one for the subnet.

[anyweb]

have you seen this

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1064-sccm-2007-guides/

 

follow the guides in Setup SCCM section and use the SP2 media instead of SP1 as per the guides, finally when all is done install R3.

[Balthier]

Thank you for the feedback. I have read the guides, and thats whats gotten me this far. But I am still struggling somewhat, so I thought it might be easier to help me troubleshoot, if I create a thread where I describe the whole process. I hope that is ok.

 

And yes, I am using SP2. I'm using SP1 for Server 2008 R2, which I assume is the one and only SP for Server 2008 R2?

 

Configuration of SQL Server
- Enable named pipes, restart SQL Server and SQL Agent services

 

Creation folders to hold data before data/packages are copied to the DP
- Create SccmShares under D:
- Create Packages, Images, USMT, Drivers under D:\SccmShares

 

Share said folders
- Packages$ : Share permissions Server01-FC, sccmadmin-Change
- Images$ : Share permissions Everyone-change, NTFS permissions sccmadmin-modify
- USMT$ : Share permissions Everyone-change, NTFS permissions Everyone-modify
- DRivers$ : Share permissions Everyone-change

[Balthier]

Further Configuration of SCCM
- In Computer Client Agent, set up sccmadmin as network access account
- Set up Client Push installation properties
- Enable AD System Discovery, and set Location as Contoso.com domain
- Create NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS on the root of C:\, set Software Distribution, Location of Packages to D:\

 

Add Roles in SCCM
- Server Locator Point - Use Site DB, and this computer's account
- State Migration Pouint - Folder is D:\sccmshares\USMT

PXE Service Point
- Allow PXE point to respond
- Enable Unknown Computer request
- Respond on all network interfaces, Delay is 0
- Use this computer's account and self signed certificate

[Balthier]

This brings me to my first question. Since I have installed PXE, WDS and DHCP on the same server, I need to configure said roles, because at the moment WDS service is not started which gives errors on PXE in site status systems.

Are my assumptions correct, if I make the following configurations

1. In regedit navigate to following key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSPXE

- Set UseDHCPPorts value to 0

2. Run following commands

- wdsutil /initialize-server /reminst:D:\RemoteInstall

- wdsutil /usedhcpports:no /dhcpport60:yes

This will start the WDS service, and thus start the PXE service.

Or is this the wrong solution (when you run WDS, PXE and DHCP on same server)?