Step by Step SCCM 2007 Installation on Server 2008 R2

I came across this great article on  Step by Step SCCM 2007 Installation on Server 2008 r2 , it covers configuring all the major roles as well:

http://www.emware.nl/articles/server-2008r2-with-sccm-2007-sp2-step-by-step-guide.html

You might come across issues in client installation if WebDAV component in not working properly. Following links will give you more information:

http://www.systemcentercentral.com/forums-archive/topic/sms_mp_control_manager-not-installing/

http://ajweh.com/blog/?tag=sms_mp_control_manager-error

Permissions for source files in SCCM

Before creating Software Creation packages in SCCM, you need to set up permission on source files. If the permissions are not setup correctly you see this error in “SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER”

error 2306:The source directory "\\<server>\<share>" for package "xxx00000" does not exist. The operating system reported error 5: Access is denied.

These two articles will give you more information:

http://chadstech.net/wiki/index.php?title=File_Share_for_package_source_files 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1090-share-and-ntfs-permissions/

How to create a bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 8

Just a note for me, sharing this nice article I stumbled on MSDN on “How to create a bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 8” :

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/habibh/archive/2011/09/14/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-to-install-windows-8-developer-preview.aspx?Redirected=true

How to Remove Plug-ins from vCenter

Some back ground about the issue :

I removed a plugin from Add/remove Programs of vCenter server but still it was showing up in the vSphere client. I was able to  enable/disable it but could not remove it from the list of available plug-ins in Plug-in Manager. This becomes an issue specially when you don’t want people ( vmware admins and non-admins)  to see any such plugin when they  connect to vCenter server from the vSphere client.

To resolve the issue I followed this VMware KB article, which worked like a charm:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1025360 

Please also refer to these links for more info on How to Remove Plug-ins from vCenter :

http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/07/how-to-unregister-vcenter.html

http://www.viktorious.nl/2012/05/06/vcenter-howto-remove-a-plugin-from-the-plugin-manager/

http://www.running-system.com/how-to-remove-an-old-disabled-plugin-from-plugin-manager-in-your-vcenter/comment-page-1/