SCCM 2007 interview questions

Q. Can you change a secondary site to a primary site?

A. No. A secondary site is always a secondary site. It cannot be upgraded, moved, or changed without deleting it and reinstalling it. If you delete and reinstall, you lose all secondary site data.

Q. Can you distribute a package to a computer without making it a member of a collection?

A. No. To distribute software you must have a package, a program and an advertisement. Advertisements can only be sent to collections, not to computers. If you want to distribute a package to a single computer, you must create a collection for that computer.

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SCCM 2007 Quiz Application from Microsoft

The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 User Assistance team has created a set of quizzes to help you assess your understanding of the dependencies and requirements for key features of Configuration Manager. These quizzes help to raise your level of awareness of the some of the nuances of these features before you configure and use them.

Read more about SCCM 2007 Quiz Application from Microsoft .

SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting - SCCM, OSD, Task Sequence, Operating System Deployment

I came across a nice write up on Expert Excnahge about SCCM OSD trouble shooting. Here is the link:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Systems_Management_Server/A_1259-SCCM-OSD-Basic-troubleshooting.html

Learn to deploy Windows 7 using MDT2010/ SCCM07 SP2

Are you looking for a good learning  resource on Windows 7 deployment using MDT2010 or SCCM2007SP2?  Johan Arwidmark has released a free CD containing very good step-by-step guides and
videos.You can download the CD from http://www.deploymentcd.com/  by doing simple registration.
Hope this help you guys!!

How to use USMT 4 hardlinking in a Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence

Now we can do hard link migrations using USMT 4 with  ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 in following migration scenarios:

• Windows XP --> Windows Vista
• Windows XP --> Windows 7
• Windows Vista --> Windows Vista
• Windows Vista --> Windows 7
• Windows 7 --> Windows 7 

 (USMT 4 is not supported for Windows XP --> Windows XP scenarios.)

A details description with step by step guide on hard link and USMT 4 setup with the Config Mgr 2007 SP2 task sequence is available here .

Using USMT3.0 in SCCM2007

A step-by-step guide with screen shots::
http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/918-how-can-i-use-usmt-3-0-1-in-sccm-2007-sp1/

TFTP Download: smsboot\x64\abortpxe.com

You get following error when you PXE boot a client to deploy an OS image from ConfigMgr (PSP) :

TFTP Download: smsboot\x64\abortpxe.com
PXE Boot aborted. Booting to next device....



Here is the answer to this issue : How to get rid of abortpxe.com at http://www.windows-noob.com .

PXE Client Reboots After Booting In WinPE

I came across this issue several time while working on OS Deployment with ConfigMgr 2007.

Symptoms: Clients boots in to PXE, contact the SUP server ,get WinPE image, boot in to WinPE with SCCM screen and then it reboots after couple of minutes. No error message thrown.

Cause : The most like cause is that the network driver (Vista OS) for that particular model of computerhas not been injucted in to the boot image.

Resolution: Find the correct Windows Vista network driver for the target computer and injuct the driver in to boot image.

How to : http://andrius.kozeniauskas.com/blog/2008/07/10/sccm-how-to-import-drivers-create-driver-packages-and-add-them-to-winpe-boot-images/

Other references are:
http://www.myitforum.com/forums/m_177318/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#177318
http://andrius.kozeniauskas.com/blog/2008/07/10/sccm-system-reboots-after-loading-winpe/