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When we need CAS in SCCM1012

I was working on SCCM2012 design for a small environment and wanted to figure out if I need to incorporate CAS ( Central Administration Site ) in the design. Initially I was assuming that CAS will provide HA in the environment, but I was wrong . CAS is only required when we want to manage 100K+ clients and when we have multiple primary sites. For a relatively small environment, people are recommending to go with stand alone primary site.

Here are some links for a good reference on CAS:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d1daed7f-82d7-4f7c-8de2-9bfd81d74558/sccm-2012-cas?forum=configmanagerdeployment

http://mwesterink.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/sccm-2012-to-cas-or-not-to-cas-a-personal-opinion/

http://nuttyrat.blogspot.in/2012/07/planning-sccm-2012-migration-to-cas-or.html

http://msandbu.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/sccm-2012-cas/

http://sccmfaq.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/sccm-2012-to-cas-or-not-to-cas-that-is-the-question/

HP 3PAR Training Videos

I came across some nice hands on videoson you tube , sharing info here for my readers. Hope these are of great help. here is the link for HP 3PAR Training Videos:

List of all videos can be found here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQldfwkKAXwO19FNf6gIGwg

Help for CCIE Data Center Lab preparation

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CCIE Data Center Trainer in Bangalore

One of my friend is providing CCIE Data Center Training in Bangalore, if you are looking for help and guidance please submit your queries through the contact form provided at the top right corner of this blog. We will get in touch with you as soon as possible. The trainer is CCIE DC certified with 10 years of hands on experience in designing and implementing data center networking technologies at enterprise level.

He is also providing online CCIE DC training to IT professionals who are preparing for CCIE Data Center lab or written exam.

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