The below post explains the end to end process of software updates management in SCCM 2012 Pre-requisites: 1. WSUS Server (WSUS 3.0 SP2 ) should be installed on the SCCM site server or if you want to install WSUS on another server, it is important that you install WSUS administration console as the SCCM Server uses API. This link explains the step by step procedure to install WSUS 3.0 SP2 2. Install SUP-Software Update Point on the SCCM Server . 3. Reporting Services Point: Install reporting services point role as described in this link . 4. Client agent: The software update client agent should be enabled(will be enabled by default) and the settings have to specified as per the requirement. On SCCM console, go to Administration>Site Configuration>Client settings>Right click on Default client settings> Click on Properties. If required, we can create custom client settings and then enable client settings for that settings. ...
Definition:
A reporting
point is an optional but recommended site server role that hosts files used by
Configuration Manager 2007 so that you can see information in reports about the
clients you are managing.
Reporting
points communicate only with the local site database; thus, you implement
reporting points only in primary sites, not secondary sites.
Pre-requisites:
- The site system computer must have Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and enabled.
- Active Server Pages must be installed and enabled.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2 or later must be installed on any server or client that uses Report Viewer.
- To use graphs in reports, Office Web Components (Microsoft Office 2000 SP2, Microsoft Office XP, or Microsoft Office 2003) must be installed.
- When you install ASP.NET on a Windows Server 2008 operating system reporting point, you must also manually enable Windows Authentication.
Note:
Office Web
Components is not supported on 64 bit operating systems. If you want to use
graphs in reports, use 32 bit operating systems for your reporting points.
Installation:
1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System CenterConfiguration Manager / Site Database / Site Management / <site code> - <site name> / Site Settings / Site Systems.
2. Determine whether to create a new site system or modify an existing site system, and then follow the associated step.
To create a new site system and add the reporting point role:
Right-click Site Systems, click New, and then click Server.
To add the reporting point role to an existing site system:
Right-click the site system name, and then click New Roles.
Here, we are adding the reporting point role to an existing site system as shown.
3. Configure the general site system settings, and then click Next.
2. Determine whether to create a new site system or modify an existing site system, and then follow the associated step.
To create a new site system and add the reporting point role:
Right-click Site Systems, click New, and then click Server.
To add the reporting point role to an existing site system:
Right-click the site system name, and then click New Roles.
Here, we are adding the reporting point role to an existing site system as shown.
3. Configure the general site system settings, and then click Next.
4. Select Reporting point, and then click Next.
5. Specify the Report folder for the reporting point. Configuration Manager creates a folder with the specified name under \Inetpub\wwwroot. The default folder name is SMSReporting_sitecode.
Specify whether the Configuration Manager console opens the Report Viewer Web page using hypertext transfer protocol (http) or secure hypertext transfer protocol (https), and what port number is used. The default port for http is 80, and the default port for https is 443.
I have selected HTTP here...
6.Click Next, and then click Close to finish the installation.
Verifying installation of Reporting Point:
There are 2 log files to check to verify whether the Reporting point is successfully installed or not.
1.SMSReportingInstall.LOG: Provides information about the installation of a reporting point.
- Location : Installation Directory\logs
- Search string: “Installation of Reporting point complete”
2.smsreporting.log: Provides information about using the reporting components, including the connection to the site database, the queries used on the site database to retrieve the items displayed in a report and dashboard, and so on.
- Location : Installation Directory\logs
- Search string: depends on the report run or the information that is queried from DB
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