Slides from a TechNet LiveMeeting presented in May 2013.

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2. About Me
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3. Agenda
Client
Deployment
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Client Health

4. Agenda
Client
Deployment
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Windows XP SP3
Windows Vista SP2
Windows 7
Windows 8
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Servers
Clients
Platform Support - Windows
• Windows Server 2003 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 R2
SP2
• Windows Server 2012

6. Platform Support – Non-MS
Unix / Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (version 4, 5 and 6)
• Solaris (Version 9 and 10)
• SUSE Linux Ent Server (SLES) (version 9, 10 SP1 and 11)
MacOSX
• Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
• Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
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7. Deployment Methods Overview
New Clients
Existing Clients
SUP-based installation
Group Policy
Upgrade using SWD
Startup Scripts
Client Push
Manual Installation
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Automatic Client Upgrade

8. SUP Based Installation
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9. Group Policy
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10. Logon/Startup Scripts
http://blog.configmgrftw.com/?page_id=349
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11. Client Push
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12. Client Push (2)
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13. Client Push (3)
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14. Manual Installation
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15. CCMSetup.exe
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699356.aspx
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16. CCMSetup.exe example
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17. Client.msi
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699356.aspx
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19. Client Lifecycle
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21. Client Installation troubleshooting
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22. Things to consider ...
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23. Client Health
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24. Client Health - Overview
Monitored from the Server
Monitored from the Client
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25. Client Health - Components
Client Activity
Client Check
• Track server activity
• Independent agent
• Single install
• Auto-Remediation
• Prerequisites
• Dependencies
• Services
• WMI
• Viewable by collection
• Viewable by collection
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DDR
SINV
HINV
Status messages
Policy requests
State Messages

26. Client Activity - Settings
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27. Client Check
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28. Client Check – Client Health Tool
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29. Client Check – Installation properties
Property
Details
/NotifyOnly
Specifies that client status will report, but not
remediate problems that are found with the
Configuration Manager client.
Property
Details
CCMEVALINTERVAL
Specifies the frequency when the client health
evaluation tool (ccmeval.exe) runs. You can specify
a value from 1 through 1440 minutes. If you do not
specify this property, or specify an incorrect value,
the evaluation will run once a day.
CCMEVALHOUR
Specify the hour when the client health evaluation
tool (ccmeval.exe) runs. You can specify a value
between 0 (midnight) and 23 (11pm). If you do not
specify this property, or specify and incorrect value,
the evaluation will run at midnight.
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30. Client Check - Structure
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31. Client Check – Remediation Capabilities (1)
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32. Client Check – Remediation Capabilities (2)
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33. Client Check – Remediation Capabilities (3)
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35. Client Health - Dashboards
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36. Client Health - Alerts
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37. Client Health - Reporting
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39. Q&A
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40. Next steps
Download and Evaluate
Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us
/server-cloud/system-center/default.aspx
More Resources
System Center Marketplace:
http://systemcenter.pinpoint.
microsoft.com
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Virtual Machine Manager
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Operations Manager
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Orchestrator
Blogs:
http://blogs.technet.com
/systemcenter
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Service Manager
Community:
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Data Protection Manager
http://scug.be/
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Configuration Manager
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