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Monday, 24 June 2013

System Center 2012 R2 Preview - Download and Extract Script

Well, System Center 2012 R2 Preview is here a day earlier than I expected.

Eskor Koneti posted a list of the direct download links to the preview bits here:
http://eskonr.com/2013/06/configmgr-sccm-2012-r2-preview-is-available-for-download/

So I thought I'd wrap them quickly into a PowerShell script that downloads and then extracts all the components ready for install.

I've commented out the DPM download and install as for me it wasn't downloading correctly (either manually or via the script) but feel free to try it.

The script has no error checking and I know could be much smoother, but hey, it's not even 8am here in the UK so what do you expect!

$dwnld = "E:\System_Center_2012_R2"
if (!(Test-Path -path $dwnld))
{
New-Item $dwnld -type directory
}
$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
$SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCCM_SCEP.exe'
$object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCCM_SCEP.EXE")
$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
$SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCOM.exe'
$object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCOM.EXE")
$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
$SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCVMM.exe'
$object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCVMM.EXE")
$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
$SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCSM.exe'
$object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCSM.EXE")
$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
$SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCO.exe'
$object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCO.EXE")
$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
$SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCAC.exe'
$object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCAC.EXE")
#$object = New-Object Net.WebClient
# $SCCMurl = 'http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/evalx/sc2012/SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCDPM.exe'
# $object.DownloadFile($SCCMurl, "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCDPM.EXE")
Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCAC.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /DIR="$dwnld\SCAC", /VERYSILENT
#Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCDPM.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /DIR="$dwnld\SCDPM", /VERYSILENT
Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCO.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /DIR="$dwnld\SCO", /VERYSILENT
Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCOM.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /DIR="$dwnld\SCOM", /VERYSILENT
Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCSM.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /DIR="$dwnld\SCSM", /VERYSILENT
Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCVMM.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /DIR="$dwnld\SCVMM", /VERYSILENT
Start-Process -FilePath "$dwnld\SC2012_R2_PREVIEW_SCCM_SCEP.EXE" -Wait -ArgumentList /Auto, "$dwnld\SCCM"

Monday, 7 January 2013

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Where's the goodies?

There's plenty of posts starting to come online now regarding Service Pack 1, especially around installation and new features.

If you're looking for that type of content then you might like to start with these links:

Kevin Greene's covered installing SCOM SP1- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Kevin Greene's also covered Installing Orchestrator SP1
Bob Cornelissen has a good post for the DPM 2012 -> SP1 upgrade here
Marcel Zehner has you covered for the SCSM SP1 upgrade here
Russ Rimmerman rounds off the links with ConfigMgr upgrade here

However, I thought it might be useful to pull together a listing of the various downloads that would be handy for anyone about to start implementing from scratch or upgrading alike to have to hand.

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
Unfortunately I can't list a download link for this as it's not available as a simple upgrade Service Pack. The Service Pack is actually slipstreamed into the System Center 2012 media to allow you to either install fresh or upgrade from it.
To obtain it you need to head to one of the following sites with your appropriate subscription account:

Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC)
TechNet
MSDN
Microsoft Partner Portal

New and Updated Orchestrator (SCORCH) Integration Packs (IP's)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34611

Orchestrator Integration Toolkit
System Center 2012 SP1 Integration Packs
Integration Pack for REST
Exchange User
Exchange Admin
FTP
Active Directory
Windows Azure

vSphere IP for SP1 (Bit confused as to whether this IP is still Beta or not)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34604

HP iLO and OA
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34616

HP Service Manager
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34606

HP Operations Manager
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34610

IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34618
Configuration Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36213

11 Essential tools to help you manage, maintain and troubleshoot your ConfigMgr environment, containing:

Client Spy
Policy Spy
Security Configuration Wizard Template
Send Schedule Tool
Power Viewer Tool
Deployment Monitoring Tool
Run Metering Summarization Tool
Role-based Administration Modelling and Auditing Tool
Wakeup Spy
Content Library Transfer
Content Ownership Transfer

ConfigMgr Clients for Additional Operating Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36212

Service Pack 1 brings with it support for Mac OSX and Linux/Solaris and these are the native clients for those Operating Systems
Windows Phone 8 Company Portal
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36060

Might not seem like something to list with System Center, but you'll need this for side loading applications via ConfigMgr and Intune on Windows Phone 8 with System Center SP1
Service Manager Authoring Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36214

Need to extend or customise SCSM forms or add new classes? Then you need this Authoring Tool.
Server App-V Remote Sequencer
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36216

Rather than having to install apps on the same server as your sequencer, you can now use this tool to install software on a remote server and monitor it for sequencing.
Data Protection Manager (DPM) Azure Online Backup Update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2779569

Following very quickly on SP1's heels is this update for DPM that brings the following new or improved features to DPM's ability to utilise the Azure Online Backup Service:

This update improves the performance of Windows Azure Online Backup.
Windows Azure Online Backup support for a SQL Server data source in System Center 2012 SP1 DPM is available.
The retention range of Windows Azure Online Backup for System Center 2012 SP1 DPM is increased to support 120 recovery points.

Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2785682

Hot on the heels of Service Pack 1 and before SP1 is even fully Generally Available is Update Rollup 1 bringing a collection of further bug fixes to System Center 2012 with SP1.
Visio 2010 & SharePoint 2010 Extensions
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29268

This Visio 2010 Add-in will enable diagrams to show health states of System Center 2012 - Operations Manager managed objects within the Visio diagram. This live health state functionality is available both when viewing the document in Visio 2010 and in SharePoint 2010.
Visual Studio Authoring Extensions (VASE)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30169

The System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions—VSAE—is an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 Professional provides Lifecycle Management Tools to support Management Pack Authoring.
Visio MP Designer (VMPD)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30170

The System Center 2012 Visio MP Designer—VMPD—is an add-in for Visio 2010 Premium that allows you to visually design a System Center Operations Manager Core Monitoring Management Pack.
System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager Package Conversion Manager 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34605

Package Conversion Manager (PCM) is a feature pack download that lets you to convert ConfigMgr 2007 packages into System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager applications.
System Center Data Protection Manager CSV Serialization Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36524

The CSV XML merging tool makes CSV VM backup serialization easier for Windows 2008R2 CSV Cluster environment.
Global Service Monitor (GSM) Management Packs
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36422

These management packs enable the System Center Global Service Monitor functionality within System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1
System Center 2012 Service Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36497
Addons for Service Manager including:
IT Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Process Management Pack
System Center Cloud Services Process Pack - coming soon

Monday, 10 September 2012

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta Available

Updated documentation has been popping up on TechNet the last couple of days and now the downloads for SP1 Beta for System Center 2012 has turned up.

Before you go running off to install, remember this is Beta software and is not supported for production use unless working with Microsoft on the TAP program.

The main SP1 download can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607

This contains the updates for:
SC2012 ConfigMgr & EndPoint Protection - 377.3 MB

SC2012 App Controller - 15.1 MB

SC2012 Data Protection Manager Part 1 - 818.6 MB

SC2012 Data Protection Manager Part 2 - 1.5 GB

SC2012 Orchestrator - 68.6 MB

SC2012 Operations Manager - 905.9 MB

SC2012 Service Manager - 400.2 MB

SC2012 Virtual Machine Manager - 756.4 MB

N.B. Both parts for DPM are required, download and extract to the same folder before running setup

There are also additional ConfigMgr clients for more Operating Systems to be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34609

AIX Version 7.1 (Power)
AIX Version 6.1 (Power)
AIX Version 5.3 (Power)
HP-UX Version 11iv3 (IA64 & PA-RISC)
HP-UX Version 11iv2 (IA64 & PA-RISC)
RHEL Version 6 (x86 & x64)
RHEL Version 5 (x86 & x64)
RHEL Version 4 (x86 & x64)
Solaris Version 10 (x86 & SPARC)
Solaris Version 9 (SPARC)
SLES Version 11 (x86 & x64)
SLES Version 10 SP1 (x86 & x64)
SLES Version 9 (x86)

There are also some more SP1 Beta Integration Packs for Orchestrator:

Brief summary of Service Pack 1 features from the download page:

Virtual Machine Manager

Improved Support for Network Virtualization
Extend the VMM console with Add-ins
Support for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units and discovery of SAS storage
Ability to convert VHD to VHDX, use VHDX as base Operating System image

Configuration Manager

Deployment and management of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Distribution point for Windows Azure to help reduce infrastructure costs
Automation of administrative tasks through PowerShell support
Management of Mac OS X clients and Linux and UNIX servers
Real-time administrative actions for Endpoint Protection related tasks

Data Protection Manager

Improved backup performance of Hyper-V over CSV 2.0
Protection for Hyper-V over remote SMB share
Protection for Windows Server 2012 de-duplicated volumes
Uninterrupted protection for VM live migration

App Controller

Service Provider Foundation API to create and operate Virtual Machines
Support for Azure VM; migrate VHDs from VMM to Windows Azure, manage from on-premise System Center

Operations Manager

Support for IIS 8
Monitoring of WCF, MVC and .NET NT services
Azure SDK support

Orchestrator

Support for Integration Packs, including 3rd party
Manage VMM self-service User Roles
Manage multiple VMM ‘stamps’ (scale units), aggregate results from multiple stamps
Integration with App Controller to consume Hosted clouds

Service Manager

Apply price sheets to VMM clouds
Create chargeback reports
Pivot by cost center, VMM clouds, Pricesheets

Server App-V

Support for applications that create scheduled tasks during packaging
Create virtual application packages from applications installed remotely on native server

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Windows 8 & Server 2012 RTM

Well Microsoft said the first week of August for the RTM version of Windows 8 and Server 2012 and it's arrived!

Well kind of...

The Release To Manufacturing (RTM) was announced today and see's the final code wrapped up, finalised and is now starting to get shipped to Microsoft hardware partners (HP, Dell, Lenovo etc) who will finish their final testing ready to deliver devices with Windows pre-installed as from October 26th (September for servers with Server 2012).

What this means for us mere mortals and IT-Pros is that we still have to wait some more.

From the Windows Team blog the schedule looks like this:

August 15th: Developers will be able to download the final version of Windows 8 via your MSDN subscriptions.
August 15th: IT professionals testing Windows 8 in organizations will be able to access the final version of Windows 8 through your TechNet subscriptions.
August 16th: Customers with existing Microsoft Software Assurance for Windows will be able to download Windows 8 Enterprise edition through the Volume License Service Center (VLSC), allowing you to test, pilot and begin adopting Windows 8 Enterprise within your organization.
August 16th: Microsoft Partner Network members will have access to Windows 8.
August 20th: Microsoft Action Pack Providers (MAPS) receive access to Windows 8.
September 1st: Volume License customers without Software Assurance will be able to purchase Windows 8 through Microsoft Volume License Resellers.

I was all prepped to rebuild our Customer Experience Center this week or next with RTM but now it looks like it will have to wait until I come back from holiday, which happens to be the week when the downloads become available (How inconsiderate Microsoft!)

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

System Center 2012 RTM available to download

Thanks to Aidan Finn posting about this, otherwise I would have missed it for a day or two, but the RTM downloads for System Center 2012 have popped up on the MVLS site.

Apparently the downloads are also on the TechNet and MSDN sites as well now.

Microsoft still haven't officially announced it's release, but it's always nice to get a head start ;)

Just a little over 12Gb of new toys to download!!

Trickle of releases - System Center 2012 Downloads

With the release of System Center 2012 marching ever closer, a trickle of releases are starting to sneak out of the gate from Microsoft in preperation.

Over the last couple of days the following Solution Accelerators, Management Packs, Integration Packs and Add-ons have appeared:

Solution Accelerators

Microsoft Security Compliance Manager

Management Packs

System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - Orchestrator
System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - Configuration Manager
System Center Security Monitoring Pack for Endpoint Protection
System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery
System Center Monitoring Pack for Active Directory (AD) - (This isn't 2012 specific, just updated!)
SystemCenter Monitoring pack for SQL Server (now includes support for SQL 2012 Monitoring)

Add-ons

Integration Packs

Technical Documentation

Community Technical Preview (Think Early Beta) of SP1 for System Center 2012

If you notice on some of these links, things like the Service Manager authoring tool are now named RTM, roll on the release of everything!

I'm not going to write a raft of explantion text for each one, either the name is fairly self explanatory, or click the link and read the description there.