Configuration Manager 2012 Windows Update Process

2014-07-04 Leave a comment

I’ve been offline for a while, working with clients on several Configuration Manager 2012 migrations. In the meantime, I came across a great article on the ConfigMgr Dogs blog. They lay out the Configuration Manager 2012 Software Update client-side process pretty much from beginning to end, including log files. Very useful if you are troubleshooting Software Updating.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrdogs/archive/2014/06/30/configmgr-2012-windows-update-client-process.aspx for the complete article.

Filed under 2012, ConfigMgr, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting

WDS PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout

2013-03-20 8 Comments

Ever get this message when PXE booting? I did again today. The PXE Server was running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and PXE boot had been working perfectly until I applied some updates to the server last week. Following the server update, clients were unable to PXE boot, and the above error was displayed.

The fix? In my case I stumbled upon it in an online forum. Read more of this post

Filed under ConfigMgr, Troubleshooting