ConfigMgr Program Rerun Behavior

April 5th, 2011 | Posted by Jason in ConfigMgr 2007 | Configuration Manager | Software Distribution - (0 Comments)

So what exactly do each of these options do in an advertisement? The TechNet documentation is actually pretty sketchy and thus this post (inspired by MVP extraordinaire, Torsten Meringer). Note that everything below is specific to mandatory advertisements; i.e., those with a schedule. If the advertisement is not mandatory or is executed manually, the Program …
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ConfigMgr and Failed Program Retry

January 16th, 2011 | Posted by Jason in ConfigMgr 2007 | Configuration Manager | Software Distribution - (0 Comments)

Inspired by a recent forum thread (and John Marcum), I put together a little test to verify if ConfigMgr does indeed automatically retry advertised programs that failed. I created a simple one line batch file and advertised it on my test client: exit 999 This one line simply exits the batch file and returns the …
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Recurring Advertisements

September 10th, 2010 | Posted by Jason in ConfigMgr 2007 | Configuration Manager | Software Distribution - (0 Comments)

We all know (or will now) that if a client misses a mandatory advertisement in ConfigMgr for whatever reason, e.g., the client is powered off, it will happily “run” the advertisement as soon as it can once it comes online again. Similarly, if a client receives an advertisement with a schedule in the past the …
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