Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

RagTagITCo — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:40:12 GMT

@lord_hydrax Wow, how do you just run a script without understanding what it does?

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

Michael Niehaus — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:44:35 GMT

That's what item #4 above says it will do :-)

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

lord_hydrax — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:05:27 GMT

omg I didn't realise this does more than report on missing packages... I have packages being copied all of the globe now >_<

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

Michael Niehaus — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:12:14 GMT

While it probably could run from Windows PE (making a WMI connection to a remote ConfigMgr server, with credentials), I don't see any real advantage to doing it that way - run it from the site server, preferably well in advance of your deployments.

-Michael

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

Todd_ConfigMgrAdmin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:45:44 GMT

Will this run from WinPE?

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

Michael Niehaus — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:40:24 GMT

It will check all packages explicitly referenced by the task sequence - those installed using the PACKAGESxxx variables aren't explicitly referenced by the task sequence, so those won't be found or distributed.

-Michael

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

SteveP — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:15:35 GMT

Does this also check for applications installed using the package variable in the TS? And is there a way to just list all of the packages referenced?

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

MIG — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:08:28 GMT

Excellent post. Thank you very much!

re: Make sure a ConfigMgr task sequence has all the packages it needs

Chris Jones - MSFT — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:17:12 GMT

just wanted to say thanks a lot! this saved me a few hours worth of work!