re: System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Test Lab Guide published!

Kemckinn — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:25:48 GMT

Stoffel,

Thanks for the comment. I have seen the SQL collation issue in the past but I did not encounter it when going through my installs while building this guide. I will have to do a new build and see if it appears. If it does I will look at adding additional steps to circumvent it.

A good question about using APP1 for the WSUS DB. I tend to use the internal db with WSUS for test labs just to remove a layer of complexity and reduce load on the SQL server. In a production environment I am sure you would want to use a full SQL server instance for WSUS.

re: System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Test Lab Guide published!

Stoffel — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:24:14 GMT

GREAT TLG, I would strongly recommend it!

I had some minor issues during the configuration though. The hardest one was that I didn't have the right "collation" settings for my SQL server, but I managed to fix that one using this article - msdn.microsoft.com/.../ms179254.aspx

One question remains unanswered to me : is there a specific reason why you didn't use APP1 for the WSUS DB, but chose the "Use Windows Internal Database" option during WSUS setup?

Thanks !