Setup Windows and ConfigMgr - OSD Step clarification

Question

_{Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:46 AM}

Hi,

I am trying to configure the step "Setup Windows and ConfigMgr" and trying to understand the properties in
SCCM 2012 SP1.

If I refer to the following:

About Client Installation Properties in Configuration Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699356.aspx

It seems there are two types of properties. Those honoured by CCMSetup command line properties and the client.msi properites.

So here are my questions:

1. Which settings does the task sequence follow? For example if I want to set the ManagementPoint do I do:

/mp:<Computer> or SMSMP=?

2. Also I would like to handle being able to deploy the cumlative update.

http://chriscrampton.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/include-cumulative-update-or-patch-in.html

If I look through this article it has the line PATCH=......

However on the page:

About Client Installation Properties in Configuration Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699356.aspx

it makes no mention of this command line.

So been a long day - and I might of missed something obvious :)

So any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ward.

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:04 AM ✅Answered | 2 votes}

Hi,

1.In the task sequence you should use SMSMP= to point to the MP it should communicate with, it is used when you haven't extended the AD or when your computer you deploy is a member of a workgroup.

2. Yes you should use the PATCH= the blog post you refered to will work just fine, instead of using the %SMSTS variable use the C:\SMSTaskSequence instead of the variable as the variable isn't always in all scenarios C:

Regards,
Jörgen

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_{Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:18 PM ✅Answered}

A couple of follow-on points here:

- First, a semantic note. Options on the command-line prefixed by a forward slash are parameters (not properties) and are used by ccmsetup.exe to download necessary files and initiate their installation. Options in all caps are Windows Installer properties passed to client.msi when setting up the ConfigMgr client agent. Thus you can pass any property that is valid for the client.msi like PATCH as that's a universal Windows Installer property.

- As indicated in the documentation you linked to, /mp and SMSMP are two completely different options that do two completely different things. In short /mp does not set the MP: http://blog.configmgrftw.com/ccmsetup-mp-and-smsmp/. Thus choosing which to use should fit what you are trying to do. From memory, you can't specify parameters in that task though (although I think that may have changed); however, even if you can, /mp is useless because content download and staging is already part of what the TS does.

Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

_{Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:42 AM}

Hi,

Thanks for the great assistance everybody - much appreciated :)

Ward