SCCM Prestaged Distribution Point Settings

[Sibrows]

Hi All

 

I'm not a complete noob with SCCM but I'm struggling to find the answer to this and its probably because my Googlefoo doesn't appear to be working!

 

After a rebuild of our SCCM server the applications and packages default to 'Manually copy the content in this package to the distribution point'. Previously the default was set to 'Automatically download the content when packages are assigned to distribution points'.

 

Thus far I've been able to manually change this setting before distributing content but after the recent upgrade to SCCM 1606 the "Configuration Manager Client" has the options greyed out meaning that I'm now a little stuck. This means that the Content Status is now stuck as in progress.

 

So can anyone tell me how to change the defaults and how to fix my issue with the config mgr client package?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Simon

[Steve21]

Do you actually need to use prestaged files in your setup? Unless you're using a slow WAN link there's no need in the newer versions (assuming you were on a quite old version of SCCM?)

 

Steve

[Sibrows]

Thanks Steve,

 

In which case I'm missing something then as with the 'Manually copy the content in this package to the distribution point' the content status for that package/application is stuck in an in progress state. This sounds like I'm missing something.

 

How do I manually copy the content to its self?

[Steve21]

Why are you trying to manually copy it? ;s What's your setup in terms of servers etc?

 

All you should need to do is hit the Distribute content button and it'll send it out to all the servers. (If you deployed it already it'll auto start but can just click distribute to confirm )

 

All prestaging is for is to send out the packages to slow-link sites (think over WAN etc) so they have the packages before you need to do any deployments, If you don't have separate servers offsite ignore prestaged and use normal distribution

 

Steve

[Sibrows]

Why are you trying to manually copy it? ;s What's your setup in terms of servers etc?

 

This is very likely to be me not 100% understanding what I'm trying to achieve.

 

All you should need to do is hit the Distribute content button and it'll send it out to all the servers. (If you deployed it already it'll auto start but can just click distribute to confirm )

 

If I do this without first setting 'Automatically download the content when packages are assigned to distribution points' the package or application just sits there in an amber state and never goes green.

 

All prestaging is for is to send out the packages to slow-link sites (think over WAN etc) so they have the packages before you need to do any deployments, If you don't have separate servers offsite ignore prestaged and use normal distribution

 

No this is a single server on a single site.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Simon