SCCM Application Deployment

[staylor1972]

Hi

 

With SCCM is it possible to Deploy applications directly from the network share rather than the application download to the machine to install?

 

I've got some laptops with 128GB SSD and they require Adobe Creative Cloud on there but by the time the full suite has downloaded and installed I'm left with very little disk space. So I'm hoping I've missed a setting that will allow me to run the install directly from the network share.

 

Thanks in advance

 

regards

 

Steve

[Guest Guest]

Within either the application or deployment I can't remember which there is the option to remove the installation files from the cache after installation

[Steve21]

Aye that's the normal way, but I'm guessing it still depends if he has space for both. If not you could always deploy it as a command line (whether via powershell built in, or as bat files etc), and then just point that at the network share. It'll only download the bat/powershell then, and stream the rest, but obviously will take a lot longer to install

 

Steve

[FN-GM]

One way around it could be to create a application that contains batch file that maps a network drive and installs it from there.

 

Something like:

 

NET USE Z: "\\server\share"
msiexec /i "installer.msi" /qn
NET USE Z: /DELETE /Y

 

The share will need to have the correct permissions. If its running under the system account I think "Domain Computers" to have read only permissions will be adequate.

 

 

Within either the application or deployment I can't remember which there is the option to remove the installation files from the cache after installation

 

By default it doesn't keep the installation files in the Cache. You have to specifically allow this.

[Norphy]

By default it doesn't keep the installation files in the Cache. You have to specifically allow this.

 

I don't think that's right. I have 3.5GB of stuff in the c:\windows\ccmcache folder on my computer at the moment and I didn't set anything on my hierarchy to turn local cache on or off..

[Guest Guest]

I don't think that's right. I have 3.5GB of stuff in the c:\windows\ccmcache folder on my computer at the moment and I didn't set anything on my hierarchy to turn local cache on or off..

Same here

[Steve21]

It's right and it's not. The cache auto cleans itself out, however it only does so after X days (depending on your settings) AND when you need more space

 

If you tell it to keep it during deploy, it ignores the package for cleaning purposes

 

Steve