TomHD

Yeah this is true. They said we could purchase a "CC4.5 pre-license" but as this is only for 1 user we cannot justify the cost. I cannot see why RM can't just give the mapper!?

Spoke with RM and as we are CC4.3 their mapper isn't available to us! Now trying a solution whereby I create a mapped drive on the DC, create a symbolic link to a folder that I can share and then deliver that via group policy / RMMC. I'll let you know how it goes

Can anyone point me to where the download link for the mapper is please?

@DaveP why rotate? The deck is vertical.

Guess it's happy for now then? No auto loader on mine.

I'll go and check, thanks @john

Afternoon All, I have been wondering whether I should clean my tape drive? I would say yes!? Any issues I should look out for? Thanks, TomHD

Afternoon All, Has anyone successfully packaged Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office? I have tried importing the .msi as a CC3 package, RMMC packages it just fine but just hangs and timesout on assignment! Thought I'd fire up the package builder and give the .exe a go but get a file copy error! I've raised a ticked with RM but as always I post here for a quicker response Many thanks, TomHD

Sorry Localz, did t see that. I played it last night it's certainly not made for the hardcore players

I see you haven't mentioned Trials of the Blood Dragon. As a hardcore Trials player I am very disappointed with this latest release

@bossman, will do

I ended up making a batch file that creates the Program Data directory and copies the license file from a share on the DC. Imported as CC3 package and wallah! Although RMMC says the package isn't installed the license file is there!? I don't care as long as it works for the end user! Many thanks for the ideas

It's actually a file related to software licensing. I have spoken with the support team for the software and there is no way to sort the licensing during the RM package build process. The problem occurs as staff are blocked by GPO from writing this file. Therefore I need to deliver it via other means Regarding doing GPO stuff outside of RM I'd prefer not to complicate the installation but if its the only way then so be it I will make a call to RM in the morning, just they take a little while to get back so thought I'd ask here first

Hello All, I need to create a folder and drop a file into it on all teacher's PCs. I am running a CC4 network on Server 2008 R2. Can I do this in the RM Management Console or will I have to use powershell? If I can do it via RMMC I'd prefer that as I can make it part of the default assignment. Otherwise I will have to adjust and run a script each rebuild or new PC! I have looked at this on SpiceWorks: # Point the script to the text file $Computers = Read-Host "Enter Location Of TXT File" # sets the varible for the file location ei c:\temp\ThisFile.exe $Source = Read-Host "Enter File Source" # sets the varible for the file destination $Destination = Read-Host "Enter File destination (windows\temp)" # displays the computer names on screen Get-Content $Computers | foreach {Copy-Item $Source -Destination \\$_\c$\$Destination} This along the right lines for inserting the file? How would I create the folder though within the same script using the same list of PCs!? Many thanks, TomHD

I always forget too [emoji57]

I have a dumping ground too with no support from above to keep it tidy 🙃

Thanks @LeMarchand, I will look into that later and will have a word with the reseller, whoever that might be

To be fair its going to be more like 80-100 now. So if the FTE numbers has risen are we breaching the rules​? And obviously if so that would need rectifying?

Thanks for clearing up the FTE hours. To clarify, I have a physical box running DC/CC4 and another physical box running VMware which hosts 2 Win Server 2008R2 VMs, one for SIMS and the other for Exchange. I'm still waiting on a colleague for the figures to calculate FTE, I'm sure there will be an issue with this as the school has grown a fair bit without anyone looking at licensing!

@JordanT91, here we go thanks for the information too. I've requested the FTE numbers from admin and will get back with them asap When you say 200 hours for FTE!? Should that be 2080 hours?

Hello All, I've never dealt with the licensing side of things at our place but now I want to understand what and how we do it. One, so I have an understanding of licensing and two, so I can confirm we are following the rules! I don't really know where to start! Our school consists of approximately 80 staff, 520 kids, 1 physical DC, 2 VMs on 1 host one being SIMS the other Exchange 2010, ~110 PCs, ~30 laptops. I have logged into VLSC and can view the License Summary but I don't really know what I'm looking at! The FAQ hasn't really helped me and I figured you wizards out there could help me understand much quicker Please tell me if more info will help, many thanks. TomHD

Will have a look at the shortly, thanks @SHimmer45.

Thanks for the response so far As this is a test scenario I'm not too concerned about installing SCCM on my test DC, please tell me if this is a big no no or just out of preference of not putting all eggs into one basket!? I am working through the prerequisites for SCCM and am at the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit stage. I am wanting to test Windows 10 installations and have no interest in Windows 7/8/8.1. The guide I'm following states installing ADK for 8.1 but I assume I will go straight to ADK for 10? I'm going to configure a virtual host to simplify the testing of images so thanks for that advice. How can I connect my test DC to the Internet without causing any issues with my working network? I'm guessing that as my test DC is a DHCP server too I'd be opening a can of worms if I just go direct to the working network? Many thanks, TomHD

Thanks for all the above responses I'll have a good look through them all later on. For now in my testing environment, can I install SCCM on my DC? Or would I benefit from putting it on another server? And if I am to make other servers, should I configure a virtual host and make any additional servers virtual? I should probably do this as it will be useful when imaging computers too, this correct? Thanks again

@SHimmer45, thanks I wil look at those regarding replication, we run a RM CC4 network and with this test domain I want to stay away from anything like that and I also think I may learn more by configuring users/computers/policies from scratch? @lmrogers, my test server is not connected to the work network. I am using an old Netgear wireless ADSL router to create the test network, only real problem with this is no Internet connection, is that an issue you think?