From SCCM 2012 RC to SCCM 2012 SP1 in few steps.

I finally upgrade my System Center Configuration Manager form RC version to RTM version with SP1 included.

As I had “small” collation problem I couldn’t just simply reinstall it. For that reason I was uninstall my SCCM completely. Plan was to keep server name in Active Directory and to keep same site name.

In that reinstallation I was separate my SQL server from my SCCM server. Now I have SQL 2012 SP1 for all (future)System Center products, and SCCM is connected to it.

After one working day my job was done and I have fully functional SCCM. Now I have to wait for clients to contact SCCM. Most of clients were contact SCCM in next two days, but some clients don’t.

Then I use some old stuff which can be found on Niall Brady forum. As I’m very lazy , and I don’t want to type all over again You can find solution for deploying/redeploying clients here.

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Administrator Cookbook

Before few weeks I receive excellent book about System Center Configuration Manager 2012.

Name of the book is: Microsoft System Center 2012Configuration Manager Administrator Cookbook. It’s written by two MVPs, Brian Manson and Greg Ramsey, and reviewed by two another MVPs Torsten Meringer and Kim Oppalfens.

The more I read, I more understand complexity of System Center Configuration Manager, and tips and tricks about fine tuning. One of basic things is how to deal with SQL server. If you set up your SQL in wrong way, you will face problems lately. SQL can slow your Configuration Manager performance to almost unusable. But in the book you can find advices how to avoid this to happen.

System Center Configuration Manager is probably the most complex and feature rich product in the System Center suite. For managing all features you will need knowledge about IIS, SQL, WSUS, WMI, PXE, SSRS, operating systems and networking (and much more which I forgot probably). So I found this book very usable in every day working with Configuration Manger 2012 (CM12 as called in book).

Microsoft System Center 2012Configuration Manager Administrator Cookbook also can be very good for total beginners (administrators starting with System Center 2012). In book you can find practical advices and solutions how to continue when you are stuck, or how to do something from scratch (and avoid problems).

Generally I’m very satisfy with my copy of Microsoft System Center 2012Configuration Manager Administrator Cookbook, and I’m using it every day on my job. For checking my previous configuration of my System Center 2012 and when I plan to implement new feature to see how to do it.

If you are interested for this book you can find it on Packt publishing or Amazon.com