Ccmsetup.exe Command Line Install

• How To Install Ccmsetup

There are several post-SP2 hotfixes for the Configuration Manager client that are of high importance to IT Administrators. Patches that are common to be applied in a SP2 environment are KB977384 for client support for R3, KB978754 for importing drivers and KB979199 for Software Inventory issues. The task to install all of these patches can be challenging to implement all at once and can take a while for new or upgraded clients to show up into software distribution collections to roll out the hotfix. Discussed here are some ways to slip in these hotfixes during the installation of the ConfigMgr client. The three major ways to install the client are via an ODS Task Sequence, Software Distribution and Client Push. All three of these methods can use the MSI PATCH property but utilize different installation paths for the different installation types.

How To Install Ccmsetup

It should be noted that Software Update Point Client Installation or Group Policy Installation are not included because custom installation properties cannot directly be passed to the installer. An alternative would be to use Group Policy with the ConfigMgr2007Installation.adm file located in TOOLSConfigMgrADMTemplates folder on the installation media.Installation of patches in an OSD Task Sequence client installationOne installation type that is highly overlooked is the Setup Windows and ConfigMgr Task Sequence item during an OSD deployment. This Task Sequence step will first install launch windows setup and then install the Configuration Manager client after installation of Windows. The installation properties of the client are available to edit on this step as shown in Figure 1. The installation properties can be extended using the PATCH command as described in KB977203 to install hotfixes during client installation. This method uses the fact that the package source will be copied to the package ID folder under the C:SMSTaskSequenceOSD folder.This can be used to chain multiple.msp files in single execution of ccmsetup.exe by using a semi-colon to separate the patches as described in the Windows Installer documentation ( ).