Endpoint Services, MECM, How do I provision a distribution point for MECM?

Overview

Follow this guide to configure an MECM distribution point for your department.

Systems

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM)

Intended Audience

University of Illinois IT Pros leveraging MECM, hosted by Technology Services' Endpoint Services team

General Information

You will need

  • to add the relevant primary site computer object to its administrators group (i.e. SCCMUIUCPS1$ for UIUC, see table below) on your unit's distribution point.
    AD object name Hostname Campus
    SCCMUICPS1 SCCMUICPS1.ad.uillinois.edu Chicago
    SCCMUIUCPS1 SCCMUIUCPS1.ad.uillinois.edu Urbana-Champaign
  • to submit a request to EPS which specifies:
    • the host name of the new distribution point
    • the drive letter of the drive storing content
    • if you want your unit's distribution point to be configured for PXE and other functions such as HTTPS (distribute unit-created content to off-campus endpoints) and USMT.
  • a stable workstation-grade computer or virtual machine with at least 8GB RAM and a separate drive for storing the packages your group is likely to create and request. You should err on the side of supplying more storage space where possible.

Distribution points configured for PXE that reside on a network outside of the endpoints they support will need IP helpers configured on those additional networks. We recommend contacting net-trouble@illinois.edu to get those set up. Please provide them the network names that will be used for PXE imaging and the IP address of the distribution point.

Contact the EPS MECM team and they'll help you get a distribution point set up. Follow these steps to configure a new distribution point:

Maintenance

  • WDS is sensitive to network changes at the physical or virtual layers. Listed below are a few examples of proactively managing network-related updates.
    • Stop the WDS service before a network driver update
    • For a VM: Stop the WDS service or power off the VM prior to a VM tools update
    • For a VM: Power off the VM prior to hypervisor upgrades

  • Remove the IIS logs older than a week at [OS drive, e.g. C]:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1
  • If necessary, remove HTTPERR logs at [OS drive, e.g. C]:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\HTTPERR


Contact the EPS team



Keywords"distribution point" DP EPS SCCM TechS-EPS-SCCM MECMDoc ID71947
OwnerEPS Distribution ListGroupUniversity of Illinois Technology Services
Created2017-03-22 14:42:22Updated2024-09-03 13:34:13
SitesUniversity of Illinois Technology Services
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