Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
From the Administration workspace, open the Distribution Point Groups node. Right-
click a distribution point group and then click Properties. On the Content tab, select
the content and then click Redistribute.
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Managing content in progress
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager introduces the ability to manage content
while it is copying to a distribution point. From the Monitoring workspace, you can cancel
distributions in progress if necessary. In addition, you can redistribute content that fails to
distribute. To cancel content distribution:
1.
From the Monitoring workspace, open the Distribution Status node and then select
Content Status.
Select the distribution that you want to manage and then click the View Status link.
2.
On the In Progress tab, in the Asset Details section, right-click the target server and
then select Cancel.
3.
Monitoring content status
Configuration Manager provides extensive content monitoring capabilities, including content
status, number of failures, pending distributions, and successful distributions. Methods that
you can use to monitor content status on distribution points include:
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Content Status
In the Monitoring workspace, under the Distribution Status folder,
click Content Status. When you click this node, the results pane displays a list of all
content. You can right-click specific content and then click View Status to display status
information that pertains to content distribution and validation.
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Package Transfer Manager
The Package Transfer Manager component (SMS
_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER) provides status information that pertains to pack-
age transfers to distribution points.
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Package Transfer Manager component log file (PkgXferMgr.log)
You can find
the PkgXferMgr.log file on the primary site server in the <
Installation Path
>\Logs folder. This log file provides extensive information related to
content distribution to remote distribution points.
Software Deployment Content reports
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration
Manager includes several reports that pertain to content management and distribu-
tion. You can find these reports when you expand the Reporting node in the Monitor-
ing workspace.
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Content prestaging enables you to transfer and preload content by using an offline method
such as shipping media from a site server to a distribution point. You can use this method
instead of file-based replication to reduce network traffic between the site server and the
distribution point. Content prestaging:
