SCCM: Deploy Batch File
Description:
This is an example of how to use SCCM run a batch file on a collection of servers.
To Resolve:
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Go to Assets and Compliance\Device Collections\SiteName\Security Update Collections, right click and “Create A New Device Collection”
- General Tab:
- Name: Whatever
- Limiting Collection: All Server With Clients
- Membership Rules:
- Skip this tab, we will configure after it gets created
- Finish
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Now go to your collection, right click => Properties:
- Go to Membership rules tab and create a new one:
- Name: Whatever => I chose “query by computer name”
- Click “Edit Query Statement”
- Click “Show Query Language” button on bottom right:
- Copy/Paste with your own list of servers:
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select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.Name in ( "server1", "server2", "server3" )
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Copy your batch file to your SCCM Distribution point =>
\\sccmServerName\SoftwarePackages\WhateverSubFolder. Make sure that “Domain Computers” still has read/execute permissions to the share. -
Next, create a package
- \Software Library\Overview\Application Management\Packages
- Package Tab:
- Give it a name
- Program Type tab: Standard program radio button
- Standard Program tab:
- Name: WhatYourBatchFileDoes
- Command line:
cmd /c \\sccmServerName\SoftwarePackages\myscript.bat - Startup folder:
- Run: Normal
- Program can run: Where or not a user is logged in
- Run Mode: Administrative rights
- Drive mode: Run with UNC name
- Next-Next-Finish
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Right click => Deploy
- General Tab:
- Set it to the collection from step 1
- Check box to “use default distribution point”
- Scheduling Tab:
- New Assignment schedule, give the time
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At this point, it should deploy at whatever time you specified. Monitor the results in the monitoring tab of SCCM Console.
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