Configmgr will definitely be able to let sccm admins know what are installed in the environment regardless if it is a server or workstation. Open the sccm console and go to monitoring overview reporting. Find answers to software metering in sccm from the expert community at experts exchange. Sccm cb, sql queries software metering, sql query post navigation. Orchestrator and sccm metering gave us the answer and it was an exciting process. This is the why i was hoping for something like software metering or similar data to query. Create custom reports with labels of asset intelligence. Using sql queries its very easy to find out the office versions. Software asset management sam with system center configuration manager software metering part iv 05262016 in this fourth article about using sccm to talk about sam software asset management lets talk about asset software metering software metrics. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use.
Solved sccm client install failed with exit code 1603. Sccm report software metering report for last usage over. Sccm 2007 query for installed software versions server fault. Sccm 2007 installed software query with version filtering.
Does anybody have an idea how to create a custom query that will. Essentially it is generally 24 hours before you can see software metering data. So if you or your company does not know, this is what software metering is. List all devices where a metered software has not run in the last 90 days. Sql query to findout the machines with ibm or oracle. This page will go though how to create a microsoft system center configuration manager 2007 collection that contains all systems that do not have a specific exe file at a certain version present on any local drive. Very useful configmgr sccm 2007 sms 2003 collections wql queries. You could use this custom collection list to deploy an update or software package only if they already have another application. There are four tabs available under software distribution tab and those are explained below. That could be interpreted to mean that using the default of 5 days will cause all software metering data to be deleted and i will only have up to 5 days of. Hi all, in the past few months, i have dedicated to update a manual that i have been using on my sccm courses. Software metering is a feature in configmgr 2012 which allows for inventory software usage. For example, for delete aged software metering data it states use this task to delete aged data for software metering that has been stored longer than a specified time from the database. Sccm features remote control, patch management, operating system deployment, network protection and other various services.
This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. To best maintain your system, perform the following monitoring tasks on a weekly basis. To troubleshoot on software distribution issues like application is not getting installed, advertisements are not showing etc. To use software metering, the client setting enable software metering on clients must be enabled and deployed to computers. Second query consolidates it to one row and totals some of the fields. Microsoft system center configuration manager 2007 software metering part posted on march 23, 20 by michael in studying, tutorials in this short blog we will be looking at software metering and usage. On the create report wizard, select type sqlbased report. I noticed something interesting in one of the builtin reports, total usage for all metered software programs, found in system center 2012 configuration manager cm12, so i thought that i would share it with all of you. Most of you will probably now that software update management in sccm 2007 integrates with wsus 3. Specifically, we want to know how long a screensaver. You can deploy software metering settings to all computers in the hierarchy, or you can deploy custom settings to groups of computers. Understanding configuration manager data using data.
Autocad 2011 is one of the applications we setup software metering rules for, but we get no data back from the pcs that are using it. Data collected during the software metering inventory cycle is based on the software metering rules you create in configmgr. It has helped me to implement the whole sccm environment with a pki. Hello, i have a question about the proper way to setup software metering rules for autodesk applications in sccm 2007. I know the application has been used by about 300 userscomputers since february by manually checking some of the computers and also by using the sms reports for software metering. Software metering system center configuration manager. Microsoft endpoint configuration manager configuration manager, also known as configmgr or sccm, formerly system center configuration manager and systems management server sms is a systems management software product developed by microsoft for managing large groups of computers running windows nt, windows embedded, macos os x, linux or unix, as well as. Short for system center configuration manager, sccm is a software management suite provided by microsoft that allows users to manage a large number of windows based computers.
Use software metering in system center configuration manager to monitor and collect software usage data from windows pcs. The following sections list log files that are on the site server or that are related to specific site system roles. Software metering enables you to collect and report software program usage data. Were using sccm 2012 r2 and in need of creating a report for software metering to show or select 3 months of usage. Sccm 2012 and 2007 custom reportsql query to find out the details of machinesworkstations which has oracle or ibm related application installed in your organization with site code and country details. Top 80 sccm interview questions you must learn in 2020. This post contains the sccm sql query for microsoft office 32 bit and 64 bit.
I would be shocked if ms does not support a better way. My end goal is to see the total usage for all metered software programs. Sccm query all computers with a specific program install saturday, 21 august 2010 by. A query scoped to include only resources that are in a specified collection. After going to the software metering node in the assets and compliance workspace you are able to select the software metering properties option in the ribbon. Microsoft system center configuration manager 2007 service pack 2 microsoft system center configuration manager 2007 r3 microsoft system center 2012 configuration manager microsoft system. Device collections create device collection named it computers with x v2. Software metering reports dont show software metering data until it has been summarized. Im not that skilled in wqlsql to create custom queries myself. I have tried the below procedure to obtain a list of desktops that have software x, version 2.
Sccm by default comes with a set of reports that sccm admins can utilize to gather information. The following sccm collection query can be used to list all computers with a particular application and version installed. The data provided by these reports can be used by many groups within the organization such as it and corporate purchasing. Sccm sql query for microsoft office 32 bit and 64 bit. As such, until at least one rule is created, no data appears within these sql views. Once these updated packages are created, sup can be deployed with sccm. Many organizations today use microsoft office to simply the work.
Current default reports allow to select each month but to we need a quarterly report. Hello dan, i querying a specific metering rule for all computers that have run the executable since a specific time. Software metering agent fails with software metering. Sccm query all computers with a specific program install. Software metering in sccm solutions experts exchange. If i can figure out a workaround for the group running through the prescript every time the server installs a defender definition update, we just may be in business. The idea behind software update point based client installation is to publish the sccm 2007 client as a critical update, and hence its name is installed from the software update point.
This manual is now a free ebook and focus on the stepbystep of the basics administration of an sccm environment, so this is the exercises manual. Since ionce you haveverify that you have access to create software metering rules and verify that it is enabled within sccm you will be able to track the usage of an application. Software deployment software software metering license optimization we would like to optimize our ms office suite licensing. I know, its useful to create sccm custom report for the same but i didnt get time to create one. Sccm purely depends on system aspect named software update point sup. In the properties dialog you are able to specify the amount of time in days that the software metering data is retained in the site database, the default is set to 90 days.
Hi, so im looking to either create a new sccm report or edit an existing one and ive run into a few problems so far. Custom query question software metering hi all, we are trying to find out via software metering how long an executable has been running on any given computer. Identify which software applications are being used, and who is using them. Listing out office versions installed on all machines is a big task. The default schedule collects data from each client every 7 days. Sccm 2007 2 sccm cb 48 sql queries 25 vb script 2 windows. Software metering within our group of companies has always been an afterthought until auditing of software and licensing became a pain point. Software metering agent fails with software metering failed to start prepdriver in mtrmgr. List all devices where a metered software has run in the last 90 days. To create a custom report, please follow those steps. Software metering configmgr 2012 marius sandbu it blog.
Microsoft system center configuration manager wikipedia. Software metering in sccm 2007 supports the following scenarios. My contributions very useful configmgr sccm 2007 sms 2003 collections wql queries i thought to put very common collections in one place to share with every one offcource some of them you might have or all of. Is there anyway is sccmms sql to just compare version numbers.
If you want to force it, you can use the runmetersumm. Total usage for all metered software programs query. For instance you can see how many copies of an application has been deployed to computers and among these you can see how many actually use the application. While sccm provides a lot of standard reports, sometimes they do not give you the information you want. When the setup is ready, the configuration manager can manage update catalogs and package updates, including wsus and update product languages. This section contains detailed reference information about the software metering functionality in microsoft system center configuration manager 2007. Here is my sql statement for sccm report software metering report for last usage over 30 days ago select distinct top 100 percent rv. How to use configmgr sccm tool client spy clispy exe how. Log file reference configuration manager microsoft docs. If i go to software library software updates software update groups, i can select one of the groups and show its members to display the list of updates that are part of the group.
There is an existing report to do just this, but it requires a month and year parameters. The configuration manager 2007 software metering feature allows you to monitor and collect software usage data from configuration manager 2007 clients. On the general page of the new software metering rule wizard, specify the following information. Once this is enabled, you can identify users who use a certain application, the peak usage times of the application, and more.
The primary site at the top of the configuration manager hierarchy, to which all other sites in the system report their inventory, site configurations, software metering data, and status. I personally use this method to distribute software to systems that either do that have it already or have an old version. I really, really dislike the software metering reports in configmgr. However note that these are the sql queries and not the wql queries. And how many licenses of a particular software you need. Use software metering to monitor and collect software usage data on configmgr clients. Software metering reports configuration manager 2012.
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