How to download files from distribution points

I am looking at the same issue with a client. But my system in my lab shows the Access content directly The only time that packages will be there is if you enable the package option "Copy the content of this package to a package share on the distribution points.

So, even though there is a share on the DP for SMB access, the share is empty, unless you select the option to populate the share. I also noticed the bug in the GUI, i have changed to Access content This t-sql query will list all of the packages which a Task Sequence references that DO NOT have the "copy the content…" option enabled. PkgID , P. Manufacturer , P. Name , P. Version , P. Language , P. What is it that is causing some people to have to revert to the old way of handling OSD through direct access to the DP and others don't seem to have the same experience?

Naill's guides have been excellent so far and he doesn't seem to recommend going this route. I will post again after I get the Config Manager Client unlocked package distributed and once again attempt to change my deployment to "access content directly from the distribution point".

I am hoping that I will see the option and that it allows me to resolve the issue so that my PXE boot VM doesn't just get stuck after the boot up and wallpaper load. EDIT: After updating my distribution point the option was available on the task sequence however it did not resolve my problem.

I am never prompted for a password and I don't see anything that would indicate an error. Click Add Criteria to filter the software updates that are displayed in the All Software Updates node. Save search criteria that you often use, and then manage saved searches on the Search tab.

Select deployment package : Choose this setting to select an existing deployment package for the software updates that are in the deployment. Software updates that the site has already downloaded to the selected deployment package won't be downloaded again.

Create a new deployment package : Select this setting to create a new deployment package for the software updates in the deployment. Configure the following settings:. Name : Specifies the name of the deployment package. The package must have a unique name that briefly describes the package content.

It's limited to 50 characters. Description : Specify a description that provides information about the deployment package. The optional description is limited to characters. Package source : Specifies the location of the software update source files.

Create the shared folder for the deployment package source files before you proceed to the next page. You can change the package source location in the deployment package properties after Configuration Manager creates the deployment package.

If you do, first copy the content from the original package source to the new package source location. The computer account of the SMS Provider and the user that's running the wizard to download the software updates must both have Write permissions to the download location. Restrict access to the download location. This restriction reduces the risk of attackers tampering with the software update source files.

Enable binary differential replication : Enable this setting to minimize network traffic between sites. Binary differential replication BDR only updates the content that has changed in the package, instead of updating the entire package contents.

With locally installed source you won't have to pull anything across the wire anymore in this case, but you'll lose a degree of "centralisation" in your software management. Another thing to take into account is installation speed. Personally, when we're talking very large packages, for me this becomes the most important consideration.

Posted by: Jsaylor 12 years ago. It depends entirely on what your priorities are. Directly running programs from the DP will likely be faster, but you lose out on a bit of the resiliency of the local cache as mentioned above, this cache is not permanent unless you specify it to be though, so can't be explicitly relied upon as well as the resiliency of BITS.

If you lose network connectivity for a moment while directly running a program, that program will fail and have to be run again.

With BITS, if you lose network connectivity, you just resume right where you left off. I've typically not had a problem using the default and fairly beefy MB cache size in SCCM, so as long as your clients can handle that, it should cycle all of your enormous programs through without any problems.

Posted by: DaveHahn 12 years ago. Thanks for the input, it's really appreciated. A lot of our bigger packages have custom scripts that do a variety of things. In a lot of these scripts, the developers need to know what directory they are starting in.

Right-click the distribution point server and select Properties. Go to Content tab, select the package that you need to delete and click Remove. Remove Content from SCCM Distribution Point When you remove the selected package from distribution point server, you get a warning which is as follows. Launch the Configuration Manager console. Go to Application Properties and select Content Locations tab.

This removes the package content from the distribution point server.