Friday, January 20, 2012

New: Using the System Center 2012 Unified Installer

System Center 2012 Unified Installer is a utility designed to perform new, clean installations of System Center 2012 for testing and evaluation purposes only. If you want to upgrade from an existing System Center installation or choose set up options such as high availability or multi-server component installs, please refer instead to the System Center 2012 component installation guides located on the Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation Resource Page.

With the Unified Installer it's possible to install all System Center products as once, without the need to install a single product multiple times. That way products can be installed quicker and less screens are needed to install them. Just download Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation Software first.

Just start the Setup.exe in the Unified Installer folder. Then the Install System Center button becomes available! After that a message box is diplayed.

Then the installation begins..
  • Microsoft Software License Terms
  • Component Selection (Orchestrator, Virtual Machine Manager, App Controller, Operations Manager, Configuration Manager, Service Manager & Data Protection Manager)
    • Keep the following in mind:
    • Orchestrator is a required Product Component (Unified Installer requires Orchestrator)
    • App Controller depends on Virtual Machine Manager
    • I've selected Orchestrator, Operations Manager & Configuration Manager here
  • Component Media Location (for all products selected)
  • Configuration Manager License Terms
  • Prerequisite License Terms
  • Prerequisite Media Location (e.g. SQL Server 2008 R2 + SP1 + CU4)
  • Installation Destination Location (for all products selected)
  • Servers (for all products selected)
  • Service Accounts (Installer Account)
  • Component Specific Questions (e.g. OpsMgr Management Group, ConfigMgr Site Code & Site Name)
  • Communications and Updates
  • Installation Validation
  • Deployment Progress
  • Deployment Summary Report

That's all you need to do to install the Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation software. The hardest part here is to have enough available servers, download the Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation software and all prerequisites needed for all products. Then the rest is fairly easy.

Update 30-1: Unfortunately it doesn't work in my demo environment. Even when I follow all needed preparation from Microsoft Technet, it's still failing on the first server, which is System Center Orchestrator. The error message displayed is: ERROR - Could not execute System Center Orchestrator Failed WinRM configuration checkWinRM configuration not confirmed. I like to hear feedback from other people on this specific installation. Maybe it's a known issue for you?

Update 6-2: Today I started the installation again because of new feedback (see comments). Thanks to ThomasH it's working now. Probably using WinRM is not enough when domain policies are also into place. Using Local Policies will start the installation and pass the WinRM configuration, which was failing before. Thanks for all feedback guys!

More information about the Unified Installer can be found on Microsoft TechNet: Unified Installer Release Candidate

21 comments:

  1. I cannot find thed CU4 that Unifed installer wants. Any ideas or a link to where I can get it? I have all other media done, just not CU 4.

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  2. The Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633146

    Choose View and request hotfix downloads for that. A link to the hotfix will be e-mailed to you.

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  3. Hi Henk.
    Nice to see you are busy with the unified installer too.

    At the servers page the next button stays greyed out. Do you have any idea? My installer PC is Windows 7 and target machines are 2008 R2 SP1 servers. All with the right requirements.
    Mark

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  4. Just select different servers for all products you want to install, then the Next button become available.

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  5. I had the same error. Turns out my DC was overwriting the local policy. After resetting domain policy, I was able to edit local policy.

    Try this:

    Computer Config \ Administrative Templates \ System \ Credentials Delegation \ Allow Delegating Fresh Credentials
    State = Enabled
    Server = WSMAN/*

    Computer Config \ Administrative Templates \ System \ Credentials Delegation \ Allow Delegating Fresh Credentials with NTLM only server Authentication
    State = Enabled
    Server = WSMAN/*

    Computer Config \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Remote Management (WinRM) \ WinRM Client \ Allow CredSSP authentication
    State = Enabled

    Computer Config \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Remote Management (WinRM) \ WinRM Client \ Trusted Hosts
    State = Enabled
    TrustedHostList = *

    Computer Config \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Remote Management (WinRM) \ WinRM Service \ Allow Automatic Configuration of listeners
    State = Enabled
    IPv4 filter = *
    IPv6 filter = *

    Computer Config \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Remote Management (WinRM) \ WinRM Service \ Allow CredSSP authentication
    State = Enabled

    In a command prompt, run:
    gpupdate
    Winrm quickconfig

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  6. Hi, I can confirm the solution of ThomasH. You should use the GPEdit method and not the WinRM as mentioned in the Unified Installer User Guide (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh751273.aspx). This also goes for the Target Computer preparation! We installed Orchestrator, SCOM and SCSM without problems! The only issue is the installation of SCCM, but we're working on that.

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  7. I can confirm the solution of ThomasH as well. thanks a lot Thomas

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  8. Thanks for all replies, and most ThomasH. I will start Unified Installer again today and post back results.

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  9. I tried ThomasH's settings and still not having any luck. Are these changes made at the DC and the server I'm installing to? I keep getting a WSManFault access denied error.

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  10. Just enable above settings on the Target and Installer systems and try again. Let me know the results after that for good overview.

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  11. Hi Henk
    Instaled the Orchestrator fine but when I tried two other components (ConfigMan, and VMM), each give me the same error: "All selected components have failed"
    [3/5/2012 2:28:57 PM] INFO - Virtual Machine Manager: SQLSCVMM failed
    [3/5/2012 2:29:00 PM] DEBUG - [Timer Details] 0/0 are over time limit
    Name: Virtual Machine Manager
    Status: Failed to complete
    IsInstalled: false
    ProgressMessageStatus: failed
    IsEnded: True
    OriginalStatus: SQLSCVMM failed
    TimeSinceLastChanged: 00:00:03.0212472

    [3/5/2012 2:29:00 PM] INFO - All selected Components have failed.

    Anyone run into this, please help. Thanks

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  12. We get an error that the SQL SP1 and SQL CU4 folders do not contain the media. However, we have the SP1 file in that folder and the decompressed CU4 files in that folder.

    We tried renaming the .exe files to setup.exe (per procmon analysis) and it then says that the wrong files are present (version 10.51.x.x instead of 10.50.x.x). The rename seems like the right thing to do, but we somehow have the wrong versions?

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  13. Anyone get this to actually install? I am stuck on the prerequisite media location as well. Excited to test it out, but it just needs to simplify the install process and it shouldn't ask you to get everything separately. Unified should be completely unified!

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  14. I have uncompressed the SP1 and the media now shows as OK. However for the CU 4 I got 4 hotfixed, which I have also uncopressed to .msi files, but none of them seem to work.

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  15. Just keep in mind that you need the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU4, not some older version. It can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633146

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  16. does anyone know this error:

    ERROR - Bootstrap failed on hostname
    Failed to configure remote WinRS
    Local WinRS: C:\Windows\system32\winrs.exe
    Working Directory: C:\Windows\system32
    Command: ServerManagerCmd.exe
    Arguments: -query "C:\Users\administrator.CLOUDTEST\AppData\Local\Microsoft System Center 2012\Unified Installer\rolefeatures.xml"
    Exit Code: -2144108125


    [23-4-2012 16:04:46] ERROR - Could not execute Runbook:
    Bootstrap failed on hostname
    Failed to configure remote WinRS
    Local WinRS: C:\Windows\system32\winrs.exe
    Working Directory: C:\Windows\system32
    Command: ServerManagerCmd.exe
    Arguments: -query "C:\Users\administrator.CLOUDTEST\AppData\Local\Microsoft System Center 2012\Unified Installer\rolefeatures.xml"
    Exit Code: -2144108125

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    1. +1 for that i am getting the same error for SCOM.
      I have done both the WinRM and GPEdit methods.
      I can do a WinRM -id -r:othercomputer and it works fine, so I know that works.
      I have tried the source local and remote, orchestrator installs on the local computer OK.

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    2. solved : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/scodeployment/threads

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  17. Hi,

    does anyone have an idea regarding the SP1 and CU4 not being discovered by the Unified Installer?

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  18. it sounds odd but you extract the extracted files, there are four or five you download. One is much larger than the rest. Extract it, and then extract it again.

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  19. I had a simliar issue where I had uncompressed the SP1 and CU4 files into seperate sub folders yet the installer still gave me the wrong path errors. I changed the path to the folder above where I expected them and it worked. Might be simliar issue for you.

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