In Configuration Manager 2012 R2 a new variable was introduced to help us solve an issue with installing applications in a task sequence on new computer with SSD drives where all the networking components are not loaded when the Task Sequence tries to access the MP which results in the fact that the Task Sequence fails.
After doing a lot of testing with a lot of help from a new colleague of mine Johan which did a lot of testing (not the Johan you think of;-) ) the value should be entered in Milliseconds instead of Seconds! Combining this value with the following two solved all our issues with applications not installing during the Task Sequence:
SMSTSMPListRequestTimeout=120000
SMSTSDownloadRetryCount=5
SMSTSDowloadRetryDelay=15
Today a hotfix was released as well, KB3007095, Applications may not be downloaded in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
To answer the question can you use Applications in a Task Sequence? Yes you can, works great when you have solved the above issue. Technet will be updated with this information as well and hopefully the hotfix will make it more stable as well.
I hope this can save time for someone.
Are this task sequence variable possible to use in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1?
Hi,
No it is new in R2, in SP1 a workaround would be to add a sleep either using Powershell och a vbscript as the first step after a reboot..
Jorgen,
What errors were you typically seeing with Application failures, that pointed you to make these changes? We’re seeing something similar here with Application installs in Task Sequence, where the Application install will bomb out:
CAS.log:
GetLocationSyncEx failed with error 0x8000000a
Just curious to see if that’s similar to what you were seeing during your investigation into this issue.
Thanks!
Jörgen,
Excellent post – very helpful! I’ve been encountering SCCM 2012 R2 Application install failures over the last few weeks, but only under very specific scenarios (consistently fails on some hardware for example, using USB Ethernet adapter for OSD TS). My test environment is now working perfectly, so off to replicate it into my customers!
Thanks.
How/Where do you set this? I keep getting Error 0x87d00215 on my computers at random spots during app installs….