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Step by Step Prerequisite Installation - SCCM (Current Branch)

In this article we will fulfill the certain prerequisites which are required before running the SCCM setup

else we will get errors during SCCM installation.

The environment which is being used for this demo is a two server farm wherein one server is acting as a

Domain Controller and the second server will act as SCCM server on which we have already installed SQL

Server 2016. So, we will be installing the SCCM on the same server on which we did SQL Server 2016

installation.

Below is the list of prerequisites which we are going to fulfill before running the SCCM installation:

On Domain Controller Server

• Create System Management Container.

On SCCM Server

• Extend Active Directory Schema.

• Run ConfigMgr Prerequisite Tool

o Install Site Configuration Prerequisites

o Install Site System Roles Prerequisites

o Windows ADK Installation

o WSUS Installation & Configuration

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Let’s start with the configuration on Domain Controller server.

Create System Management Container

1: Login on to Domain Controller Server.

2: Open ADSI Edit through Server Manager console.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 3: Right click CN=System folder, click New and Select Object.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 4: Select container option and click Next.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 5: Type System Management under value field and click Next.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 6: Click Finish button to complete the Object creation wizard.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 7: Right click CN=System Management folder and click Properties.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 8: Click on Security tab and click Add button.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 9: Add the SCCM Action Account and SCCM Server and allow Full control access to both.

Note: We are using SCCMUSER as SCCM Action account and SCCMSQL1 is our SCCM Server.

10: Click on Advanced tab.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 11: Select the SCCM Action account (SCCMUSER) and Click Edit button.

12: Change the permission entry under Applies To box to This object and all descendant objects.

13: Click OK to continue.

14: Perform Step 11, 12 and 13 for the SCCM Server as well.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 15: Both the SCCM Action account and SCCM Server has been granted Full Access to the System

Management Container, click OK to save the changes.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Extend Active Directory Schema

To extend the Active Directory Schema, we need extadsh.exe utility which can be located under

SMSSETUP\BIN\X64 folder of the Configuration Manager installation media.

You can download the SCCM Setup file here: SC_Configmgr_SCEP_1606

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-2016

1: Once the download completes, run the SC_Configmgr_SCEP_1606.exe file and extract the files under

preferred location.

We have extracted the files under F:\drive.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 2: Navigate to the extracted folder F:\SC_Configmgr_SCEP_1606\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64 and look for

extadsch.exe file.

3: Hold the Shift key on your keyboard, right click extadsh.exe file and select Copy as path option.

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5: Run Command Prompt as Administrator.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 6: Paste the copied path in Command Prompt and hit Enter button on the keyboard.

After command execution, we should get Successfully extended the Active Directory schema message

in the Command Prompt.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Let’s cross verify if the schema was successfully extended.

7: Open the ExtADSch file under root directory on the SCCM Server, you should get Successfully

extended the Active Directory schema. log entry there as well.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Active Directory schema also extended. It’s time to install Windows Server Roles and Features required

for SCCM installation. We will be using ConfigMgr Prerequisite Tool for same.

ConfigMgr Prerequisite Tool is one of the best tools I have ever used for Configuration Manager

prerequisites installation. It’s developed by Nickolaj Andersen. This tool helps the administrators

preparing SCCM environment by installing all the correct prerequisites for a Configuration Manager

hierarchy, different Site Systems Roles, ADK and much more.

Download the tool from TechNet Gallery and give 5 Star rating. The tool can be downloaded from here:

ConfigMgr Prerequisite Tool

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ConfigMgr-2012-R2-e52919cd

We have downloaded the ConfigMgr Prerequisite Tool and saved it on SCCM server. Let’s run it.

1: Extract the files at preferred location.

2: Right click the ConfigMgrPrerequisitesTool.exe file and select Run as administrator option.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Install Site Configuration Prerequisites

1: Under Site Configuration tab, select the Site Configuration role you want to install on the server.

Note: Since I want to install Primary Site role on the server, I am selecting Primary Site option here, so

the prerequisites required for Primary Site can be installed.

2: Select Primary Site and click Install button.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ The installation may take around 30 minutes or more to complete, you can check the log information

for check all the feature installation.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Prerequisite installation for Primary Site server is complete.

Similarly, if you are installing CAS or Secondary Site role on the server, you can select the appropriate

option and click Install button.

Let’s move to Site System Roles tab.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Install Site System Roles Prerequisites

1: Click on Site System Roles tab and select the appropriate role for which prerequisite needs to be

installed.

Note: We will be installing Management Point role on this server so selecting Management Point

option.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ 2: Select Management Point role from dropdown.

3: Since the prerequisites need to be installed on local server, select Locally on this server option.

4: Click Install button to install the prerequisites for Management Point role.

The installation will take few minutes to complete. The same way you can install prerequisites for other

roles.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Note: Since we have already fulfilled the prerequisites related to Active Directory (Creating System

Management Container and Extending Active Directory Schema) above. We will skip the Active Directory

tab.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ Windows ADK Installation

1: Click on Windows ADK tab and select Online installation option.

2: Select the latest version to install.

Apart from this, if you don’t find the latest ADK version in the dropdown menu, you can download the

latest ADK version on server, choose Offline installation option and provide the ADK file path for the

installation.

3: Click Install button.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ ADK installation may take considerable amount of time, depends upon system performance and

available bandwidth.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ It took around 20 minutes to complete. You should get Successfully installed Windows ADK with exit

code of 0 message in the Log information.

4: Restart the Server to complete the ADK installation.

Shashi Bhushan http://systemcentermvp.com/2017/06/23/step-step-prerequisite-installation-sccm-cb/ WSUS Installation & Configuration

1: Click on WSUS tab and select Windows Internal Database option.

2: Click Install button.

The installation may take few minutes to complete. Make sure the installation completes with exit code

0.

Note: I don’t want WSUS database on SQL Server and that’s the reason I have selected Windows

Internal Database option. If you want the WSUS database on SQL Server, you can provide SQL Server

(FQDN) and SQL Server Instance name and proceed with the Installation.

That’s it.

It’s easy and hassle free. You can follow the same to fulfill the prerequisites for your SCCM environment.

Hope this helps.