We have a remote office with several PC’s that do not have the SCCM client. Some systems are not being discovered by SCCM discovery and we will have a local IT contact install the SCCM client on these systems manually. I have already read the TechNet article on manual installs, but it only relates to running manual setup over network from a SCCM site.
A few questions:
1. I may have them install client from the local site ‘\\siteserver\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Client\ccmsetup.exe’ over the network. (This site is also a proxy MP.) However, if they have difficulty doing this, what is the best method to install the client without connectivity back to the SCCM server? Have them copy down the whole ‘Client Folder’ (containing folders i386, X64, etc) and have them double click on ccmsetup.exe from this folder on the local PC?
2. Or would it work if they just copy down ccmsetup.exe file by its own and run this locally? Our AD Schema is extended so at some point these ‘blank’ SCCM clients will pick up their client config settings (MP, Cache, etc) correct? Or must switches be specified (/MP:server /SITECODE: AAA, etc) when running ccmsetup.exe locally?
3. Can they just copy down ‘ccmsetup.msi’ file and run this file by itself on the XP system?