In addition to native integration with Chef and Puppet, vCommander® may be integrated with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager using the solution described in this article. This solution uses PS-Remoting to communicate with the SCCM server, but there are other methods you could alternatively employ -- for example installing the client on the vCommander server.


Requirements


Creating the Completion Workflow

This solution requires that the SCCM scripts be available on the vCommander server, where they can be called by the workflow.


  1. Download the SCCM scripts package to the vCommander application server.
  2. Extract the scripts to C:\Scripts.


Note that this example includes retrieving the value for a list-type custom attribute called Install AV as an example of controlling the installation options. When you implement the solution, you will customize to your particular needs.

Next, create a Completion Workflow which uses these files in script steps.

  1. Browse to Configuration > Service Request Configuration and switch to the Completion Workflow tab.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Provide a Name and choose to Apply this workflow: after a VM is deployed. Click Next.


  4. Click Add > Wait for Event and configure the step as follows:



    Step Name: Guest OS Completion
    Step Execution:  Always execute
    Wait For:  Guest OS customization to complete
    Wait Time: 600 seconds
    Wait Time Exceeded:  Mark workflow step as failed: do not proceed


  5. Click Add > Wait for Event and configure the step as follows:

    Step Name: IP/DNS
    Step Execution:  Always execute
    Wait For:  Service to obtain IP address and DNS name
    Wait Time: 300 seconds
    Wait Time Exceeded:  Mark workflow step as failed: do not proceed

  6. Click Add > Guest OS > Run Program and configure the step as follows:


    Step Name: Create temp Dir.
    Step Execution: Always Execute
    Timeout: 300 seconds
    Credentials: Choose credentials with admin rights on the deployed VMs. Click Add Credentials to add a new user to the vCommander credentials library.
    Program Output: Capture program output as comment
    When Program Fails: Mark Workflow step as failed: do not proceed
    Command Line:  

    c:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command "& {  New-Item -Path c:\temp -ItemType directory}"

     

  7. Click Add > Guest OS > Create File and configure the step as follows:


    Step Name: Create File
    Step Execution: Always execute
    When Step Fails: Mark workflow step as failed: do not proceed
    Credentials: Choose credentials with admin rights on the deployed VMs. Click Add Credentials to add a new user to the vCommander credentials library.

    Contents:   
    Copy-Item \\svrad01.embotics.com\SoftwareDeployment\ccmsetup.cab -Destination c:\temp
Copy-Item \\svrad01.embotics.com\SoftwareDeployment\ccmsetup.exe -Destination c:\temp
Copy-Item \\svrad01.embotics.com\SoftwareDeployment\Installsccm.bat -Destination c:\temp
Copy-Item \\svrad01.embotics.com\SoftwareDeployment\ccmsetup.msi -Destination c:\temp
Write-Host 'copy SCCM Agent installer complete!'
Copy-Item \\svrad01.embotics.com\SoftwareDeployment\scepinstall.exe -Destination c:\temp
Write-Host 'copy AV installer complete!'
Copy-Item \\svrad01.embotics.com\SoftwareDeployment\AVG.exe -Destination c:\temp
Write-Host 'copy AVG installer complete!'

    Destination: c:\temp\copyfiles.ps1

    Overwrite: enabled

  8. Click Add > Guest OS > Run Program and configure the step as follows:


    Step Name: Run Download Script
    Step Execution: Always execute
    Timeout: 600 seconds
    Credentials: Choose credentials with admin rights on the deployed VMs. Click Add Credentials to add a new user to the vCommander credentials library.
    Program Output: Capture program output as comment
    When Program Fails: Mark workflow step as failed: do not proceed
    Command Line:  

    c:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command "& { c:\temp\copyfiles.ps1}"

     

  9. Click Add > Guest OS > Run Program and configure the step as follows:

    Step Name: Install SCCM client
    Step Execution: Always execute
    Timeout: 300 seconds
    Credentials: Choose credentials with admin on the deployed VMs. Click Add Credentials to add a new user to the vCommander credentials library.
    Program Output: Proceed to next workflow step
    Command Line:   
    c:\temp\ccmsetup.exe /forceinstall /Service /mp:fqdn.your_server.com /SMSSITECODE=YOW SMSSLP= /mp:fqdn.your_server.com SMSMP= /mp:fqdn.your_server.com SMSCACHESIZE=5240 DISABLESITEOPT=TRUE


  10.  Click Add > Wait for Event and configure the step as follows:

    Step Name: Wait for SCCM Client
    Step Execution: Always execute
    Wait For: Time to elapse
    Wait Time: 300 seconds

  11. Click Add >  Execute Script and configure the step as follows:

    Step Name: Add VM to collection
    Step Execution: Always execute
    Timeout: 300 seconds
    Script Output: Capture script output as comment
    When Step Fails: Mark workflow step as failed: do not proceed
    Command Line:   
    c:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command "& { c:\scripts\SCCMDirectAssignment.ps1 -SccmServer ‘ /mp:fqdn.your_server.com' -SiteCode 'YOW' -ADCredFile 'c:\scripts\credentials.xml' -ComputerName '#{target.dnsName}' -CollectionName 'demo collection'}"


  12. Click Add > Guest OS > Run Program and configure the step as follows:


    Step Name: Install AV if selected
    Step Execution: Execute when conditions are met



    Command Line:  

     

    #{target.settings.customAttribute['Install AV']} -eq Yes 

     

    Timeout: 200 seconds
    Credentials: Choose credentials with admin on the deployed VMs. Click Add Credentials to add a new user to the vCommander credentials library.
    Program Output: Capture program output as comment
    When Program Fails: Proceed to next workflow step

    Command Line:  

    c:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command "&{ Start-Process -FilePath “c:\temp\scepinstall.exe" -ArgumentList “/s /q”

     

  13. Click Add > Execute Script and configure the step as follows:


    Step Name: Update Collection
    Step Execution: Always Execute
    Timeout: 300 seconds
    Script Output: Capture script output as comment
    When Script Fails: Mark workflow step as failed: do not proceed
    Command Line:  

    c:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command "& { c:\scripts\UpdateCollectionMembership_demo.ps1}"

     

  14. Complete the wizard as appropriate and click Finish.