There are various tasks that you can use to verify that System Center 2012 Configuration Manager clients have been successfully installed and assigned to a site. There are further tasks that you can use to ensure that clients remain managed.
Use the following procedures to help you monitor Configuration Manager clients and devices:
- To use reports to
verify Configuration Manager client deployment
- To use client status
to monitor Configuration Manager client computers that run
Windows
For information about how to configure client status, see How to Configure Client Status in Configuration Manager.
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Some client reports require that clients are assigned to a fallback status point. For more information about the fallback status point, see Determine Whether You Require a Fallback Status Point.Client status information is updated, by default, one time a day. You can modify this interval in the Schedule Client Status Update dialog box. For more information, see How to Configure Client Status in Configuration Manager. |
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For Configuration Manager SP1 only: For information about using reports to view information clients that run Linux and UNIX, see the How to use Reports to View Information for Linux and UNIX Servers section in the How to Monitor Linux and UNIX Clients in Configuration Manager topic. |
To use reports to verify Configuration Manager client deployment
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In the Configuration Manager console, click Monitoring.
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In the Monitoring workspace, expand Reporting, and then click Reports.
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In the Reports pane, click the Category heading to order the reports by type:
- For client deployment, use the Client
Information and Client Push folders
- For client status, use the Client
Status folder.
- For mobile devices, use the Mobile
Devices folder
- For client deployment, use the Client
Information and Client Push folders
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Click the report that you want to run, and then on the Home tab, in the Report Group group, click Run.
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In the report name pane, click View Report.
To use client status to monitor Configuration Manager client computers that run Windows
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In the Configuration Manager console, click Monitoring.
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In the Monitoring workspace, expand Client Status.
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In the Client Status node, review the following information:
- Overall Client Status – Displays
high-level information about computers in your hierarchy that might
be experiencing problems. You can click any item on the list to
create a temporary collection under the Devices node of the
Assets and Compliance workspace. When you click the
temporary collection, a list of computers with the status you
selected is displayed together with further information that can
help you to troubleshoot problems.
- Most Frequent Client Check Errors –
Displays a graph that shows the most frequent reasons why client
computers failed client checks.
- Overall Client Status – Displays
high-level information about computers in your hierarchy that might
be experiencing problems. You can click any item on the list to
create a temporary collection under the Devices node of the
Assets and Compliance workspace. When you click the
temporary collection, a list of computers with the status you
selected is displayed together with further information that can
help you to troubleshoot problems.
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In the Client Activity node, review the following information:
- Client activity for all devices –
Displays a chart showing active computers, inactive computers and
computers with no Configuration Manager client installed. Click a
section of the pie chart to create a temporary collection under the
Devices node of the Assets and Compliance workspace.
When you click the temporary collection, a list of computers with
the status you selected is displayed together with further
information that can help you to troubleshoot problems.
- Client activity trend for all clients
– Displays a graph showing client activity over a specified period.
You can configure the time period to display from the Client
activity period drop-down list.
Note If you want to build an accurate Trends graph, do not configure the client status update recurrence interval to be longer than 1 day.
- Client activity for all devices –
Displays a chart showing active computers, inactive computers and
computers with no Configuration Manager client installed. Click a
section of the pie chart to create a temporary collection under the
Devices node of the Assets and Compliance workspace.
When you click the temporary collection, a list of computers with
the status you selected is displayed together with further
information that can help you to troubleshoot problems.
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In the Client Check node, review the following information:
- Client check results for all devices –
Displays a chart showing computers that passed client check,
computers that failed client check, computers that have not
reported results and computers with no Configuration Manager client
installed. Click a section of the pie chart to create a temporary
collection under the Devices node of the Assets and
Compliance workspace. When you click the temporary collection,
a list of computers with the status you selected is displayed
together with further information that can help you to troubleshoot
problems and you can click the Client Check Detail tab in
the details pane to discover any remediation actions that
Configuration Manager took.
Note Client status does not summarize or display data for computers that have been marked as obsolete in the Configuration Manager database. - Client check trend for all active
clients – Displays a graph showing client computers that passed
client check over a specified period. You can configure the time
period to display from the Client check period drop-down
list.
- Client check results for all devices –
Displays a chart showing computers that passed client check,
computers that failed client check, computers that have not
reported results and computers with no Configuration Manager client
installed. Click a section of the pie chart to create a temporary
collection under the Devices node of the Assets and
Compliance workspace. When you click the temporary collection,
a list of computers with the status you selected is displayed
together with further information that can help you to troubleshoot
problems and you can click the Client Check Detail tab in
the details pane to discover any remediation actions that
Configuration Manager took.
Additionally, you can use Configuration Manager reports to find out more information about the status of clients in your hierarchy. Client status reports have the category of Client Status. For more information about how to run reports, see Reporting in Configuration Manager.