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Hi Everyone,
Hope everyone is doing great and being safe!
I need your assistance regarding an issue that I am currently working on where we have heavy applications in GBS that we are trying to install on a machine with the help of a task sequence.
The Total Size of all the applications combined would be more than 50GB and we have deployed the task sequence in available mode on a testing collection with 2 machines however we have waited for some time but still, task sequence is not available in software center under application TAB.
We have checked the device and removed other uses logged into it leaving the current one to avoid conflicting, also the date and time of the device are as per the local time. We have also checked and under the scheduling tab, we did not select UTC timezone to make this TS available ASAP in the software center.
I have checked the policy agent with the deployment ID of task sequence and it's started downloading the policy of that deployment however Can someone help me with the steps that I should keep in mind while tracking the deployment of the application using task sequence stepwise so I could know things are happening just fine and track it?
Regards,
Shashi Dubey
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Yes if multiple users are signed into the device, package and task sequence deployments may not appear in Software Center. Sometimes, restarting the device or moving the device out of the current collection and then adding it to the collection again will have different results.
You can also monitor the deployment status of your task sequence in the Monitoring/Deployments of Configuration Manager console.
In addition, starting in version 1906, the task sequence debugger is a new troubleshooting tool. You deploy a task sequence in debug mode to a small collection. It lets you step through the task sequence in a controlled manner to aid troubleshooting and investigation.
As for how to deploy complex applications using task sequences, I hope the following information is helpful to you. Starting in version 2002, you can install complex applications using task sequences via the application model. Add a task sequence deployment type to an app either to install or uninstall the app. What needs our attention is:
You can only add a non-OS deployment task sequence as a deployment type on an app. High-impact, OS deployment, or OS upgrade task sequences aren't supported.
Make sure your user account have permission to read task sequences.
Don't use the Install Application step in this task sequence. Use the Install Package step to install apps.
You can't yet deploy an app task sequence to a user collection
The task sequence deployment type is a pre-release feature, so you need to enable it first.
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Hi Larry,
Thanks a ton for reaching out to me on this and my apology to have seen this just now !!
The above explanation made my concept crystal clear but just want your expertise regarding one more query so I could implement the same in my production as per your guidance.
Can we use the step install package and choose an application in that step to install and would it just perfectly fine in a custom task sequence for the application installation using the install package step.
Hope to have your expertise in clearing this up.
Regards,
Shashi Dubey