Pull Distribution point can help reduce the processing load on the site server and can help to speed the transfer of the content to each distribution point. One other need to use Pull Distribution Point could be because you require more than 250 Distribution point from a single Primary site. Using Pull DPs comes with certain limits compared to using a standard DP. In previous post we covered How to manage your Distribution Points with Collections in large environment. Based on those collections, it’s possible to manage network impact while distributing content to Pull DP. This post will explain how limit SCCM 2012 Pull Distribution Point bandwidth. Pull Distribution Point Bandwidth Limitation Differences Rate Limits One of the key feature missing from Pull DP is the ability to use rate limits. The tab is not even visible for Pull DP properties. To check the Full DP Properties, navigate in your console to Administration / Site Configuration / Servers and Site … Read More
How to manage your Distribution Points with Collections
Do you have a high number of distribution point in your SCCM environment? Managing large SCCM environment with many Distribution Point or Pull Distribution Point is not an easy task. We’ve done a great post on 8 ways to monitor your Distribution Point, it was most related to the console monitoring and reports. We also provided a report to manage content on your Distribution Point. Additionally, you can use collections to regroup Distribution Point based on specific information. The advantage of using collections is that an action that can be taken based on the membership. (compliance settings, applications, etc.) This post will explain various tips to improve your day to day SCCM Distribution Point Management. Collection query to get all Distribution Points First of all, we will create a collection to keep track of computers acting as Distribution Point or to target members of a Distribution Points Group. Create a new collection and use this … Read More
Set an HTTPS Distribution Point as a Source DP for Pull DP
I worked in an environment where all DP are set to communicate with HTTPS. When trying to add a DP as a pull DP source, you get this : Technet is specifying that “Only distribution points that support HTTP can be specified as a source distribution points when you use the Configuration Manager console” http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712321.aspx You can configure a pull-distribution point when you install the distribution point or after it is installed by editing the properties of the distribution point site system role. A distribution point that you configure as a pull-distribution point can transfer content to clients by HTTP or HTTPS. When you configure the pull-distribution point, you must specify one or more source distribution points. Only distribution points that qualify to be source distribution points are displayed. Only distribution points that support HTTP can be specified as a source distribution points when you use the Configuration Manager console. … Read More