People always gets confused when they look at the options available on the properties of the any package type available in the SCCM 2012 for the distribution. Whenever they try to distribute content, up on right click they see below two options available which we will try our best to clear any doubt on the same.
After right click on Package we get,
- Distribute content
- Update Distribution points
Let us first see on Distribute Content:
Distribute content as name suggest is for distributing contents of the package to the distribution points which are not already available for SCCM client to use for deployment. Which means whenever you create any package and trying to put content of that package to the distribution point very first time, we should always use Distribute Content.
In this we must select the Distributions Point where package to be added.
When we select Distribute content, we get list of the distribution point to select as shown in below screen,
Now let us see Update Distribute Point:
Update Distribute point should be used to update the contents which are already available on Distribution points. Lets us say there is one package which source files have to be modified for some reason then as package is already available on the DP’s and we want updated source package contents to be updated on distribution points then use the Update Distribution Point option. Up on selecting update distribution point all the Distribution point would be updated wherever package is already distributed.
In this rather selecting distribute content, we must select update distribution point up on right click on package.
When we select Update Distribution point we get below screen, Click OK to continue to update all Distribution Points in which package is already added.
Here important to note that once you click OK on above dialog box, process of updating package would start on all Distribution points on which Package is already added.
So in simple language if we have to understand this, then whenever we create any package use distribute content for first time to add package to Distribution Point and later on for some reason when we modify the content of the source of the same package then we have to use update distribute point.
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