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Manually remove SCCM 2007

I made an attempt to move from Forefront 2007 + WSUS to Forefront 2010 + SCCM. I had to abandon the project for a couple weeks. Then I noticed that our servers started complaining of outdated Forefront definitions and it looks like they've not reported to the WSUS server for a while. At this point I am wanting to take SCCM completely out of the picture and get the original setup working properly again. I get an error when trying to do an uninstall of SCCM so instead of doing it that way I shutdown the server and removed the System Management object from Active Directory. On a couple servers I have run sccmsetup /uninstall but they still haven't synced back up with the WSUS server. Is there something else I need to do to remove SCCM or is it just a matter of time for things to sync back up. I am also concerned that the SCCM client was deployed via our WSUS server and that it will continue to redeploy it even when I manually remove it. I've tried but have been unsuccessful in finding the client in the WSUS update list.

merowinger

1. uninstall the client with ccmsetup.exe /uninstall
2. Make sure the WSUS Group Policy is configured to point the clients back to the WSUS Server

ghfllc

ASKER

I have already done that. When the client polls the WSUS server it is told to reinstall the SCCM client again.

merowinger

Can you disable the deployment of the SCCM Agent via WSUS?
Unapprove the Patch?

ghfllc

ASKER

I would if I knew how to find the patch in WSUS.

merowinger

I think it's integrated with this methode or?
http://blogcastrepository.com/blogs/kim_oppalfenss_systems_management_ideas/archive/2007/05/19/sccm-2007-client-agent-deployment-using-software-updates.aspx

ghfllc

ASKER

That is the process I went through to install the patch yo WSUS. But my SCCM server is no longer functioning so I cannot use it to uninstall the patch.

merowinger

you can decline the patch within wsus

ghfllc

ASKER

Do you know what the patch is called in WSUS?

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ghfllc

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Thanks. That link and the ones it contained helped me down the right path. First I needed to install SQL Management Studio on our WSUS server so I could query the local database.

http://projectdream.org/wordpress/2007/05/10/wsus-v3-and-connections-to-its-internal-database/

Then I executed the following query to find the SCCM update.

select * from tbupdate where (islocallypublished = 1)

After manually following several levels of foreign key constraints I was able to remove the update from the database. I rebooted the server and clients are no longer picking up the SCCM client.

merowinger

allright that's great.