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Cloud Distribution Point (Part-2)

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For installing and configuring Cloud Distribution Point Setup, refer to Cloud Distribution Point (Part1):  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/37914.cloud-distribution-point-part-1.aspx 

In Part-2 we'll discuss about DNS configuration and client setting required for content download on client side along with content distribution to Cloud DP. 

Configuring DNS for Cloud Distribution Point

  • Log in to your Windows Azure Portal. https://portal.azure.com

  • Select Cloud Services from the menu on the left-hand side.

  • From the list of cloud services, click on the service name that represents your cloud distribution point. This will open the cloud service dashboard. On the right-hand side of the dashboard, copy the site URL information (http://9363be116716466a98d8bde9.cloudapp.net/) 

            

  • Now Open DNS Manager and in the Forward Lookup Zones, create a CName record.

  • For the alias name, enter CloudDP and for the FQDN of the target host, enter the site URL of your Windows Azure that we copied in Step 3. 

              

Configure client settings

A device or user must have Allow Access to cloud distribution points set to Yes in the client setting of Cloud Services before a device or user can access content from a cloud-based distribution point. By default, this value is set to No.

                                                          

Now, Clients will be able to download content from Cloud Distribution Point. 

**A successful content distribution to Azure DP will have following resemblance **

Distmgr.log

Adding package '00100007' to package processing queue. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:39 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
Currently using 0 out of 3 allowed package processing threads. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:39 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
Started package processing thread for package '00100007', thread ID = 0xDA0 (3488) SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
Sleep 3600 seconds... SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
STATMSG: ID=2300 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=PRI-IND.India.com SITE=001 PID=1504 TID=3488 GMTDATE=Thu May 25 03:25:40.507 2017 ISTR0="Test Pkg" ISTR1="00100007" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=1 AID0=400 AVAL0="00100007" SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
No action specified for the package 00100007, however there may be package server changes for this package. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
Start adding package 00100007 to server ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\.. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
Created DP processing thread 2636 for addition or update of package 00100007 on server ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
Waiting for all DP threads to complete for package 00100007 processing thread. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
DP Thread: Attempting to add or update package 00100007 on DP ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2636 (0x0A4C)
STATMSG: ID=2342 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=PRI-IND.India.com SITE=001 PID=1504 TID=2636 GMTDATE=Thu May 25 03:25:40.567 2017 ISTR0="Test Pkg" ISTR1="["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=2 AID0=400 AVAL0="00100007" AID1=404 AVAL1="["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2636 (0x0A4C)
["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ is a cloud distribution point. Will attempt to upload the package to this Cloud distribution point SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2636 (0x0A4C)
Created package transfer job to send package 00100007 to distribution point ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2636 (0x0A4C)
STATMSG: ID=2357 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=PRI-IND.India.com SITE=001 PID=1504 TID=2636 GMTDATE=Thu May 25 03:25:40.709 2017 ISTR0="00100007" ISTR1="["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=2 AID0=400 AVAL0="00100007" AID1=404 AVAL1="["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:40 AM 2636 (0x0A4C)
All DP threads have completed for package 00100007 processing thread. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:50 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
Package 00100007 does not have a preferred sender. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
The package and/or program properties for package 00100007 have not changed,  need to determine which site(s) need updated package info. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
CDistributionSrcSQL::UpdateAvailableVersion PackageID=00100007, Version=1, Status=2301 SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
StoredPkgVersion (1) of package 00100007. StoredPkgVersion in database is 1. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
SourceVersion (1) of package 00100007. SourceVersion in database is 1. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
STATMSG: ID=2301 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=PRI-IND.India.com SITE=001 PID=1504 TID=3488 GMTDATE=Thu May 25 03:25:51.218 2017 ISTR0="Test Pkg" ISTR1="00100007" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=1 AID0=400 AVAL0="00100007" SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
Exiting package processing thread for package 00100007. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:51 AM 3488 (0x0DA0)
Currently using 0 out of 3 allowed package processing threads. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:56 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
Sleep 3600 seconds... SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:55:56 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
Processing incoming file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\distmgr.box\INCOMING\M3189HWQ.STA. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:30 AM 2484 (0x09B4)
Processing STA for regular DP ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:30 AM 2484 (0x09B4)
Processing status update for package 00100007 SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:30 AM 2484 (0x09B4)
Successfully updated the package server status for ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ for package 00100007, Status 0 SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:30 AM 2484 (0x09B4)
Successfully delete package status file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\distmgr.box\INCOMING\M3189HWQ.STA SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:30 AM 2484 (0x09B4)
Currently using 0 out of 3 allowed package processing threads. SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:35 AM 2884 (0x0B44)
Sleep 3600 seconds... SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:35 AM 2884 (0x0B44)

**PkgXferMgr.log **

Found send request with ID: 2, Package: 00100007, Version:1, Priority: 2, Destination: CLOUDDP.INDIA.COM, DPPriority: 200 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:05 AM 3020 (0x0BCC)
Created sending thread (Thread ID = 0x3C8) SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:05 AM 3020 (0x0BCC)
No (more) send requests found to process. SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:05 AM 3020 (0x0BCC)
Waiting for new/rescheduled send requests, Maximum Sleep Time = 20 minutes SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:05 AM 3020 (0x0BCC)
Waiting for new/rescheduled send requests, Maximum Sleep Time = 20 minutes SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:05 AM 3020 (0x0BCC)
Sending thread starting for Job: 2, package: 00100007, Version: 1, Priority: 2, server: CLOUDDP.INDIA.COM, DPPriority: 200 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:25 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Sent status to the distribution manager for pkg 00100007, version 1, status 0 and distribution point ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:26 AM 968 (0x03C8)
["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ is a cloud distribution point. Will attempt to upload the package to this Cloud distribution point SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:26 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Start uploading package with ID 00100007 to the cloud distribution point ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:26 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Copying package 00100007 to the package share location \?\C:\SMSPKGSIG\00100007 on the server PRI-IND.India.com SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:26 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Found Proxy Information. Use Proxy : False Proxy Address : , Proxy Port : 0, Anonymous Access : True, User Name : SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:26 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Clearing the proxy as no proxy address has been set SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:26 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Storage access verified SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:37 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Deleted container 00100007. SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:43 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Algorithm KeySize (in Bits) = 256, BlockSize (in Bits) = 128 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:46 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Storage access verified SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:56:48 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Package upload location is https://9363be116716466a98d8bde9.blob.core.windows.net/content-00100007 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:57:35 AM 968 (0x03C8)
About to upload files from package source directory C:\SMSPKGSIG\00100007 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:57:35 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Number of files uploaded: 1 to https://9363be116716466a98d8bde9.blob.core.windows.net/content-00100007 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:13 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Failed to generate contentinfo for the package. BranchCache feature might not be turned on. SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:21 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Successfully uploaded package ID 00100007 to the cloud distribution point ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ ContentURL = https://CLOUDDP.INDIA.COM/downloadrestservice.svc/getcontentxmlsecure?pid=00100007&cid=00100007 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:21 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Finished sending SWD package 00100007 version 1 to distribution point CLOUDDP.INDIA.COM SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:22 AM 968 (0x03C8)
STATMSG: ID=8200 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER" SYS=PRI-IND.India.com SITE=001 PID=1504 TID=968 GMTDATE=Thu May 25 03:28:22.447 2017 ISTR0="00100007" ISTR1="1" ISTR2="CLOUDDP.INDIA.COM" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=2 AID0=400 AVAL0="00100007" AID1=410 AVAL1="1" SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:22 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Sent status to the distribution manager for pkg 00100007, version 1, status 3 and distribution point ["Display=\CloudDP.India.com\]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=001"]\CloudDP.India.com\ SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:22 AM 968 (0x03C8)
Sending thread complete SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:22 AM 968 (0x03C8)
No (more) send requests found to process. SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 5/25/2017 8:58:22 AM 3020 (0x0BCC)

On Azure Portal, we can verify the content distribution under Azure Storage Account Service

                                                             

                                                           

On client side, refer to CAS.log, ContentTransferManager.log and DataTransferService.log for content download from Cloud Distribution Point. 

That's it !! Please free to leave a comment below for further queries.