With the release candidate of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager a new Prerequisite check tool was released. In earlier versions of Configuration Manager, the prerequisite check was always embedded in the setup.exe (or setupwpf.exe). Let’s have a look at the option of the new tool.
You are able to find the Prerequisite tool in the following location, <Configuration Manager install Source>SMSSetupBinX64 the executable is called prereqchk.exe
The prereqchk.exe comes with the following parameters;
| Parameter | Explanation |
| /NOUI | Runs the Prerequisite Checker without displaying the user interface. You must specify this option before any other options. |
| /CAS | Checks if the local computer meets the requirements for a central administration site. Cannot be combined with the /SEC parameter. |
| /PRI | Checks if the local computer meets the requirements for a primary site. Cannot be combined with the /SEC parameter. |
| /SEC <FQDN of the secondary site> | Checks if the local computer meets the requirements for a secondary site. Cannot be combined with the /CAS or /PRI parameters. |
| /INSTALLSQLEXPRESS | Checks if SQL Express can be installed on the server. This parameter is only used with the /SEC parameter. |
| /SQL <FQDN of the (remote) SQL Server> | Checks if the specified computers meets the requirements to be able to install SQL Server to host the Configuration Manager 2012 database. This parameter is only used with the /CAS or /PRI parameters. |
| /SDK <FQDN of the SMS Provider> | Checks if the specified computers meets the requirements to be able to install SMS provider. This parameter is only used with the /CAS or /PRI parameters. |
| /JOIN <FQDN of the central administration site> | Checks if the local computer meets the requirements to be able to connect to the central administration site. This parameter can only be used with the /PRI parameter. |
| /MP <FQDN of the management point> | Checks if the specified computers meets the requirements to be able to install Management Point. |
| /DP <FQDN of the distribution point> | Checks if the specified computers meets the requirements to be able to install Distribution Point. |
| /ADMINUI | Checks if the specified computers meets the requirements to be able to install Configuration Manager console. This parameter cannot be used in combination of an other parameter. |
Some examples are;
If you want to check your workstation if you are able to install the Configuration Manager console you can try to use the following command line:
prereqchk.exe /ADMINUI
If you want to check if your server can be installed as a Secondary Site execute the following command line:
prereqchk.exe /SEC /installsqlexpress
