The pull mode is desirable for many enterprises. While in pull mode, the Local Configuration Manager autonomously queries one or more pull servers for updated configurations, downloads them, and combines them with its Pending.mof.
At the time of writing, the pull mode has several, sometimes severe, drawbacks:
- The node status database can grow too large, bringing the pull server down.
- SQL Server cannot be used as a database without unsupported workarounds. These will be added in upcoming major versions of Windows Server.
- Reporting on the pull server is not possible without unsupported workarounds. These will be added in upcoming major versions of Windows Server.
- The pull server needs to be an IIS server.
To enable pull mode, you first of all need to set up a pull server. Fortunately, this can be done entirely with Desired State Configuration as well. You should keep the...
