Fallback status point

Fallback status point is a server role that allows you to collect data about the ConfigMgr client installation's progress as well as issues about assigning clients to sites and communication with the management point. For these reasons, this role is always highly recommended for installation.

Depending on where the role is installed, the administrators need to pick the Add Site System Roles or Create Site System Server option in the wizard and choose Fallback status point as a role to be installed. The configuration of this role is fairly easy and comes down to choosing values for two options--how many communications the role should process, and in what time intervals.

The installation of this role process is quite fast, and the status of the installation process can be checked using Status Messages Queries in the Administration\System Status\Status Message Queries tab. On the aforementioned tab, the administrator needs to choose All Status Message and then Show Messages; the ConfigMgr console should now show all status messages related to a particular server.

To check the status of SMS_FALLBACK_STATUS_POINT, the administrator needs to find this component and then look for information that the component has been successfully started.