The Content Distribution Monitor dashboard provides valuable information about your Distribution Point and assists in the management of content in your environment. This dashboard pulls information from your ConfigMgr database.
To view the dashboard in your Configuration Manager console, expand the Recast Software node in the navigation panel and select Right Click Tools > Content Distribution Monitor.
For a video walkthrough, see Content Distribution Monitor on the Recast Software YouTube channel.
Content Distribution Monitor Charts
Global Distribution Status: Displays individual distribution points in your environment, as well as their distribution status. Successful, Error, and In Progress distributions are shown.
The section to the right of the chart displays information for the distribution point selected on the left. You can also Refresh the information to show any changes, and Redistribute Failed Content Transfers for the distribution point.
Click on a segment of the chart to view details in the bottom section.
Results can be downloaded by clicking Export to CSV at the bottom right of the page.
Actionable Results
You can run Right Click Tools actions for a single or multi-selected devices.
Actions commonly run against this dashboard:
Recast Permissions
| Administration | GetAllSettings |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetFailedContentOnDistributionPoint |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetAllContentStatus |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetAllDistributedContent |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetFailedContentOnDistributionPoint |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetDistributionPointContent |
| ConfigMgrServer | ContentDetails |
| ConfigMgrServer | AddContentToDistributionPoint |
| ConfigMgrServer | RedistributeContenttoDistributionPoint |
| ConfigMgrServer | RemoveContentfromDistributionPoint |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetContentStatus |
| ConfigMgrServer | UpdateContent |
| ConfigMgrServer | ValidateContentonDistributionPoint |
| ConfigMgrServer | GetDistributionPointConfigurationStatus |