Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Administrator's Companion (It-Administrators Companion)

Steven D. Kaczmarek, Microsoft Press

ISBN:0735608342, Edition: , 2000-04

Price: $59.99

Contents

• Cover
  • LOC Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Part I: Installation, Planning, and Management
  • Part II: Resource Discovery, Client Installation, and Remote Control
  • Part III: Software and Package Management
  • Part IV: Site Database Maintenance and Recovery
  • Part V: Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 and Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Appendixes
  • Companion CDs
• Part I: Installation, Planning and Management
  • Chapter 1 -- Overview
    • What Is Systems Management Server 2.0?
    • Features and Functions
    • Understanding WBEM and WMI
    • What's Changed Since Systems Management Server 1.2?
    • Summary
  • Chapter 2 -- Primary Site Installation
    • Planning Considerations
    • Preinstallation Requirements
    • Installing a Primary Site Server
    • Modifying the Installation
    • Server Modifications After Installation
    • Navigating the SMS Administrator Console
    • Removing a Primary Site
    • Summary
  • Chapter 3 -- Site Systems
    • Defining and Configuring the SMS Site
    • Site Configuration Process Flow
    • Monitoring Status and Flow
    • Defining and Configuring Site Systems
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
  • Chapter 4 -- Multiple-Site Structures
    • Defining Parent-Child Relationships
    • Developing Site Hierarchies
    • Communicating Through Senders
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5 -- Analysis and Troubleshooting Tools
    • Working with Status Messages
    • Understanding Status Summarizers
    • Filtering Status Messages
    • Working with Status Message Queries
    • Status Message Process Flow
    • Using SMS Service Manager
    • Using SMS Trace
    • Summary
  • Chapter 6 -- System Performance and Network Analysis
    • Performance Monitor
    • HealthMon
    • Network Trace
    • Event to Trap Translator
    • Network Monitor
    • Summary
• Part II: Resource Discovery, Client Installation, and Remote Control
  • Chapter 7 -- Resource Discovery
    • Overview
    • Resource Discovery Methods
    • Discovery Data Manager
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8 -- Client Installation Methods
    • Site Assignment
    • Client Installation Process Flow
    • Installation Methods
    • Understanding and Managing the Client Configuration
    • Removing Systems Management Server from the Client
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
  • Chapter 9 -- Inventory Collection
    • Hardware Inventory
    • Software Inventory
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10 -- Remote Control of Client Systems
    • Configuring a Client for Remote Control
    • Client Protocol Considerations
    • Exploring Remote Tools Functions
    • Remote Tools Session Process Flow
    • Monitoring Status and Flow
    • Resource Kit Utilities
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
• Part III: Software and Package Management
  • Chapter 11 -- Collections
    • Defining Collections
    • Creating Collections
    • Updating Collections
    • Collections and the SMS Site Hierarchy
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
  • Chapter 12 -- Package Distribution and Management
    • Defining Package Distribution
    • Creating Packages for Distribution
    • Configuring the Software Distribution Component
    • Distribute Software Wizard
    • Creating an Advertisement
    • Configuring the Client
    • Monitoring Status
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
  • Chapter 13 -- Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer 2.0
    • Overview
    • Installing Systems Management Server Installer 2.0
    • Systems Management Server Installer 2.0 Tools
    • Creating Installation Scripts
    • Modifying Installation Scripts Using the Installation Expert
    • Modifying Installation Scripts Using Script Editor
    • Testing and Compiling the Installation Script
    • Rolling Back and Uninstalling a Scripted Installation
    • Updates to Systems Management Server Installer 2.0
    • Summary
  • Chapter 14 -- Software Metering
    • Overview
    • Configuring Software Metering
    • Configuring the Software Metering Client Agent
    • Using the Software Metering Tool
    • Monitoring Status and Flow
    • Creating Reports and Interpreting Data
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
• Part IV: Site Database Maintenance and Recovery
  • Chapter 15 -- Queries and Reports
    • Queries
    • Reports
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
  • Chapter 16 -- Security
    • NTFS Security
    • Accounts and Groups
    • Permissions and Security Objects
    • Custom SMS Administrator Consoles
    • Summary
  • Chapter 17 -- Disaster Recovery
    • Database Maintenance
    • Scheduling Maintenance Tasks
    • Backup Process Flow
    • Backing Up the Site Through Systems Management Server
    • Recovering the SMS Site
    • Restoring Site Systems
    • Summary
  • Chapter 18 -- Maintaining the Database Through Microsoft SQL Server
    • SQL Server Components
    • SMS Database Components
    • SQL Server Management Tools
    • Database Maintenance
    • Backing Up and Restoring the Database
    • Modifying SQL Server Parameters
    • Checkpoints
    • Summary
• Part V: Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 and Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Chapter 19 -- Migration Issues
    • Planning the Site Structure
    • Maintaining Mixed Sites Within the Same Site Structure
    • Upgrading to Systems Management Server 2.0
    • Post-Upgrade Tasks
    • Summary
  • Chapter 20 -- Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
    • IntelliMirror and Systems Management Server 2.0
    • Using Systems Management Server 2.0 to Deploy Windows 2000
    • Leveraging Product Compliance
    • Looking to the Future
    • Summary
• Part VI: Appendixes
  • Appendix A -- Backup Control File
  • Appendix B -- Recommended Web Sites
    • http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt
    • http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/
    • http://www.swynk.com
    • http://www.computingedge.com
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