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SA (Solution Accelerators), 171
scalable configurations, 27-29
scheduling
rules, 172
Timed Event, 198
scopes, OC, 154
script and managed code, responses, creating with, 274
scripts
automatic alert response, 173
storage state monitoring, 212-213
Windows Server management packs
clustering services, 231
CPU overload, 213
Dell OpenManage, 260
DNS, absence of, 215
HP Integrity, 262
HP Proliant, 261
IBM Director UIM, 264
MP Notifier, 255
storage state monitoring, 212-213
SDM (System Definition Model), 9
Search criteria radio button, 54
secondary sites, SMS 2003, 66
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 240, 316
security
described, 281
Management Server agent proxying, 156
MOM
AAA, 314-315
best practices, 316-317
deploying agents and the agent action account, 313
described, 290-291, 311-313
discovery-based agent deployment, 313-314
IIS Lockdown tool, 315
IPSec, 315-316
manual-based "push" agent deployment, 314
security, 315
SMB packet signing, 316
SSL, 316
patches, need for, 122
SMS
accounts, 319
Active Directory support, 320
advanced security mode, 74
described, 290-291
IIS, 318
network, 318
operating system, 317
physical, 318-319
reporting, 352-355
security enhancements, 319-320
software update management feature, 282-285
SQL Server, 317
standard security mode, 73
WMI, 318
software update management
benefits of, 288-289
phases, 285-288
Windows Update, 323-324
WSUS
complex deployment model, 323
described, 320
simple deployment model, 321-322
Server Locator Point (SLP) system, 70
Server Moved Site script, Active Directory, 224
servers. See also individual server products listed by name
computer groups, WSUS installation, 139
heartbeat checking, 155
IIS Lockdown Wizard, running, 240
locations, WSUS, 137
Management, working with two, 153
Reporting component, 60-62
WSUS
computer groups, segregating into, 125
metadata, exporting, 142
synchronizing with Windows Update, 133-134
upstream and downstream design, 125-126
service accounts, 32
Service Availability script, SQL Server 2000, 252
Service Discovery script
IIS, 228
SQL Server 2000, 252
service level agreements (SLAs)
MOM 2005, 37
RC-Web, 308-309
service monitoring, 156
Service Pack Compliance script, SQL Server 2000, 252-253
service state, checking, Exchange Server 2000, 244
service(s) state front-end, checking, Exchange Server 2000, 245
Setup screen, MOM 2005 installation, 38-39
SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2003, 388
Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP), 241
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
described, 22
trap, automatic alert response, 173
Simple Value attribute, SMS report queries, 342-343
sites, SMS 2003
boundary, 65
CAP system, 70
DP system, 71-72
hierarchy, 66-69
MP system, 70-71
primary, 65-66
RP system, 72-73
secondary, 66
SLP system, 70
SLAs (service level agreements)
MOM 2005, 37
RC-Web, 308-309
SLP (Server Locator Point) system, 70
SMB packet signing, 316
SMP for Linux Server, 390
SMP–F5 Network BigIP F5, 390
SMS (Systems Management Server)
agents
hardware and software inventory, 185
installing, 183-184
software metering, 185-186
Remote Tools, 184
security
accounts, 319
Active Directory support, 320
IIS, 318
network, 318
operating system, 317
physical, 318-319
security enhancements, 319-320
SQL Server, 317
WMI, 318
WSUS, 29
SMS (Systems Management Server) 2003
Active Directory database integration, 74-75
benefits of, 2, 288-289
clients
advanced, 64
legacy, 64
collection queries, 21
described, 2-3, 13, 281, 387
distributed networks, upgrades and maintenance
across, 22-24
hardware and software inventories, 21-22
installation steps
Active Directory database, extending, 76-83
agents, 183-184
basic site configuration, 95
client, 107-111
computer discovery, 101-106
installing SMS 2003 SP1, 83-94
site system configuration, 95-101
MOM and, 290-291
with MOM and WSUS, 29
performance monitoring features, 24-25
phases, 285-288
prerequisites
hardware, 75
software, 75-76
security modes
advanced security mode, 74
standard security mode, 73
sites
boundary, 65
CAP system, 70
DP system, 71-72
hierarchy, 66-69
MP system, 70-71
primary, 65-66
RP system, 72-73
secondary, 66
SLP system, 70
software
metering data, 24
update management feature, 282-285
WSUS versus, 26
SMS (Systems Management Server) reports
creating
copying existing report, 365
described, 363-364
parameters, working with, 366-370
point, installing, 355-358
queries
creating simple, 334-338
criteria, using, 339-346
described, 328
exporting and importing, 347-352
pros and cons of, 327-328
running, 330-333
WMI, 328-330
reporting point, installing, 355-358
security
described, 352
settings, applying to query or report, 352-355
viewing reports, 358-363
SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol), 241
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
described, 22
trap, automatic alert response, 173
software deployment and management. See SMS
Software Update Services (SUS), 123
Software Updates Installation Agent, 23-24
software, WSUS prerequisites, 130-131
Solution Accelerators (SA), 171
Space Analysis script, SQL Server 2000, 253
SPS (SharePoint Portal Server) 2003, 388
SQL query reporting, 363-370
SQL Server 2000 (Microsoft)
Block Analysis script, 250
components, 250
Database Configuration Monitoring script, 250-251
Database Health script, 251
described, 385
installation, 248-249
Long Running Agent Jobs script, 251
Remote Connectivity Monitoring, 249
Remote Connectivity script, 251-252
Replication Monitoring script, 252
Service Availability script, 252
Service Discovery script, 252
Service Pack Compliance script, 252-253
SMS security, 317
Space Analysis script, 253
tasks, 253-254
as WSUS database, 127, 128
square brackets ([]), 152
square brackets with carat ([]), 152
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), 240, 316
startup tasks, Administrator console, 14-15
state
modeling, 5
monitoring, 212-213
OC view, 160
roll-up policy, 192
variable, updating, automatic alert response, 173
status reports, 141
storage
state monitoring scripts, 212-213
temporary, Management Server, 156
WSUS data, 129
storage state monitoring, scripts, 212-213
Subselected Values, SMS report queries, 344-345
SUS (Software Update Services), 123
System Center
described, 377-380
DPM, 386
roadmap, 383
System Definition Model (SDM), 9
Systems Management Server. See SMS; SMS 2003; SMS reports

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