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.ICO files, 468
ICP (International Client Pack), 182
Identify phase of patch management, 511–12, 520–24
identifying IT assets, 513
IDMIF files
creating, 355–56
creation of Badmifs folder, 342
sample, 355
uses for, 353
viewing, 356
IIS (Internet Information Services), 44
Imaging method, 307
importing reports, 647
Inbox Manager, 122–23, 395
Inbox Manager Assistant, 122–23
indexes, 738
informational messages, 197–98
Input Query Value dialog box, 639
Install.log, 600
installation agent settings for updates, 546–47
Installation and Operation Release Notes, 73
Installation Expert, 562–64
about, 562
adding files to script, 578
changing Registry settings, 581–82
compiler for, 563–64
creating installation scripts, 565–72
custom installation scripts, 563
editing file associations for scripts, 580
installation attributes of, 572, 579, 582–85
installing drivers for database support, 579
modifying installation scripts, 572–86
packaging script files, 562–63
sample script, 594–95
selecting optional components for installation, 578
Test and Run tools, 564
user interface for, 565
Installation Interface dialog box, 573–77
Installation Options page
Client Push Installation Wizard, 312
SMS Setup Wizard, 53, 60, 68–69, 154
installation scripts
adding files to, 578
changing Registry settings, 581–82
creating, 565–72
custom, 563
editing file associations for, 580
Installation Expert modifications to, 572–86
modifications with Script Editor, 586–95
modifying Autoexec.bat files, 583
packaging, 562–63
performing silent installations, 575, 584
rolling back and uninstalling, 597–601
running on reference computer, 564
sample, 594–95
selecting optional components for installation, 578
testing and compiling, 563–64, 596–97
Installation Source Files page (Create Secondary Site Wizard), 146–47
Installer. See SMS Installer
Installer Step-up Utility (ISU), 555, 592–93
Recovery Expert, 719
SMS Installer, 557–62
Software Update Scanning Tools, 532–36
updates with Ohotfix.exe, 548–49
installing clients, 303–28
about, 307–8
Active Directory group policy method, 318
Client Push Installation method, 308–13
computer imaging method, 319
Logon Script Initiated method, 307, 314–15
manual installation, 315–17
software distribution method, 318
installing primary site servers, 27–85. See also Setup
considerations before, 34–36
express vs. custom installation, 48–51
hardware requirements, 43–44
installation options, 45–48
planning SMS implementation, 27–36
precautions on clustered servers, 45
preinstallation requirements, 36–45
running setup, 51–65
server modifications after SMS installation, 72–77
software requirements, 44–45
SQL Server installation before SMS, 37
SQL Server requirements, 36–42
tuning SQL Server for SMS, 40–41
unattended installation for, 47–48
installing secondary sites, 144–60
installation process flow for, 156–57
installing from parent primary site, 144–50
locally from SMS CD, 150–56
instance security rights
assigning to users, 680–83
defined, 102, 672
setting object instance permissions, 678–80
International Client Pack (ICP), 182
Internet Information Services (IIS), 44
interoperability. See mixed-version environments
Inventoried File Properties dialog box, 358–59
inventory collection, 335–67. See also hardware inventory; software inventory
client requirements and inventory frequency, 340–41, 362–63
collecting and displaying network resources, 13–15
customizing hardware inventory, 350–56
enabling, 337–40, 357–62
hardware inventory overview, 335–37
hardware resynchronization, 342–43
inventory scheduling unchanged by resync, 343
MIF files, 336
process flow, 341–42, 363–64
purpose of, 335
resynchronizing software inventory, 364
software inventory overview, 356–57
spotting and correcting problems with, 367
status messages and log files, 343–48, 365
viewing hardware inventory, 348–50
viewing software inventory, 366
Inventory Collection tab (Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box), 358
Inventory Data Loader, 342–43
Inventory Names tab (Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box), 360–61
Inventoryagent.log file, 345
IP addresses as site boundaries, 304–5
IPX site boundaries, 23
ISDN RAS Sender, 165–66, 187
ISU (Installer Step-up Utility), 555, 592–93


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