maintenance
backing up site database and strategic
files,
706–12
configuring Backup SMS Site Server task,
709–10
general database tasks,
696–97
monthly database tasks,
699
rationale for database,
695–96
Manage Distribution Points Wizard,
717–18
Management Information Format (MIF) files.
See MIF (Management Information Format)
files
Management Point Properties dialog box,
132
Management Point tab (Site System Properties
dialog box),
130
additional requirements for site system
as,
114
configuring secondary site as,
159
management point component configuration,
131–32
NTFS folder permissions,
661
requirements for site servers,
44
role in packaging distribution,
439–40
membership for collections
Membership Rules tab (Collection Properties
dialog box),
414,
418
memory
configuring SQL Server,
41
memory allocation for SQL Server,
750
requirements with SMS and SQL Server on
same server,
38
site server requirements,
44
Microsoft Internet Information Services
(IIS),
44
Microsoft Office Inventory Tool for Updates,
532
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) process
model,
509–10
Microsoft Operations Framework
Self-Assessment Tool,
519
Microsoft SMS 2003 CD
installing primary sites from,
45–46
running Recovery Expert from,
46
secondary site installations from,
150–56
Microsoft SMS Installer Installation Wizard,
558–61
backing up before upgrade,
760
handling incompatible features before
upgrade,
760
planning mixed-version environments,
758–59
premigration considerations,
756
running Deployment Readiness Wizard,
8,
761–67
site data propagation after migration,
769
application management in,
18–19
building patch management infrastructure,
514–16
command-line switches for installation,
46–47
desktop administration available in,
5–6
diagnosis and troubleshooting tools,
15–18
enhancements and changes to,
21–25
features and functions of,
5–19
features installed during setup,
49–50
initialization file for,
47–48
installation options,
45–48
installing with SMS Setup Wizard,
46,
51–65
inventory and resource management with,
13–15
knowledge of SQL Server required for,
733–34
operating systems supported by,
7
package distribution,
17–18
planning functions for implementation,
32–34
planning implementation of,
27–36
precautions for clustered server
installations,
45
security mode changes,
21
site data propagation after migration,
769
SMS 2.0 features no longer supported,
23–24
SQL Server requirements for,
36–42
system clock synchronization,
41–42
tuning SQL Server for,
40–41
Microsoft Web site
Windows Server 2003 page,
788
Microsoft Windows operating systems
Control Panel changes with SMS
installation,
321–22
identifying for programs in package,
456
platforms supporting clients,
7
recommendations for Legacy Client,
307
requirements for site servers,
44–45
restarting NT 4.0 client before remote
functionality enabled,
390
SQL Server 7 unsupported on Windows Server
2003,
8
systems unsupported by SMS,
23
updating Windows XP Professional to use
Status Message Viewer,
207
Windows 98 client diagnostic tools,
386–87
Windows NT/Windows 2000 domain model and
network infrastructure planning,
29
MIF Collection tab (Hardware Inventory
Client Agent Properties dialog box),
338–39
MIF (Management Information Format)
files
creation of Badmifs folder,
342
customizing hardware inventory with,
350,
352–53
reporting status information for packages,
445,
464
setting default values for,
338–39
planning site structure,
755–68
running Deployment Readiness Wizard,
761–67
site data propagation,
769
upgrading primary sites,
770–73
upgrading secondary sites,
773–74
mixed-version environments
client platforms supported,
757
Service Packs supporting,
758
site data propagation,
769
using standard SMS_def.mof file for,
761
MMC (Microsoft Management Console)
Administrator Console snap-in for,
82
creating custom Administrator Console,
686–91
selecting console tree entries,
689–90
MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) process
model,
509–10
mouse conflicts in Remote Control sessions,
389
Active Directory domain model and
hierarchies,
183–84
administrative model and site hierarchies,
183
communicating through senders,
184–93
defining parent-child relationships,
141–73
developing site hierarchies,
174–84
information flow and addresses in
parent-child relationships,
161–62
installing secondary site from primary
site,
144–50
international site considerations,
180–82
multiple site hierarchies,
175
network performance and site hierarchies,
176–78
parent-child relationships between primary
sites,
161–73
primary and secondary site
characteristics,
141–42
security for parent and child sites,
153
setting distribution for,
444