Part II: Resource Discovery, Client Installation, and Remote Control

Part II discusses three main areas of client system support through SMS 2003: resource discovery, client installation, and remote control. Chapter 7, 'Resource Discovery,' and Chapter 8, 'Client Installation Methods,' describe the discovery and assignment process for SMS client systems. Before a client can be installed as an SMS client, it must be discovered and assigned to an SMS 2003 site. The three client setup methods are described, along with their process flow. SMS 2003 supports software inventory and hardware inventory, and the collection process for the various SMS client types is defined for both hardware and software inventory in Chapter 9, 'Inventory Collection.' In Chapter 10, 'Remote Control of Client Systems,' you'll learn how to monitor and troubleshoot a client system remotely through the SMS Administrator Console.