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MAC addresses, 269–70
maintenance
backing up site database and strategic files, 706–12
configuring Backup SMS Site Server task, 709–10
daily database tasks, 697–98
general database tasks, 696–97
monthly database tasks, 699
rationale for database, 695–96
recovering SMS site, 712–16
scheduling tasks, 699–703
site server back ups, 707–11
weekly database tasks, 698–99
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
management points, 129–33
additional requirements for site system as, 114
assigning role of, 130
configuring secondary site as, 159
defined, 9, 129
management point component configuration, 131–32
NTFS folder permissions, 661
proxy, 132–33
removing role of, 131
requirements for site servers, 44
role in packaging distribution, 439–40
manual client installation, 307, 309, 315–17
membership for collections
direct membership rules, 407, 410–15
query-based, 407
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 Management Console. See MMC (Microsoft Management Console)
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
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference, 37
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0. See also mixed-version environments
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
upgrading, 769–75
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, 3–25. See also features of Systems Management Server 2003; mixed-version environments
about, 4–5
application management in, 18–19
building patch management infrastructure, 514–16
command-line switches for installation, 46–47
components of, 6–13
database components, 737–39
desktop administration available in, 5–6
diagnosis and troubleshooting tools, 15–18
enhancements and changes to, 21–25
evolution of, 3–4
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
.MOF file, 761
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
queries in, 623–25
security mode changes, 21
setup screen, 46
site data propagation after migration, 769
sizing database, 39
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
WMI, 19–21
Microsoft Web site
SMS Server page, 788
SQL Server page, 788
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
creating IDMIF file, 355–56
creating NIDMIFs, 353–55
creating uninstall status, 576–77, 601
creation of Badmifs folder, 342
customizing hardware inventory with, 350, 352–53
further reading, 353
reporting status information for packages, 445, 464
setting default values for, 338–39
types and uses of, 352–53
viewing IDMIFs, 356
migration, 754–76. See also structuring sites for upgrading; upgrading
holding sites, 768–69
overview, 755, 775–76
planning site structure, 755–68
post-upgrade tasks, 774
running Deployment Readiness Wizard, 761–67
site data propagation, 769
troubleshooting, 775
upgrading primary sites, 770–73
upgrading secondary sites, 773–74
milestone message types, 198
mixed-version environments
client platforms supported, 757
considerations for, 758–59
holding sites, 768–69
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
defined, 82
selecting console tree entries, 689–90
SQL Server Enterprise Manager, 734–37, 739
modifying
reports, 643–46
site installation, 67–72
.MOF file, 761
MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) process model, 509–10
mouse conflicts in Remote Control sessions, 389
multiple-site structures, 141–94. See also parent- child relationships; secondary sites; senders; site hierarchies
Active Directory domain model and hierarchies, 183–84
adding new senders, 188–90
administrative model and site hierarchies, 183
communicating through senders, 184–93
defining parent-child relationships, 141–73
developing site hierarchies, 174–84
hierarchy model, 142–43
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
overview, 141, 194
parent-child relationships between primary sites, 161–73
primary and secondary site characteristics, 141–42
security for parent and child sites, 153
senders, 186–87
setting distribution for, 444
mungers, 378

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