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Chapter 1: Overview

Figure 1.1: A representative SMS Administrator Console displaying the different top- level objects that the SMS administrator can manage.
Figure 1.2: Various site system roles that can be assigned within an SMS site and a representative SMS site hierarchy.
Figure 1.3: Relationship between the SMS Provider, the WMI, and the SMS database.

Chapter 2: Primary Site Installation

Figure 2.1: The setup screen that appears when you first insert the SMS 2003 CD.
Figure 2.2: The Setup Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 2.3: The System Configuration page.
Figure 2.4: The Setup Options page.
Figure 2.5: The Installation Options page.
Figure 2.6: The License Agreement page.
Figure 2.7: The Product Registration page.
Figure 2.8: The SMS Site Information page.
Figure 2.9: The SMS Active Directory Schema page.
Figure 2.10: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 2.11: The SMS Primary Site Client Load page.
Figure 2.12: The Concurrent SMS Administrator Consoles page.
Figure 2.13: The Completing The Systems Management Server Setup Wizard page.
Figure 2.14: The Setup Installation Options page.
Figure 2.15: The SQL Server Information For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.16: The SQL Server Account For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.17: The Creation of the SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.18: The SMS Site Database Name page.
Figure 2.19: The SQL Server Directory Path For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.20: The Concurrent SMS Administrator Consoles page.
Figure 2.21: The SMS Provider Information page.
Figure 2.22: The System Configuration page.
Figure 2.23: The Setup Options page.
Figure 2.24: The Setup Installation Options page.
Figure 2.25: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 2.26: The Database Modification page.
Figure 2.27: The Authentication Mode For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.28: The Completing Systems Management Server Setup Wizard page.
Figure 2.29: The SMS Setup Options page.
Figure 2.30: The SMS Database Deinstallation Options page.
Figure 2.31: The default SMS Administrator Console, displaying all top-level objects that the SMS administrator can access.

Chapter 3: Configuring Site Server Properties and Site Systems

Figure 3.1: The General tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.2: The Set Security Mode dialog box.
Figure 3.3: The Site Boundaries tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.4: The New Site Boundary dialog box.
Figure 3.5: The Accounts tab in the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.6: The Windows User Account dialog box.
Figure 3.7: The Setup Options page of the Setup Wizard.
Figure 3.8: The SMS Security Information page of the Setup Wizard.
Figure 3.9: The Roaming Boundaries tab in the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.10: The New Roaming Boundary dialog box displaying an IP address range.
Figure 3.11: The Advertisement Properties dialog box showing the Advanced Client tab options.
Figure 3.12: The Advanced tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.13: The Security tab of the Site Properties dialog box, showing the two default accounts granted permissions to manage the Site Properties class of object.
Figure 3.14: An example of some of the site properties contained in the site control file, showing the site code and site name (S00 and Contoso Corp), the site server platform (X86), the installation directory (V:\SMS), and the site server name and domain (SQL1 and Contoso).
Figure 3.15: The process flow for carrying out changes to the site control file in an SMS site.
Figure 3.16: The Site Component Status window, listing the general status level for all the SMS components.
Figure 3.17: Status messages generated by Hierarchy Manager.
Figure 3.18: Status messages generated by Site Control Manager.
Figure 3.19: Launching SMS Service Manager console.
Figure 3.20: The SMS Service Manager console.
Figure 3.21: The SMS Component Logging Control dialog box for single components.
Figure 3.22: The SMS Component Logging Control dialog box for multiple components.
Figure 3.23: The SMS Administrator Console, showing the Site System object selected and the available connection account type.
Figure 3.24: The Windows User Account dialog box.
Figure 3.25: The Site System context menu options.
Figure 3.26: The Site System Properties dialog box for a server.
Figure 3.27: The Site System Properties dialog box for a server share.
Figure 3.28: The General tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.29: The Client Access Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.30: The CAP directory structure, which contains the inboxes needed to write data from both the client and the site server.
Figure 3.31: The Distribution Point tab of the Site Systems Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.32: The Distribution Point Group Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.33: The Group Membership list in the Distribution Point tab.
Figure 3.34: The Management Point tab of the Site System Properties window.
Figure 3.35: The Management Point Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.36: The Reporting Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.37: The Server Locator Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.

Chapter 4: Multiple-Site Structures

Figure 4.1: An example of an SMS site hierarchy.
Figure 4.2: The Welcome To The Create Secondary Site Wizard page.
Figure 4.3: The Site Identity page.
Figure 4.4: The Site Server page.
Figure 4.5: The Installation Source Files page.
Figure 4.6: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 4.7: The Addresses To Secondary Site page.
Figure 4.8: The New Address To Secondary Site page.
Figure 4.9: The New Address To Parent Site page.
Figure 4.10: The Setup Options page.
Figure 4.11: The Systems Management Server License Agreement page.
Figure 4.12: The Product Registration page.
Figure 4.13: The SMS Site Information page.
Figure 4.14: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 4.15: The Installation Options page.
Figure 4.16: The Parent Site Information/Identification page.
Figure 4.17: The Connection Account Information page.
Figure 4.18: The SMS Administrator Console, showing the secondary site.
Figure 4.19: The Site Systems Properties dialog box for the management point role for a management point site system in a secondary site.
Figure 4.20: The Choose Whether To Delete Or Deinstall page.
Figure 4.21: Information flow in a site hierarchy.
Figure 4.22: Displaying a list of sender address types.
Figure 4.23: The Standard Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.24: The Asynchronous RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.25: The ISDN RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.26: The X.25 RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.27: The SNA RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.28: The Schedule tab of the Standard Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.29: The Rate Limits tab.
Figure 4.30: The General tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.31: The Set Parent Site dialog box.
Figure 4.32: SMS hierarchy viewed through the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 4.33: The Contoso site hierarchy, with one SMS site.
Figure 4.34: The Contoso site hierarchy, with multiple SMS sites.
Figure 4.35: A package distributed from a site server to multiple distribution points.
Figure 4.36: A package distributed from one site to distribution points in another site.
Figure 4.37: The sender process flow, showing the flow of information among SMS components.
Figure 4.38: The list of sender type options.
Figure 4.39: The General tab of the Sender Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.40: The Advanced tab of the Sender Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.41: Status message indicating that the RAS Sender has been successfully installed on the component server.
Figure 4.42: The General tab of the Courier Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.43: The Distribution Settings tab of the Package Properties dialog box.

Chapter 5: Analysis and Troubleshooting Tools

Figure 5.1: The expanded System Status node in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 5.2: The Component Status window in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 5.3: The Site System Status window.
Figure 5.4: Displaying a list of message type options.
Figure 5.5: The Status Message Viewer.
Figure 5.6: A pop-up window containing a detailed description of a status message.
Figure 5.7: The Status Message Details dialog box.
Figure 5.8: The Set Viewing Period dialog box.
Figure 5.9: The Status Message Viewer for a site system status window summary entry.
Figure 5.10: The Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.11: The Columns tab of the Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.12: The Export tab of the Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.13: The Font tab of the Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.14: The Filter Status Messages dialog box.
Figure 5.15: The Query Information dialog box.
Figure 5.16: Displaying the list of display interval options.
Figure 5.17: The Status Threshold Properties dialog box, showing the default number of status message thresholds.
Figure 5.18: The Free Space Thresholds Properties dialog box for the Site System Status.
Figure 5.19: The General tab of the Component Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.20: The Thresholds tab of the Component Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.21: The default status message thresholds for informational status messages.
Figure 5.22: The default status message thresholds for warning status messages.
Figure 5.23: The default status message thresholds for error status messages.
Figure 5.24: The General tab of the Site System Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.25: The Thresholds tab of the Site System Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.26: The Free Space Threshold Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.27: The General tab of the Advertisement Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.28: The Status Reporting Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.29: The SMS default status filter rules.
Figure 5.30: The General tab of the Status Filter Rule Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.31: The Actions tab of the Status Filter Rule Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.32: Defining a sample status filter rule.
Figure 5.33: The Status Message Queries window.
Figure 5.34: The Status Message Query Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.35: The Browse Query dialog box.
Figure 5.36: The General Tab of the Query Statement Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.37: The Criteria tab of the Query Statement Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.38: The Criterion Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.39: The Select Attributes dialog box.
Figure 5.40: The results of running a sample status message query.
Figure 5.41: Status message process flow for status messages generated on the site server and site systems.
Figure 5.42: Status message process flow from the client to the site server.
Figure 5.43: Using status filter rules to handle the disposition of a status message.
Figure 5.44: SMS Service Manager, displaying a list of components and services running on the site server.
Figure 5.45: The SMS Trace window.
Figure 5.46: The log file contents displayed in the SMS Trace window.
Figure 5.47: The log file contents displayed using Notepad.
Figure 5.48: The Find dialog box.
Figure 5.49: The Highlight dialog box.
Figure 5.50: The Filter dialog box.

Chapter 6: System Performance and Network Analysis

Figure 6.1: Add Counters dialog box.
Figure 6.2: System Monitor Properties dialog box.
Figure 6.3: A simple chart that monitors three object:counter values.
Figure 6.4: The New Log Settings Dialog box.
Figure 6.5: The log Properties dialog box for the SiteServer1 log.
Figure 6.6: The Log Files tab settings.
Figure 6.7: The Schedule Tab settings.
Figure 6.8: Static chart from a log file.
Figure 6.9: The SMS site system infrastructure Network Trace view.
Figure 6.10: The Trace View displaying site systems successfully accessed across the network.
Figure 6.11: Network Trace Component Poller dialog box.
Figure 6.12: The Network Monitor capture window.
Figure 6.13: Capture Filter dialog box.
Figure 6.14: Capture Filter SAPs And ETYPES dialog box.
Figure 6.15: Pattern Match dialog box.
Figure 6.16: Capture Trigger dialog box.
Figure 6.17: Network Monitor Capture window, showing results of capturing data.
Figure 6.18: Address Database dialog box.
Figure 6.19: Address Information dialog box.
Figure 6.20: A sample capture file showing individual frames.
Figure 6.21: Contents of an individual captured frame.
Figure 6.22: Network Monitor Experts dialog box.
Figure 6.23: Configure Expert dialog box.
Figure 6.24: Expert results screen.

Chapter 7: Resource Discovery

Figure 7.1: The Windows User Account Discovery Properties dialog box.
Figure 7.2: The New Domain dialog box.
Figure 7.3: The Polling Schedule tab.
Figure 7.4: The Schedule dialog box.
Figure 7.5: A sample user resource discovery record Properties dialog box.
Figure 7.6: A sample status message window and the Status Message Details dialog box.
Figure 7.7: The Network Discovery Properties dialog box.
Figure 7.8: The Subnets tab.
Figure 7.9: The New Subnet Assignment dialog box.
Figure 7.10: The Domains tab.
Figure 7.11: The Domain Properties dialog box.
Figure 7.12: The SNMP tab.
Figure 7.13: The New SNMP Community Name dialog box.
Figure 7.14: The SNMP Devices tab.
Figure 7.15: The DHCP tab.
Figure 7.16: The Schedule tab.
Figure 7.17: The Schedule dialog box.
Figure 7.18: A sample Status Message Details dialog box.
Figure 7.19: The Heartbeat Discovery Properties dialog box.
Figure 7.20: The Active Directory User Discovery Properties dialog box.
Figure 7.21: The Browse For Active Directory dialog box.
Figure 7.22: The Polling Schedule tab.

Chapter 8: Client Installation Methods

Figure 8.1: The Site Boundaries tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 8.2: The New Site Boundary dialog box.
Figure 8.3: The Roaming Boundaries tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 8.4: The New Roaming Boundary dialog box.
Figure 8.5: The Client Push Installation Properties dialog box.
Figure 8.6: The Client Push Installation Properties Accounts tab.
Figure 8.7: The Client Push Installation Properties Advanced Client tab.
Figure 8.8: The Client Push Installation Wizard.
Figure 8.9: The Client Push Installation Wizard Installation Options page.
Figure 8.10: The Client Push Installation Wizard Client Installation Options page.
Figure 8.11: The Client Push Installation Wizard Completing page.
Figure 8.12: The updated Control Panel.
Figure 8.13: The General tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Legacy Client.
Figure 8.14: The Sites tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Legacy Client.
Figure 8.15: The Components tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Legacy Client.
Figure 8.16: The General tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Advanced Client.
Figure 8.17: The Components tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Advanced Client.
Figure 8.18: The Actions tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Advanced Client.
Figure 8.19: The Advanced tab of the Systems Management Properties dialog box for the Advanced Client.

Chapter 9: Inventory Collection

Figure 9.1: The Hardware Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box.
Figure 9.2: The Schedule dialog box.
Figure 9.3: The Hardware Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box MIF Collection tab.
Figure 9.4: Sample entries for Hinv32.log in Wordpad.
Figure 9.5: Sample entries for Cqmgr32.log in Wordpad.
Figure 9.6: Sample entries for Inventoryagent.log in Notepad.
Figure 9.7: The All Status Messages From A Specific System properties page.
Figure 9.8: The SMS Report Viewer.
Figure 9.9: The results window for a report run through the SMS Report Viewer.
Figure 9.10: The Resource Explorer window, with Logical Disk selected.
Figure 9.11: The Logical Disk Properties dialog box.
Figure 9.12: The Resource Explorer window, with Hardware History expanded.
Figure 9.13: Sample of SMS_def.mof file displayed using Notepad.
Figure 9.14: List of Class Qualifiers as listed in SMS_def.mof file.
Figure 9.15: A sample NOIDMIF file.
Figure 9.16: A sample IDMIF file.
Figure 9.17: The Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box.
Figure 9.18: The Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box Inventory Collection tab.
Figure 9.19: The Inventoried File Properties dialog box.
Figure 9.20: The Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box File Collection tab.
Figure 9.21: The Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box Inventory Names tab.
Figure 9.22: The Resource Explorer window.
Figure 9.23: The Resource Explorer window, with Product Details expanded and a product selected.

Chapter 10: Remote Control of Client Systems

Figure 10.1: A list of client agents installed on the site server.
Figure 10.2: The Remote Tools Client Agent Properties dialog box.
Figure 10.3: The Security tab of the Remote Tools Client Agent Properties dialog box.
Figure 10.4: The Remote Tools Client Agent Properties dialog box Policy tab.
Figure 10.5: The Default Limited SMS Remote Tools Settings dialog box.
Figure 10.6: The Remote Tools Client Agent Properties dialog box Notification tab.
Figure 10.7: The Remote Tools Client Agent Properties dialog box Advanced tab.
Figure 10.8: Sample Remctrl.log file.
Figure 10.9: Sample Remctrl.log file from the Advanced Client.
Figure 10.10: The Remote Control program added to the client’s Control Panel.
Figure 10.11: The Remote Control Properties dialog box.
Figure 10.12: The Remote Control Status dialog box.
Figure 10.13: Choosing All Tasks from the context menu to access the Start Windows Diagnostics utility.
Figure 10.14: The System Information window.
Figure 10.15: The Remote Tools window, showing the result of running the Windows Memory diagnostic for the client WJG.
Figure 10.16: The Remote Control Agent dialog box.
Figure 10.17: The results of running a ping test.
Figure 10.18: A Remote Control window for a Windows XP client.
Figure 10.19: The Control Parameters dialog box.
Figure 10.20: The Hot Key Settings dialog box.
Figure 10.21: A sample Remote Chat session.
Figure 10.22: The Remote File Transfer interface.
Figure 10.23: A message box notifying the SMS administrator that user permission has been denied.
Figure 10.24: Sample Cidm.log file with the reference to Remote Control selected.
Figure 10.25: Sample status message query results.
Figure 10.26: The Event Viewer System log.
Figure 10.27: The Event Properties dialog box.

Chapter 11: Collections

Figure 11.1: The Collection Properties dialog box.
Figure 11.2: The Create Direct Membership Rule Wizard welcome page.
Figure 11.3: The Search For Resources page.
Figure 11.4: The Collection Limiting page.
Figure 11.5: The Select Resources page.
Figure 11.6: The Completing The Create Direct Membership Rule Wizard page.
Figure 11.7: The Membership Rules tab of the Collection Properties dialog box.
Figure 11.8: The Query Rules Properties dialog box.
Figure 11.9: The Query Statement Properties dialog box.
Figure 11.10: The Query Statement Properties dialog box Criteria tab.
Figure 11.11: The Criterion Properties dialog box.
Figure 11.12: The Collection Properties dialog box Membership Rules tab.
Figure 11.13: The Browse Collection dialog box.
Figure 11.14: Viewing subcollections in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 11.15: The Delete Collection Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 11.16: The Delete Collection Instance page.
Figure 11.17: The SMS Administrator Console with updated collections before being refreshed.
Figure 11.18: Message box confirming the collection update.
Figure 11.19: The Effects Of Deleting This Collection page.
Figure 11.20: The Subcollections page.
Figure 11.21: The Advertisements page.
Figure 11.22: The Queries page.
Figure 11.23: The Collection Membership Rules page.
Figure 11.24: The Administrators page.
Figure 11.25: The Choose Whether To Delete This Collection page.
Figure 11.26: The Completing The Delete Collection Wizard page.
Figure 11.27: The Collection Evaluator update process flow.
Figure 11.28: Status messages generated by Collection Evaluator as it processes SMS collections.
Figure 11.29: Log entries generated by Collection Evaluator during normal processing.
Figure 11.30: Locked collections in the SMS Administrator Console.

Chapter 12: Package Distribution and Management

Figure 12.1: The Package Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.2: The Data Source tab.
Figure 12.3: The Set Source Directory dialog box.
Figure 12.4: The Data Access tab.
Figure 12.5: The Distribution Settings tab.
Figure 12.6: The Reporting tab.
Figure 12.7: A sample expanded package entry.
Figure 12.8: The Access Account Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.9: The Windows User Account dialog box.
Figure 12.10: The Generic Account dialog box.
Figure 12.11: The Permissions list of the Access Account Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.12: The New Distribution Points Wizard welcome page.
Figure 12.13: The Copy Package page.
Figure 12.14: The Browse Distribution Point Group dialog box.
Figure 12.15: The Distribution Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.16: The Distribution Point Group Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.17: The updated Group Membership list in the Distribution Point tab.
Figure 12.18: The updated Distribution Point Group Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.19: The Program Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.20: The Requirements tab.
Figure 12.21: The Environment tab.
Figure 12.22: The Advanced tab.
Figure 12.23: The Windows Installer tab.
Figure 12.24: The Create Package From Definition Wizard welcome page.
Figure 12.25: The Package Definition page.
Figure 12.26: The Source Files page.
Figure 12.27: The Source Directory page.
Figure 12.28: The Completing The Create Package From Definition Wizard page.
Figure 12.29: The General tab of the Package Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.30: The Data Source tab of the Package Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.31: The Reporting tab of the Package Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.32: The SMS Administrator Console showing programs generated by the package definition file.
Figure 12.33: The General tab of the Per-System Unattended Program Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.34: The Requirements tab of the Per-System Unattended Program Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.35: The Environment tab of the Per-System Unattended Program Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.36: The package distribution process flow.
Figure 12.37: The General tab of the Software Distribution Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.38: The Retry Settings tab.
Figure 12.39: The Distribute Software To Collection Wizard welcome page.
Figure 12.40: The Package page.
Figure 12.41: The Select A Program To Advertise page.
Figure 12.42: The Advertisement Name page.
Figure 12.43: The Advertise To Subcollections page.
Figure 12.44: The Advertisement Schedule page.
Figure 12.45: The Assign Program page.
Figure 12.46: The Completing The Distribute Software To Collection Wizard page.
Figure 12.47: The Advertisement Properties dialog box
Figure 12.48: The Schedule tab.
Figure 12.49: The Assignment Schedule dialog box.
Figure 12.50: The Schedule dialog box.
Figure 12.51: The Advanced Client tab.
Figure 12.52: The Advertised Programs Client Agent Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.53: The Notification tab.
Figure 12.54: Add/Remove Programs displaying an advertised program.
Figure 12.55: The Advertised Programs Wizard welcome page.
Figure 12.56: The Select Programs To Run page.
Figure 12.57: The Program Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.58: The alternative Select Programs To Run page.
Figure 12.59: The Run Programs Now Or Later page.
Figure 12.60: The Completing The Advertised Programs Wizard page.
Figure 12.61: The Advertised Programs Monitor.
Figure 12.62: The Advertised Program Countdown dialog box.
Figure 12.63: The Run Advertised Programs dialog box.
Figure 12.64: The Program Properties dialog box.
Figure 12.65: The Program Download Required message box.
Figure 12.66: The Program Download Status dialog box.
Figure 12.67: The Program Download Monitor.
Figure 12.68: The System Management icon Advanced tab.
Figure 12.69: The advertised programs process flow on the server side.
Figure 12.71: The expanded Advertisement Status and Package Status folders.
Figure 12.72: Sample summary information displayed when a package is selected in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 12.73: Status messages for a package generated at the site level.
Figure 12.74: Status messages for a specific distribution point in a site.
Figure 12.75: Advertisement summary showing successful and failed program executions on the targeted clients.
Figure 12.76: Detailed messages generated for an advertisement associated with one of the package’s programs.

Chapter 13: Patch Management

Figure 13.1: Time from release of update to discovery of exploit in the wild.
Figure 13.2: The MOF process model.
Figure 13.3: The Microsoft-recommended four-phase patch management process.
Figure 13.4: An SMS 2003 infrastructure designed to support patch management.
Figure 13.5: Software updates listed in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 13.6: A digital signatures dialog box, accessible through Windows Explorer.
Figure 13.7: A sample release timetable for servers for a high-priority release.
Figure 13.8: Distribution Settings dialog box during inventory tool installation and setup.
Figure 13.9: Collections added to SMS 2003 by the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool for Updates and the Security Update Inventory Tool.
Figure 13.10: Packages added to SMS 2003 by the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool for Updates and the Security Update Inventory Tool.
Figure 13.11: Advertisements added to SMS 2003 by the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool for Updates and the Security Update Inventory Tool.
Figure 13.12: Creating a new advertisement to test the installation of the inventory tools.
Figure 13.13: Resource Explorer view of the Software Updates node on an SMS client computer.
Figure 13.14: Selecting an update type in the Distribute Software Updates Wizard.
Figure 13.15: Selecting the inventory program to run.
Figure 13.16: Selecting the software updates to include in the package.
Figure 13.17: Specifying the package source folder, the priority, and whether or not to fetch the updates.
Figure 13.18: The Download Progress status window.
Figure 13.19: The Software Updates Status page.
Figure 13.20: Specifying the properties for a software update.
Figure 13.21: Selecting the distribution points that will be updated with the package.
Figure 13.22: The Configure Installation Agent Settings page.
Figure 13.23: Configuring attended or unattended installation options.
Figure 13.24: Configuring user notification and the ability to postpone package application to a client.

Chapter 14: Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer

Figure 14.1: The Microsoft SMS Installer Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 14.2: The Select Destination Directory page.
Figure 14.3: The Backup Replaced Files? page.
Figure 14.4: The Select Backup Directory page.
Figure 14.5: The Ready To Install page.
Figure 14.6: The Installation Completed page.
Figure 14.7: The Installation Expert interface.
Figure 14.8: The Repackage Installation Wizard page.
Figure 14.9: The Repackage Advanced Settings dialog box.
Figure 14.10: The Select Directory dialog box.
Figure 14.11: The Open dialog box.
Figure 14.12: The modified File Name list.
Figure 14.13: The Registry Keys tab.
Figure 14.14: The Repackage Installation page showing the scanning process.
Figure 14.15: The Repackage Installation page showing the rescanning process.
Figure 14.16: The Installation Interface dialog box.
Figure 14.17: The Application tab of the Installation Interface dialog box.
Figure 14.18: The Dialogs tab of the Installation Interface dialog box.
Figure 14.19: The Graphics tab of the Installation Interface dialog box.
Figure 14.20: The SMS tab of the Installation Interface dialog box.
Figure 14.21: The Application Files dialog box.
Figure 14.22: The Files tab of the Application Files dialog box.
Figure 14.23: The Runtime Support dialog box.
Figure 14.24: The User Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.25: The Registry tab of the User Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.26: The Registry Key Settings dialog box.
Figure 14.27: The System Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.28: The Services tab of the System Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.29: The Autoexec.bat tab of the System Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.30: The Config.sys tab of the System Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.31: The Advanced Configuration dialog box.
Figure 14.32: The Script Editor interface.
Figure 14.33: The Set Variable dialog box.
Figure 14.34: The Open dialog box.
Figure 14.35: The Find Text In Installation Script dialog box.
Figure 14.36: The Set Variable dialog box.
Figure 14.37: Windows Installer Step-Up Utility command prompt window.
Figure 14.38: Sample SMS Installer script designed to find a file and perform an action.
Figure 14.39: The Search For File Settings dialog box.
Figure 14.40: The Script Editor interface, with a modified script action line selected.

Chapter 15: Software Metering

Figure 15.1: The Software Metering Client Agent Properties dialog box.
Figure 15.2: Specifying software metering process flow.
Figure 15.3: The Software Metering Rule Properties dialog box.
Figure 15.4: The Delete Aged Software Metering Data Task Properties dialog box.
Figure 15.5: The Delete Aged Software Metering Summary Data Task Properties dialog box.
Figure 15.6: The Summarize Software Metering File Usage Data Task Properties dialog box.
Figure 15.7: The Summarize Software Metering Monthly Usage Data Task Properties dialog box.
Figure 15.8: The SMS Report Viewer with Software Metering reports expanded.
Figure 15.9: The SMS Report Viewer with Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program selected.
Figure 15.10: Results of running the report Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program.

Chapter 16: Queries and Reports

Figure 16.1: Predefined queries in SMS 2003.
Figure 16.2: The relationship between objects, their attribute classes, and the attributes of each class.
Figure 16.3: The Query Properties dialog box, showing a descriptive query name.
Figure 16.4: The Query Statement Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.5: The Result Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.6: The Select Attribute dialog box.
Figure 16.7: The Criterion Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.8: The Values dialog box.
Figure 16.9: The completed Criterion Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.10: A sample query statement using logical operators and parentheses.
Figure 16.11: The Joins tab.
Figure 16.12: The Attribute Class Join Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.13: The WQL version of our sample query.
Figure 16.14: An example of a prompted query.
Figure 16.15: The Input Query Value dialog box.
Figure 16.16: The query results.
Figure 16.17: The Report Viewer.
Figure 16.18: The Reports list.
Figure 16.19: The Report Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.20: The Report SQL Statement dialog box.
Figure 16.21: The Report Properties Display tab dialog box.
Figure 16.22: The Report Properties Links tab dialog box.
Figure 16.23: A report showing the unique URL associated with it.
Figure 16.24: The Report Information section of Report Viewer.
Figure 16.25: The Dashboard Properties dialog box.
Figure 16.26: The Dashboard Properties Reports tab.
Figure 16.27: The dashboard displayed in a Web browser.
Figure 16.28: The dashboards displayed in Report Viewer.

Chapter 17: Security

Figure 17.1: The General tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.2: The Set Security Mode prompt.
Figure 17.3: The Accounts tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.4: The Security tab of the Collections Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.5: Permissions displayed in the Security Rights node.
Figure 17.6: The Security Right Properties dialog box for a class.
Figure 17.7: The Security tab of the Queries Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.8: The Object Class Security Right Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.9: The Security tab of the Query Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.10: The Object Instance Security Right Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.11: Sample class and instance permissions.
Figure 17.12: SMS User Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 17.13: SMS User Wizard User Name page.
Figure 17.14: SMS User Wizard Rights page.
Figure 17.15: SMS User Wizard Add A Right page.
Figure 17.16: SMS User Wizard Copy Rights page.
Figure 17.17: Clone SMS User dialog box.
Figure 17.18: Sample site hierarchy model.
Figure 17.19: Setting security for the Finance Clients collection.
Figure 17.20: A generic MMC.
Figure 17.21: The Add/Remove Snap-In Properties dialog box.
Figure 17.22: The Add Standalone Snap-In dialog box.
Figure 17.23: The Site Database Connection Wizard welcome page.
Figure 17.24: The Locate Site Database page.
Figure 17.25: The Console Tree Items page.
Figure 17.26: The custom management console.
Figure 17.27: The Options properties dialog box.
Figure 17.28: Sample custom console with security applied.

Chapter 18: Disaster Recovery

Figure 18.1: The SQL Command Properties dialog box.
Figure 18.2: Results of running the SP_SPACEUSED SQL stored procedure as a SQL command.
Figure 18.3: The SMS Service Manager window, showing available services and components.
Figure 18.4: Sample Smsbkup.log file.
Figure 18.5: The Backup SMS Site Server Task Properties dialog box.
Figure 18.6: Sample backup folder contents.
Figure 18.7: The SiteDBServer directory.
Figure 18.8: PREINST switches.
Figure 18.9: The Manage Distribution Points Wizard welcome page.
Figure 18.10: The Manage Distribution Points page.
Figure 18.11: The Refresh Package page.
Figure 18.12: The SMS 2003 Autorun menu.
Figure 18.13: The final page of the Recovery Expert setup wizard.
Figure 18.14: The Recovery Expert Entry Page.
Figure 18.15: The Recovery Expert Site Information page.
Figure 18.16: The Recovery Expert Site Configuration page.
Figure 18.17: The Recovery Expert Site Configuration Changes page.
Figure 18.18: The Recovery Expert checklist.
Figure 18.19: The Gather Information And Materials page.
Figure 18.20: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 18.21: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Access Rights And Permissions Required page.
Figure 18.22: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Site Restore Steps page.
Figure 18.23: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Restore Database page.
Figure 18.24: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Site progress bar.
Figure 18.25: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Site Backup And Failure Dates page.
Figure 18.26: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Parent Site Settings page.
Figure 18.27: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Verify Site Hierarchy page.
Figure 18.28: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Parent Site Connection page.
Figure 18.29: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Package Recovery page.
Figure 18.30: The SMS Site Repair Wizard Site Completing page.

Chapter 19: Maintaining the Database Through Microsoft SQL Server

Figure 19.1: SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
Figure 19.2: The Database Properties dialog box.
Figure 19.3: The Database Properties Data Files tab.
Figure 19.4: The Transaction Log tab.
Figure 19.5: The Connect To SQL Server dialog box.
Figure 19.6: The Query Analyzer Query window.
Figure 19.7: The Query Analyzer Results window.
Figure 19.8: The Options tab of the Database Properties dialog box.
Figure 19.9: The SQL Server Backup dialog box.
Figure 19.10: The Select Backup Destination dialog box.
Figure 19.11: The Backup Device Properties - New Device dialog box.
Figure 19.12: The Restore Database dialog box.
Figure 19.13: The SQL Server Properties dialog box.
Figure 19.14: The Memory tab.
Figure 19.15: The Connections tab.

Chapter 20: Migration Issues

Figure 20.1: DRW Welcome page.
Figure 20.2: DRW Site Selection page.
Figure 20.3: DRW Secondary Sites page.
Figure 20.4: DRW Tests page.
Figure 20.5: Completing the Systems Management Server 2003 Deployment Readiness Wizard page.
Figure 20.6: DRW Progress And Results Summary page.
Figure 20.7: DRW Test Results page.
Figure 20.8: SMS 2003 Deployment Readiness Wizard Procedures for Resolving Test Failures Web page.
Figure 20.9: The Microsoft Systems Management Server Setup Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 20.10: The System Configuration page.
Figure 20.11: The Setup Options page.
Figure 20.12: The Systems Management Server License Agreement page.
Figure 20.13: The SMS Provider Information page.


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