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| Planning |
Design a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) site; plan for various elements.
- Identify location of resources.
- Identify types of resources, which consist of computers, printers, routers, users, and user groups.
- Choose features of SMS to be implemented.
- Identify hardware and software requirements for site systems.
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Design an SMS site hierarchy.
- Identify the number of sites needed, based on considerations that include number and types of resources, network connectivity, and international issues such as language.
- Identify the number of layers needed, based on considerations that include number and types of resources, network connectivity, and international issues such as language.
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Plan a security strategy for SMS servers.
- Implement appropriate SMS accounts.
- Implement access permissions for varying levels of SMS administration.
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Plan the interoperability or upgrade for various situations.
- Plan the interoperability of a mixed SMS 1.2 and SMS 2.0 site.
- Plan the upgrade of an SMS 1.2 site to an SMS 2.0 site.
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| Installation and Configuration |
Install, configure, and modify a primary site server.
- Use Express Setup and Custom Setup.
- Configure the Microsoft Windows NT Server computer that will be the site server.
- Set up Microsoft SQL Server during SMS Setup.
- Use a remote SQL Server.
- Shut down, reset, and restart the current installation.
- Change the user name and password of the SMS service account.
- Change the SQL Server information.
- Remove SMS.
- Install new SMS components.
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Install a secondary site server.
- Perform the installation from the CD-ROM.
- Perform a network installation by using files from the network or the CD-ROM.
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Configure site system roles.
- Configure component servers.
- Configure logon points.
- Configure distribution points.
- Configure client access points.
- Configure software metering servers.
- Configure the SMS Administrator console.
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Configure a site hierarchy.
- Configure site addresses.
- Add and configure senders, which consist of Standard, Courier, and RAS.
- Implement parent-child relationships.
- Remove a site from the site hierarchy.
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| Configuring and Managing Resources |
Configure software and hardware inventory collection for a site.
- Enable and configure hardware inventory collection.
- Enable and configure software inventory files to be scanned and collected.
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Manage inventory data.
- View inventory data, including history.
- Use the SMS Administrator console to manage inventory data.
- Customize inventory data.
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Distribute software.
- Use SMS Installer to produce installation executable files.
- Create a query to locate target computers.
- Create a collection of target computers.
- Create a package, program, and advertisement to distribute software.
- Monitor the software distribution process by using status messages.
- Use the SMS client software to run or install a program on a client computer.
- Remove advertised software from distribution points.
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Configure and use software metering.
- Configure software metering servers and client components.
- Add products to be licensed.
- Configure licensing options.
- Exclude products from being metered.
- Meter software.
- Manage software metering data.
- Generate reports and graphs.
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| Integration and Interoperability |
Install and configure an SMS client computer.
- Discover client computers.
- Configure client installation methods for client computers.
- Run the client computer installation.
- Identify changes made to client computers.
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Install and configure remote utilities on client computers.
- Configure Remote Tools Client Agent at the site server.
- Configure Remote Tools settings at the client computer.
- Configure protocols on client computers.
- Use diagnostic utilities for client computers.
- Use Remote Tools.
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| Install and configure Windows NT Event to SNMP Trap translator. |
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| Install and configure Health Monitor to monitor Windows NT Server computers. |
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| Monitoring and Optimization |
| Identify changes to a site server after SMS installation. Types of site servers are domain controllers, non-domain controllers, and secondary site servers. |
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Monitor SMS status messages.
- Configure status messages.
- Configure and use SMS Status Message Viewer.
- Configure and use SMS logs to monitor SMS process activity.
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Monitor the progress of SMS functions.
- Monitor the progress of client installation.
- Monitor the progress of inventory collection.
- Monitor the progress of software distribution.
- Monitor the progress of remote control.
- Monitor the progress of software metering.
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Use SMS utilities to monitor SMS functions.
- Use the Windows NT Event Viewer to view SMS error messages.
- Use the Status Message Viewer to monitor SMS components and processes.
- Use Network Monitor to view and filter network traffic.
- Use Network Trace to trace the SMS network.
- Use SMS Trace to track and view log files.
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| Optimize SQL Server for SMS. |
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| Optimize sender network utilization. |
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Monitor the SMS database.
- Configure SMS database maintenance tasks.
- Back up and restore the site database.
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| Back up an SMS site. |
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| Troubleshooting |
| Choose the appropriate diagnostic tool. |
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Diagnose and resolve installation problems in SMS site systems.
- Diagnose and resolve installation problems involving the primary site server.
- Diagnose and resolve installation problems involving the secondary site server.
- Diagnose and resolve installation problems involving client access points, distribution points, logon points, and component servers.
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| Diagnose and resolve installation problems involving client computers. |
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| Diagnose and resolve problems involving software distribution. |
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| Diagnose and resolve problems involving inventory collection. |
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| Diagnose and resolve problems involving remote control. |
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| Diagnose and resolve problems involving software metering. |
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| Diagnose and resolve problems involving SNMP integration. |
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Restore an SMS site.
- Restore a SQL Server.
- Restore a site server.
- Restore logon points, client access points, and distribution points.
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| Diagnose and resolve problems involving site-to-site communication. |
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