A

AAA (agent action account), 314-315

AC (Application Center) 2000, 387

accounts, security, SMS, 319

ACLs (Access Control Lists), 352-355

Active Directory

alerts, Replication Partner Count script, 223-224

SMS 2003

database integration, 74-75

support, 320

Windows Server management packs

Client Connectivity script, 218

Client GC Availability script, 218

Client PDC Response script, 218-219

Client Serverless Bind script, 219

Client Update DCs script, 219

components, 217

configuration, 216-217

CPU Overload script, 220

Database and Log File script, 220

DNS verification script, 220

Essential Services script, 221

General Response script, 221

Global Catalog Search Response script, 221

installation, 216

Lost and Found Object count script, 221

Monitor Trusts script, 222

No GC Logon Information script, 222

Op Master Response script, 222

Replication Monitoring script, 222-223

Replication Op Master Consistency script, 224

Replication Partner Count script, 223-224

Server Moved Site script, 224

WMUS GPO, linking, 136

ActiveX control, allowing, 115-116

Administrator console

administration section

computers node, 148-153

described, 146-147

described, 145

Global Settings, 154-158

installing, 44-45, 147

management packs section

described, 146

importing packs, 188-191

noise, limiting, 165-166

rules, tuning, 172-173

SMS, illustrated, 3

startup tasks, 14-15

administrator permissions, 148

ADS (Automated Deployment Services), 388

advanced clients, SMS 2003, 64

agent action account (AAA), 314-315

agentless monitoring

managed computers, 16, 55-56

pros and cons of, 16-17, 182-183

starting, 151

agents. See also MOM 2005 agents

failover to secondary Management Server, 56-57

heartbeat checking, 155-156

agents (continued)

proxying, 156

SMS

hardware and software inventory, 185

installing, 183-184

software metering, 185-186

AIX (IBM), Virtual Agent for, 389

Alert Rules, 195, 203-205

Alert Tuning Solution Accelerator (ATSA), 171-172

alerts

Active Directory Replication Partner Count script, 223-224

custom fields, 156

custom views, OC, 295-296

defined, 294

displaying, 159

duplicate, suppressing, 307-308

Event Rules, 194

RC - Web monitoring, 301-303, 304

resolution states, 156

severity, adjusting, 172

tracking in OC, 166-167

tuning, 170-171

viewing, 18-19, 295-297

anonymous relay, Exchange Server, 241

Application Center (AC) 2000 (Microsoft), 387

Application Log, 198

applications

creating with Windows Server management packs, 274

monitored, MOM 2005, 36-37

approving WSUS updates, 134

asterisk (∗), 153

ATSA (Alert Tuning Solution Accelerator), 171-172

attributes

Microsoft DNS Server, 197

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Server, 197

reference, SMS report queries, 343-344

auditors, requiring proof of updates, 120-121

authors, MOM, permissions, 148

Automated Deployment Services (ADS), 388

automatic alert response, 172-173

Automatic IP Deny script, IIS, 228

automatic update

changing, 118-120

rescheduling installations, 140

WSUS client component, 129, 136-137

automating agent installation options, MOM 2005, 53

Availability Reporting Management Pack, 385