S

SA (Solution Accelerators), 171

scalable configurations, 27-29

scheduling

rules, 172

Timed Event, 198

scopes, OC, 154

script and managed code, responses, creating with, 274

scripts

automatic alert response, 173

MP, 196-197

storage state monitoring, 212-213

Windows Server management packs

clustering services, 231

CPU overload, 213

Dell OpenManage, 260

DNS, absence of, 215

HP Integrity, 262

HP Proliant, 261

IBM Director UIM, 264

MP Notifier, 255

storage state monitoring, 212-213

SDM (System Definition Model), 9

Search criteria radio button, 54

secondary sites, SMS 2003, 66

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 240, 316

security

described, 281

Management Server agent proxying, 156

MOM

AAA, 314-315

best practices, 316-317

deploying agents and the agent action account, 313

described, 290-291, 311-313

discovery-based agent deployment, 313-314

IIS Lockdown tool, 315

IPSec, 315-316

manual-based "push" agent deployment, 314

security, 315

SMB packet signing, 316

SSL, 316

patches, need for, 122

SMS

accounts, 319

Active Directory support, 320

advanced security mode, 74

described, 290-291

IIS, 318

network, 318

operating system, 317

physical, 318-319

reporting, 352-355

security enhancements, 319-320

software update management feature, 282-285

SQL Server, 317

standard security mode, 73

WMI, 318

software update management

benefits of, 288-289

phases, 285-288

Windows Update, 323-324

WSUS

complex deployment model, 323

described, 320

simple deployment model, 321-322

Server Locator Point (SLP) system, 70

Server Moved Site script, Active Directory, 224

servers. See also individual server products listed by name

computer groups, WSUS installation, 139

heartbeat checking, 155

IIS Lockdown Wizard, running, 240

locations, WSUS, 137

Management, working with two, 153

Reporting component, 60-62

WSUS

computer groups, segregating into, 125

metadata, exporting, 142

synchronizing with Windows Update, 133-134

upstream and downstream design, 125-126

service accounts, 32

Service Availability script, SQL Server 2000, 252

Service Discovery script

IIS, 228

SQL Server 2000, 252

service level agreements (SLAs)

MOM 2005, 37

RC-Web, 308-309

service monitoring, 156

Service Pack Compliance script, SQL Server 2000, 252-253

service state, checking, Exchange Server 2000, 244

service(s) state front-end, checking, Exchange Server 2000, 245

Setup screen, MOM 2005 installation, 38-39

SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2003, 388

Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP), 241

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

described, 22

trap, automatic alert response, 173

Simple Value attribute, SMS report queries, 342-343

sites, SMS 2003

boundary, 65

CAP system, 70

DP system, 71-72

hierarchy, 66-69

MP system, 70-71

primary, 65-66

RP system, 72-73

secondary, 66

SLP system, 70

SLAs (service level agreements)

MOM 2005, 37

RC-Web, 308-309

SLP (Server Locator Point) system, 70

SMB packet signing, 316

SMP for Linux Server, 390

SMP–F5 Network BigIP F5, 390

SMS (Systems Management Server)

agents

hardware and software inventory, 185

installing, 183-184

software metering, 185-186

Remote Tools, 184

security

accounts, 319

Active Directory support, 320

IIS, 318

network, 318

operating system, 317

physical, 318-319

security enhancements, 319-320

SQL Server, 317

WMI, 318

WSUS, 29

SMS (Systems Management Server) 2003

Active Directory database integration, 74-75

benefits of, 2, 288-289

clients

advanced, 64

legacy, 64

collection queries, 21

described, 2-3, 13, 281, 387

distributed networks, upgrades and maintenance

across, 22-24

hardware and software inventories, 21-22

installation steps

Active Directory database, extending, 76-83

agents, 183-184

basic site configuration, 95

client, 107-111

computer discovery, 101-106

installing SMS 2003 SP1, 83-94

site system configuration, 95-101

MOM and, 290-291

with MOM and WSUS, 29

performance monitoring features, 24-25

phases, 285-288

prerequisites

hardware, 75

software, 75-76

security modes

advanced security mode, 74

standard security mode, 73

sites

boundary, 65

CAP system, 70

DP system, 71-72

hierarchy, 66-69

MP system, 70-71

primary, 65-66

RP system, 72-73

secondary, 66

SLP system, 70

software

metering data, 24

update management feature, 282-285

WSUS versus, 26

SMS (Systems Management Server) reports

creating

copying existing report, 365

described, 363-364

parameters, working with, 366-370

point, installing, 355-358

queries

creating simple, 334-338

criteria, using, 339-346

described, 328

exporting and importing, 347-352

pros and cons of, 327-328

running, 330-333

WMI, 328-330

reporting point, installing, 355-358

security

described, 352

settings, applying to query or report, 352-355

viewing reports, 358-363

SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol), 241

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

described, 22

trap, automatic alert response, 173

software deployment and management. See SMS

Software Update Services (SUS), 123

Software Updates Installation Agent, 23-24

software, WSUS prerequisites, 130-131

Solution Accelerators (SA), 171

Space Analysis script, SQL Server 2000, 253

SPS (SharePoint Portal Server) 2003, 388

SQL query reporting, 363-370

SQL Server 2000 (Microsoft)

Block Analysis script, 250

components, 250

Database Configuration Monitoring script, 250-251

Database Health script, 251

described, 385

installation, 248-249

Long Running Agent Jobs script, 251

Remote Connectivity Monitoring, 249

Remote Connectivity script, 251-252

Replication Monitoring script, 252

Service Availability script, 252

Service Discovery script, 252

Service Pack Compliance script, 252-253

SMS security, 317

Space Analysis script, 253

tasks, 253-254

as WSUS database, 127, 128

square brackets ([]), 152

square brackets with carat ([⁁]), 152

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), 240, 316

startup tasks, Administrator console, 14-15

state

modeling, 5

monitoring, 212-213

OC view, 160

roll-up policy, 192

variable, updating, automatic alert response, 173

status reports, 141

storage

state monitoring scripts, 212-213

temporary, Management Server, 156

WSUS data, 129

storage state monitoring, scripts, 212-213

Subselected Values, SMS report queries, 344-345

SUS (Software Update Services), 123

System Center

described, 377-380

DPM, 386

roadmap, 383

System Definition Model (SDM), 9

Systems Management Server. See SMS; SMS 2003; SMS reports