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.ICO files, 468

ICP (International Client Pack), 182

Identify phase of patch management, 511–12, 520–24

identifying IT assets, 513

IDMIF files

creating, 355–56

creation of Badmifs folder, 342

sample, 355

uses for, 353

viewing, 356

IIS (Internet Information Services), 44

Imaging method, 307

importing reports, 647

Inbox Manager, 122–23, 395

Inbox Manager Assistant, 122–23

indexes, 738

informational messages, 197–98

Input Query Value dialog box, 639

Install.log, 600

installation agent settings for updates, 546–47

Installation and Operation Release Notes, 73

Installation Expert, 562–64

about, 562

adding files to script, 578

changing Registry settings, 581–82

compiler for, 563–64

creating installation scripts, 565–72

custom installation scripts, 563

editing file associations for scripts, 580

installation attributes of, 572, 579, 582–85

installing drivers for database support, 579

modifying installation scripts, 572–86

packaging script files, 562–63

sample script, 594–95

selecting optional components for installation, 578

Test and Run tools, 564

user interface for, 565

Installation Interface dialog box, 573–77

Installation Options page

Client Push Installation Wizard, 312

SMS Setup Wizard, 53, 60, 68–69, 154

installation scripts

adding files to, 578

changing Registry settings, 581–82

creating, 565–72

custom, 563

editing file associations for, 580

Installation Expert modifications to, 572–86

modifications with Script Editor, 586–95

modifying Autoexec.bat files, 583

packaging, 562–63

performing silent installations, 575, 584

rolling back and uninstalling, 597–601

running on reference computer, 564

sample, 594–95

selecting optional components for installation, 578

testing and compiling, 563–64, 596–97

Installation Source Files page (Create Secondary Site Wizard), 146–47

Installer. See SMS Installer

Installer Step-up Utility (ISU), 555, 592–93

installing. See also installing clients; installing primary site servers; installing secondary sites

Recovery Expert, 719

SMS Installer, 557–62

Software Update Scanning Tools, 532–36

updates with Ohotfix.exe, 548–49

installing clients, 303–28

about, 307–8

Active Directory group policy method, 318

Client Push Installation method, 308–13

computer imaging method, 319

Logon Script Initiated method, 307, 314–15

manual installation, 315–17

software distribution method, 318

installing primary site servers, 27–85. See also Setup

considerations before, 34–36

express vs. custom installation, 48–51

hardware requirements, 43–44

installation options, 45–48

planning SMS implementation, 27–36

precautions on clustered servers, 45

preinstallation requirements, 36–45

running setup, 51–65

server modifications after SMS installation, 72–77

software requirements, 44–45

SQL Server installation before SMS, 37

SQL Server requirements, 36–42

tuning SQL Server for SMS, 40–41

unattended installation for, 47–48

installing secondary sites, 144–60

installation process flow for, 156–57

installing from parent primary site, 144–50

locally from SMS CD, 150–56

instance security rights

assigning to users, 680–83

defined, 102, 672

setting object instance permissions, 678–80

International Client Pack (ICP), 182

Internet Information Services (IIS), 44

interoperability. See mixed-version environments

Inventoried File Properties dialog box, 358–59

inventory collection, 335–67. See also hardware inventory; software inventory

client requirements and inventory frequency, 340–41, 362–63

collecting and displaying network resources, 13–15

customizing hardware inventory, 350–56

enabling, 337–40, 357–62

hardware inventory overview, 335–37

hardware resynchronization, 342–43

inventory scheduling unchanged by resync, 343

MIF files, 336

process flow, 341–42, 363–64

purpose of, 335

resynchronizing software inventory, 364

software inventory overview, 356–57

spotting and correcting problems with, 367

status messages and log files, 343–48, 365

viewing hardware inventory, 348–50

viewing software inventory, 366

Inventory Collection tab (Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box), 358

Inventory Data Loader, 342–43

Inventory Names tab (Software Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box), 360–61

Inventoryagent.log file, 345

IP addresses as site boundaries, 304–5

IPX site boundaries, 23

ISDN RAS Sender, 165–66, 187

ISU (Installer Step-up Utility), 555, 592–93

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