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MAC addresses, 269–70

maintenance

backing up site database and strategic files, 706–12

configuring Backup SMS Site Server task, 709–10

daily database tasks, 697–98

general database tasks, 696–97

monthly database tasks, 699

rationale for database, 695–96

recovering SMS site, 712–16

scheduling tasks, 699–703

site server back ups, 707–11

weekly database tasks, 698–99

Manage Distribution Points Wizard, 717–18

Management Information Format (MIF) files. See MIF (Management Information Format) files

Management Point Properties dialog box, 132

Management Point tab (Site System Properties dialog box), 130

management points, 129–33

additional requirements for site system as, 114

assigning role of, 130

configuring secondary site as, 159

defined, 9, 129

management point component configuration, 131–32

NTFS folder permissions, 661

proxy, 132–33

removing role of, 131

requirements for site servers, 44

role in packaging distribution, 439–40

manual client installation, 307, 309, 315–17

membership for collections

direct membership rules, 407, 410–15

query-based, 407

Membership Rules tab (Collection Properties dialog box), 414, 418

memory

configuring SQL Server, 41

memory allocation for SQL Server, 750

requirements with SMS and SQL Server on same server, 38

site server requirements, 44

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), 44

Microsoft Management Console. See MMC (Microsoft Management Console)

Microsoft Office Inventory Tool for Updates, 532

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) process model, 509–10

Microsoft Operations Framework Self-Assessment Tool, 519

Microsoft SMS 2003 CD

installing primary sites from, 45–46

running Recovery Expert from, 46

secondary site installations from, 150–56

Microsoft SMS Installer Installation Wizard, 558–61

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference, 37

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0. See also mixed-version environments

backing up before upgrade, 760

handling incompatible features before upgrade, 760

planning mixed-version environments, 758–59

premigration considerations, 756

running Deployment Readiness Wizard, 8, 761–67

site data propagation after migration, 769

upgrading, 769–75

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, 3–25. See also features of Systems Management Server 2003; mixed-version environments

about, 4–5

application management in, 18–19

building patch management infrastructure, 514–16

command-line switches for installation, 46–47

components of, 6–13

database components, 737–39

desktop administration available in, 5–6

diagnosis and troubleshooting tools, 15–18

enhancements and changes to, 21–25

evolution of, 3–4

features and functions of, 5–19

features installed during setup, 49–50

initialization file for, 47–48

installation options, 45–48

installing with SMS Setup Wizard, 46, 51–65

inventory and resource management with, 13–15

knowledge of SQL Server required for, 733–34

.MOF file, 761

operating systems supported by, 7

package distribution, 17–18

planning functions for implementation, 32–34

planning implementation of, 27–36

precautions for clustered server installations, 45

queries in, 623–25

security mode changes, 21

setup screen, 46

site data propagation after migration, 769

sizing database, 39

SMS 2.0 features no longer supported, 23–24

SQL Server requirements for, 36–42

system clock synchronization, 41–42

tuning SQL Server for, 40–41

WMI, 19–21

Microsoft Web site

SMS Server page, 788

SQL Server page, 788

Windows Server 2003 page, 788

Microsoft Windows operating systems

Control Panel changes with SMS installation, 321–22

identifying for programs in package, 456

platforms supporting clients, 7

recommendations for Legacy Client, 307

requirements for site servers, 44–45

restarting NT 4.0 client before remote functionality enabled, 390

SQL Server 7 unsupported on Windows Server 2003, 8

systems unsupported by SMS, 23

updating Windows XP Professional to use Status Message Viewer, 207

Windows 98 client diagnostic tools, 386–87

Windows NT/Windows 2000 domain model and network infrastructure planning, 29

MIF Collection tab (Hardware Inventory Client Agent Properties dialog box), 338–39

MIF (Management Information Format) files

creating IDMIF file, 355–56

creating NIDMIFs, 353–55

creating uninstall status, 576–77, 601

creation of Badmifs folder, 342

customizing hardware inventory with, 350, 352–53

further reading, 353

reporting status information for packages, 445, 464

setting default values for, 338–39

types and uses of, 352–53

viewing IDMIFs, 356

migration, 754–76. See also structuring sites for upgrading; upgrading

holding sites, 768–69

overview, 755, 775–76

planning site structure, 755–68

post-upgrade tasks, 774

running Deployment Readiness Wizard, 761–67

site data propagation, 769

troubleshooting, 775

upgrading primary sites, 770–73

upgrading secondary sites, 773–74

milestone message types, 198

mixed-version environments

client platforms supported, 757

considerations for, 758–59

holding sites, 768–69

Service Packs supporting, 758

site data propagation, 769

using standard SMS_def.mof file for, 761

MMC (Microsoft Management Console)

Administrator Console snap-in for, 82

creating custom Administrator Console, 686–91

defined, 82

selecting console tree entries, 689–90

SQL Server Enterprise Manager, 734–37, 739

modifying

reports, 643–46

site installation, 67–72

.MOF file, 761

MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) process model, 509–10

mouse conflicts in Remote Control sessions, 389

multiple-site structures, 141–94. See also parent- child relationships; secondary sites; senders; site hierarchies

Active Directory domain model and hierarchies, 183–84

adding new senders, 188–90

administrative model and site hierarchies, 183

communicating through senders, 184–93

defining parent-child relationships, 141–73

developing site hierarchies, 174–84

hierarchy model, 142–43

information flow and addresses in parent-child relationships, 161–62

installing secondary site from primary site, 144–50

international site considerations, 180–82

multiple site hierarchies, 175

network performance and site hierarchies, 176–78

overview, 141, 194

parent-child relationships between primary sites, 161–73

primary and secondary site characteristics, 141–42

security for parent and child sites, 153

senders, 186–87

setting distribution for, 444

mungers, 378

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