Figure 1.1: A representative SMS Administrator Console displaying the different top- level objects that the SMS administrator can manage.
Figure 1.2: Various site system roles that can be assigned within an SMS site and a representative SMS site hierarchy.
Figure 1.3: Relationship between the SMS Provider, the WMI, and the SMS database.
Chapter 2: Primary Site Installation
Figure 2.1: The setup screen that appears when you first insert the SMS 2003 CD.
Figure 2.2: The Setup Wizard Welcome page.
Figure 2.3: The System Configuration page.
Figure 2.4: The Setup Options page.
Figure 2.5: The Installation Options page.
Figure 2.6: The License Agreement page.
Figure 2.7: The Product Registration page.
Figure 2.8: The SMS Site Information page.
Figure 2.9: The SMS Active Directory Schema page.
Figure 2.10: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 2.11: The SMS Primary Site Client Load page.
Figure 2.12: The Concurrent SMS Administrator Consoles page.
Figure 2.13: The Completing The Systems Management Server Setup Wizard page.
Figure 2.14: The Setup Installation Options page.
Figure 2.15: The SQL Server Information For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.16: The SQL Server Account For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.17: The Creation of the SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.18: The SMS Site Database Name page.
Figure 2.19: The SQL Server Directory Path For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.20: The Concurrent SMS Administrator Consoles page.
Figure 2.21: The SMS Provider Information page.
Figure 2.22: The System Configuration page.
Figure 2.23: The Setup Options page.
Figure 2.24: The Setup Installation Options page.
Figure 2.25: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 2.26: The Database Modification page.
Figure 2.27: The Authentication Mode For SMS Site Database page.
Figure 2.28: The Completing Systems Management Server Setup Wizard page.
Figure 2.29: The SMS Setup Options page.
Figure 2.30: The SMS Database Deinstallation Options page.
Figure 2.31: The default SMS Administrator Console, displaying all top-level objects that the SMS administrator can access.
Chapter 3: Configuring Site Server Properties and Site Systems
Figure 3.1: The General tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.2: The Set Security Mode dialog box.
Figure 3.3: The Site Boundaries tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.4: The New Site Boundary dialog box.
Figure 3.5: The Accounts tab in the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.6: The Windows User Account dialog box.
Figure 3.7: The Setup Options page of the Setup Wizard.
Figure 3.8: The SMS Security Information page of the Setup Wizard.
Figure 3.9: The Roaming Boundaries tab in the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.10: The New Roaming Boundary dialog box displaying an IP address range.
Figure 3.11: The Advertisement Properties dialog box showing the Advanced Client tab options.
Figure 3.12: The Advanced tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.13: The Security tab of the Site Properties dialog box, showing the two default accounts granted permissions to manage the Site Properties class of object.
Figure 3.14: An example of some of the site properties contained in the site control file, showing the site code and site name (S00 and Contoso Corp), the site server platform (X86), the installation directory (V:\SMS), and the site server name and domain (SQL1 and Contoso).
Figure 3.15: The process flow for carrying out changes to the site control file in an SMS site.
Figure 3.16: The Site Component Status window, listing the general status level for all the SMS components.
Figure 3.17: Status messages generated by Hierarchy Manager.
Figure 3.18: Status messages generated by Site Control Manager.
Figure 3.19: Launching SMS Service Manager console.
Figure 3.20: The SMS Service Manager console.
Figure 3.21: The SMS Component Logging Control dialog box for single components.
Figure 3.22: The SMS Component Logging Control dialog box for multiple components.
Figure 3.23: The SMS Administrator Console, showing the Site System object selected and the available connection account type.
Figure 3.24: The Windows User Account dialog box.
Figure 3.25: The Site System context menu options.
Figure 3.26: The Site System Properties dialog box for a server.
Figure 3.27: The Site System Properties dialog box for a server share.
Figure 3.28: The General tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.29: The Client Access Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.30: The CAP directory structure, which contains the inboxes needed to write data from both the client and the site server.
Figure 3.31: The Distribution Point tab of the Site Systems Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.32: The Distribution Point Group Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.33: The Group Membership list in the Distribution Point tab.
Figure 3.34: The Management Point tab of the Site System Properties window.
Figure 3.35: The Management Point Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.36: The Reporting Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Figure 3.37: The Server Locator Point tab of the Site System Properties dialog box.
Chapter 4: Multiple-Site Structures
Figure 4.1: An example of an SMS site hierarchy.
Figure 4.2: The Welcome To The Create Secondary Site Wizard page.
Figure 4.3: The Site Identity page.
Figure 4.4: The Site Server page.
Figure 4.5: The Installation Source Files page.
Figure 4.6: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 4.7: The Addresses To Secondary Site page.
Figure 4.8: The New Address To Secondary Site page.
Figure 4.9: The New Address To Parent Site page.
Figure 4.10: The Setup Options page.
Figure 4.11: The Systems Management Server License Agreement page.
Figure 4.12: The Product Registration page.
Figure 4.13: The SMS Site Information page.
Figure 4.14: The SMS Security Information page.
Figure 4.15: The Installation Options page.
Figure 4.16: The Parent Site Information/Identification page.
Figure 4.17: The Connection Account Information page.
Figure 4.18: The SMS Administrator Console, showing the secondary site.
Figure 4.19: The Site Systems Properties dialog box for the management point role for a management point site system in a secondary site.
Figure 4.20: The Choose Whether To Delete Or Deinstall page.
Figure 4.21: Information flow in a site hierarchy.
Figure 4.22: Displaying a list of sender address types.
Figure 4.23: The Standard Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.24: The Asynchronous RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.25: The ISDN RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.26: The X.25 RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.27: The SNA RAS Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.28: The Schedule tab of the Standard Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.29: The Rate Limits tab.
Figure 4.30: The General tab of the Site Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.31: The Set Parent Site dialog box.
Figure 4.32: SMS hierarchy viewed through the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 4.33: The Contoso site hierarchy, with one SMS site.
Figure 4.34: The Contoso site hierarchy, with multiple SMS sites.
Figure 4.35: A package distributed from a site server to multiple distribution points.
Figure 4.36: A package distributed from one site to distribution points in another site.
Figure 4.37: The sender process flow, showing the flow of information among SMS components.
Figure 4.38: The list of sender type options.
Figure 4.39: The General tab of the Sender Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.40: The Advanced tab of the Sender Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.41: Status message indicating that the RAS Sender has been successfully installed on the component server.
Figure 4.42: The General tab of the Courier Sender Address Properties dialog box.
Figure 4.43: The Distribution Settings tab of the Package Properties dialog box.
Chapter 5: Analysis and Troubleshooting Tools
Figure 5.1: The expanded System Status node in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 5.2: The Component Status window in the SMS Administrator Console.
Figure 5.3: The Site System Status window.
Figure 5.4: Displaying a list of message type options.
Figure 5.5: The Status Message Viewer.
Figure 5.6: A pop-up window containing a detailed description of a status message.
Figure 5.7: The Status Message Details dialog box.
Figure 5.8: The Set Viewing Period dialog box.
Figure 5.9: The Status Message Viewer for a site system status window summary entry.
Figure 5.10: The Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.11: The Columns tab of the Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.12: The Export tab of the Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.13: The Font tab of the Status Viewer Options dialog box.
Figure 5.14: The Filter Status Messages dialog box.
Figure 5.15: The Query Information dialog box.
Figure 5.16: Displaying the list of display interval options.
Figure 5.17: The Status Threshold Properties dialog box, showing the default number of status message thresholds.
Figure 5.18: The Free Space Thresholds Properties dialog box for the Site System Status.
Figure 5.19: The General tab of the Component Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.20: The Thresholds tab of the Component Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.21: The default status message thresholds for informational status messages.
Figure 5.22: The default status message thresholds for warning status messages.
Figure 5.23: The default status message thresholds for error status messages.
Figure 5.24: The General tab of the Site System Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.25: The Thresholds tab of the Site System Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.26: The Free Space Threshold Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.27: The General tab of the Advertisement Status Summarizer Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.28: The Status Reporting Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.29: The SMS default status filter rules.
Figure 5.30: The General tab of the Status Filter Rule Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.31: The Actions tab of the Status Filter Rule Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.32: Defining a sample status filter rule.
Figure 5.33: The Status Message Queries window.
Figure 5.34: The Status Message Query Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.35: The Browse Query dialog box.
Figure 5.36: The General Tab of the Query Statement Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.37: The Criteria tab of the Query Statement Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.38: The Criterion Properties dialog box.
Figure 5.39: The Select Attributes dialog box.
Figure 5.40: The results of running a sample status message query.
Figure 5.41: Status message process flow for status messages generated on the site server and site systems.
Figure 5.42: Status message process flow from the client to the site server.
Figure 5.43: Using status filter rules to handle the disposition of a status message.
Figure 5.44: SMS Service Manager, displaying a list of components and services running on the site server.
Figure 5.45: The SMS Trace window.
Figure 5.46: The log file contents displayed in the SMS Trace window.
Figure 5.47: The log file contents displayed using Notepad.
Figure 5.48: The Find dialog box.
Figure 5.49: The Highlight dialog box.
Figure 5.50: The Filter dialog box.
Chapter 6: System Performance and Network Analysis
Figure 6.1: Add Counters dialog box.
Figure 6.2: System Monitor Properties dialog box.
Figure 6.3: A simple chart that monitors three object:counter values.
Figure 6.4: The New Log Settings Dialog box.
Figure 6.5: The log Properties dialog box for the SiteServer1 log.
Figure 6.6: The Log Files tab settings.
Figure 6.7: The Schedule Tab settings.
Figure 6.8: Static chart from a log file.
Figure 6.9: The SMS site system infrastructure Network Trace view.
Figure 6.10: The Trace View displaying site systems successfully accessed across the network.