Systems Management Server (SMS) Installer Overview
SMS Installer can be used to create self-extracting software installation files. These executable files contain the identical files and settings which were created when a specific application was installed. The SMS Installer reproduces all the components required to install the software. This includes an installation script as well, which controls the software installation process. SMS Installer provides the means by which you can maintain appl
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SMS 2.0 Queries Overview
You can use a SMS query to search for information in the SMS site database. In fact, all data stored in the site database can be queried. This includes data relating to computer resources, sites, software distribution, and users and user groups. A query consists of one expression or multiple expressions conveyed using the WBEM Query Language (WQL). When the query is run against the SMS site database, the SMS Provider retrieves all data in the SMS site database tables th
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Configuring Software Metering
The components involved in the software metering process:
Site server: This is the place where you configure the components that support software metering, and specify which applications are included or excluded from the software metering process. The site server is also where you specify how many licenses are available, and the balancing of license information.
Software metering server: The software metering server performs the following functions:
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Systems Management Server (SMS) Overview
SMS 2.0 is a Microsoft BackOffice systems management tool that can both operate in and manage an assortment of network environments. Systems Management Server (SMS) enables network environments and network resources to be centrally controlled. The core control point or center of Systems Management Server is the SMS Administrator console. This is a snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The industry standard for Web-Based Enterprise Management
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SMS Database Maintenance Tasks
The main SMS database maintenance task that you need to perform is to implement a backup strategy for the SMS site server and SMS database server. A backup is the process of archiving data and system files on a computer to a different location on a hard disk, or other media type. A backup plan or strategy should detail the data that has to be backed up, the manner in which the data should be backed up, the frequency at which the backups should occur, and the manne
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In large organizations, having one SMS site for the management of all your network resources is not really the ideal solution. Here, implementing a site hierarchy that has multiple SMS sites is the better solution.
A SMS site consists of the following SMS components:
SMS site server
SMS site systems
SMS clients and resources
The SMS hierarchy is the structure that links multiple sites together. The SMS hierarchy is created by linking sites together so that parent-child relationship
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Configuring SMS Sites Systems
A SMS site system is a Windows server that carries out one of multiple SMS roles for the SMS site. When installing SMS, the default configuration is that all SMS roles are installed on an SMS site server.
After SMS is installed, you can assign these site system roles to computers:
Client access points (CAPs): This is a SMS site system that operates as the exchange point between SMS clients and the SMS site server. At the client access point; inventory, and
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