Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Administrators Companion (Pro-Administrators Companion)

Introduction

Table Table: System Requirements for the Evaluation Edition CD

Chapter 1: Overview

Table 1.1: Supported client operating system platforms

Table 1.2: Top-level SMS objects

Table 1.3: SMS 2.0 features no longer supported

Chapter 2: Primary Site Installation

Table 2.1: SQL Server configuration parameters

Table 2.2: Command-line switch options

Table 2.3: SMS 2003 setup option defaults

Table 2.4: SMS 2003 components installed during setup

Table 2.5: Systems Management Server program group shortcuts

Chapter 3: Configuring Site Server Properties and Site Systems

Table 3.1: Additional requirements for site system roles

Chapter 4: Multiple-Site Structures

Table 4.1: Status messages generated during the establishment of a parent-child relationship

Chapter 5: Analysis and Troubleshooting Tools

Table 5.1: Status filter rule options

Table 5.2: Status filter action options

Chapter 6: System Performance and Network Analysis

Table 6.1: System Monitor objects

Table 6.2: SMS-specific System Monitor counters

Table 6.3: Network Monitor experts

Chapter 8: Client Installation Methods

Table 8.1: SMS Client installation methods

Table 8.2: Capinst.exe command-line options

Table 8.3: Smsman.exe command-line options

Table 8.4: Ccmsetup.exe command-line options

Table 8-5: Ccmsetup.exe installation property options for Client.msi

Table 8-6: Client component status indicators

Chapter 10: Remote Control of Client Systems

Table 10.1: Diagnostic tools for Windows 98 clients

Table 10.2: Windows security events generated by a remote function

Chapter 11: Collections

Table 11.1: Default collections created during SMS site server installation

Chapter 13: Patch Management

Table 13.1: Steps in the four-phase patch management process

Table 13.2: Software update severity ratings

Table 13.3: Release priorities and time frames

Table 13.4: Release priorities adjustment criteria

Chapter 14: Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer

Table 14.1: Predefined variables

Table 14.2: Functional variables

Table 14.3: SMS Installer Script Editor actions

Chapter 16: Queries and Reports

Table 16.1: SMS objects and some of their attribute classes and attributes

Table 16.2: Criterion types

Table 16.3: Relational operators

Table 16.4: Wildcard characters

Chapter 17: Security

Table 17.1: CAP folder and share permissions

Table 17.2: Management point folder permissions

Table 17.3: SMS distribution points folder and share permissions

Table 17.4: SMS site server folder and share permissions

Table 17.5: User accounts common to advanced and standard security

Table 17.6: Group accounts common to advanced and standard security

Table 17.7: Accounts specific to advanced security

Table 17.8: Accounts specific to standard security

Table 17.9: Accounts specific to SMS clients

Table 17.10: Object permissions

Chapter 18: Disaster Recovery

Table 18.1: Database maintenance tasks

Chapter 19: Maintaining the Database Through Microsoft SQL Server

Table 19.1: SQL Server 2000 program tools

Table 19.2: SQL Server configuration parameters

Chapter 20: Migration Issues

Table 20.1: Deployment Readiness Wizard tests