Designing, Managing, Maintaining Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
Posted on : 10-09-2009 | By : admin | In : Latest News
Designing, Managing, and Maintaining Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam are systems engineers or systems administrators with one to three years of experience supporting multiple desktop and server computers that are running Microsoft Windows in medium to large enterprise organizations, and who need to plan a Systems Management Server (SMS) deployment.
Skills Being Measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.
Designing and Planning the SMS Environment
- Analyze the business requirements for SMS
- Analyze the current environment
- Analyze previous installations and identify interoperability.
- Identify upgrade paths
- Analyze capacity and performance
- Analyze network topology
- Analyze client environment
- Analyze Microsoft Active Directory site structure
- Analyze server environment
- Analyze domain models and security
- Plan Active Directory for SMS integration
- Plan Active Directory sites so that they define SMS site boundaries
- Plan an SMS site hierarchy
- Plan for Active Directory schema changes for SMS
- Plan integration between SMS and WINS
- Plan Active Directory security for SMS integration
- Plan security for SMS integration
- Plan advanced security implementation
- Plan for trusted root key implementation
- Plan management points implementation
- Plan discovery and client installation
- Identify which client types to deploy
- Develop strategies for discovery and client installation
- Select a discovery method
- Plan to deploy SMS clients
- Assign clients to SMS sites
- Plan SMS sites
- Identify hardware requirements
- Plan NetBIOS requirements
- Plan location and types of site servers
- Plan site system roles
- Plan SMS boundaries
- Plan roaming boundaries
- Plan site boundaries
- Plan client roaming
Planning and Managing Feature Packs
- Plan and manage Operating System Deployment (OSD)
- Plan distribution points
- Plan replication
- Deploy OSD
- Troubleshoot OSD
- Plan and manage Device Management
- Plan Device Management
- Deploy Device Management
- Configure the Device Client Agent
- Manage clients by using Device Management
- Troubleshoot Device Management
Configuring an SMS Environment
- Prepare the environment for SMS
- Configure the Active Directory schema for SMS
- Configure SMS in an environment that does not include Active Directory
- Publish server locator points to WINS
- Configure Windows components so that they support SMS features
- Install the required service packs for SMS
- Configure an SMS site
- Configure Internet Information Server (IIS) security
- Configure site and roaming boundaries
- Configure site security
- Upgrade from SMS 2.0 to SMS 2003
- Install site systems
- Install operating systems
- Install NTFS File System partitions
- Configure servers and shares
- Configure discovery methods
- Configure client agents
- Configure Hardware Inventory Client Agent
- Configure Software Inventory Client Agent
- Configure Advertised Programs Client Agent
- Configure Software Metering Client Agent
- Configure Remote Tools Client Agent
- Discover SMS resources
- Deploy SMS clients
- Deploy a Legacy client
- Deploy the Advanced Client
- Troubleshoot client installation issues
Managing and Maintaining an SMS Environment
- Collect Asset Management Information
- Extend an inventory collection
- Manage the Software Metering Client Agent
- Report on asset management information
- Query and report data
- Create reports
- Create queries
- Report software distribution status
- Query and report site system status
- Create and run dashboards
- Distribute software
- Implement phased deployments and best practices
- Manage distribution points
- Create and configure collections
- Create and configure SMS packages
- Create and configure advertisements
- Manage Advanced Client software distribution behavior
- Implement the software update tools
- Perform a software update synchronization
- Perform a software update inventory
- Deploy and verify software updates
- Identify software update compliance
- Implement SMS Remote Tools for client troubleshooting and support
- Manage remote assistance integration
- Set up security elements
Monitoring and Troubleshooting SMS
- Monitor software distribution
- Troubleshoot roaming clients in an SMS hierarchy
- Monitor Advanced Client roaming
- Manage remote and local distribution point access
- Monitor client health
- Implement the SMS 2003 Client Health Monitoring Tool
- Monitor logs
- Perform site maintenance
- Manage site maintenance tasks
- Manage SMS accounts
- Monitor SMS site health
- Monitor In-boxes
- Monitor component status
- Perform backup and recovery tasks
- Implement the Recovery Expert
- Read backup control files
- Implement the SMS Site Repair Wizard
- Back up SMS data sources