Module 1: Installing a Primary Site Server

Lessons

• Site server hardware and software requirements
• Installing Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0, Service Pack 2.
• Changes to the site server
• Troubleshooting site installation

Lab: Setting up an SMS 2.0, SP2 primary site

Lab: Viewing the SMS site server configuration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 2: Using SMS Diagnostic Tools

Lessons

• Status messages
• SMS Service Manager
• SMS log files
• Performance Monitor
• WBEMTest diagnostic tool
• Network Monitor
• SNMP Event to Trap translator

Lab: Using SMS diagnostic tools

Lab: Implementing Network Monitor

Lab: Configuring the SNMP Event to Trap translation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 3: Setting Up Multiple Sites

Lessons

• Defining the site hierarchy
• Configuring a site address
• Attaching to a parent site
• Communicating between sites
• Installing a secondary site server
• Removing SMS from a site server
• Troubleshooting a secondary site installation

Lab: Establishing a parent-child relationship

Lab: Implementing the Courier sender

Lab: Setting up a secondary site

Lab: Removing a secondary site

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 4: Configuring Site Systems

Lessons

• Site configuration process
• Configuring Windows 2000-based site systems
• Configuring NetWare site systems

Lab: Configuring site systems

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 5: Discovering and Installing Clients

Lessons

• Assignment, discovery, and client installation review
• Assigning resources to sites
• Discovery methods
• Client installation
• Removing SMS from a client
• Troubleshooting client installation

Lab: Adding a client to an SMS site

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 6: Collecting Inventory

Lessons

• Hardware inventory collection
• Software inventory collection

Lab: Collecting hardware inventory

Lab: Customizing hardware inventory

Lab: Collecting software inventory

Lab: Customizing software inventory

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 7: Distributing Software

Lessons

• Distributing software to clients
• Hard-disk space requirements
• Network traffic generated
• Tracking package status
• Tracking advertisement status

Lab: Installing the Advertised Programs client agent

Lab: Distributing software

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 8: Software Metering

Lessons

• Software metering process flow
• Hard-disk space requirements
• Network traffic generated
• Log files

Lab: Configuring software metering

Lab: Metering software usage

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 9: Remotely Controlling a Client

Lessons

• Remote control session
• Resource requirements and network traffic
• Status messages, log files, and events

Lab: Configuring remote control

Lab: Using remote tools

Lab: Optimizing remote tool traffic

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 10: Optimizing SQL Server for SMS

Lessons

• Introduction to SQL Server
• Maintaining a SQL Server database
• Configuring SMS database maintenance tasks
• Tuning SQL Server for use with SMS

Lab: SMS stored procedures and tasks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 11: Restoring an SMS Site

Lessons

• Moving the site database
• Replacing the site database server
• Replacing the site server computer
• Restoring site systems

Lab: Restoring an SMS site

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 12: Securing an SMS Site

Lessons

• Security overview
• SMS file security
• SMS database security
• SMS accounts

Lab: Implementing SMS security

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 13: SMS Component Operations

Lessons

• Site configuration components
• Site system installation components
• Discovery components
• Inventory components
• Software distribution components
• Software metering components
• Intersite components
• Status system components