RE: OT Microsoft System Management Server

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

It would take a while to download at 128k, but I can stick SMS server cd
online for you to evaluate? If its any use, let me know offlist.

Des

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 22:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT Microsoft System Management Server
>
>
> A few other things which might be useful to know in an interview:
>
> There are different "types" of SMS servers in an SMS
enterprise, I don't
> think I know them all, but for example, there are SMS Site servers,
and
> there are distribution servers, and so on. Not *all* types of SMS
server
> require SQL to be installed on them locally.
>
> There are hierarchical relationships set up between various types of
SMS
> server, so that you can for instance set up an SMS server in a
> branch office
> that may be at the end of a slow WAN link, - the workstations at
> that branch
> report all their asset information to that local server, which can
then
> upload it to a central server overnight... There can be multiple
> layers in
> this kind of arrangement, with each SMS server uploading to the
> next level
> up the tree... Thus you can design SMS topologies that are
> optimised for any
> given LAN/WAN topology...
>
> All of the clients need an SMS agent component installed on them
> in order to
> participate, which is typicaly loaded from the logon script, so
> there's no
> way for a "naughty" user to avoid having it loaded and thus
get round the
> policies the network Nazi^H^H^H^H administrator imposes....
>
> SMS 2.0 *IS* a component part of MS Backoffice Server 2000....
>
> Oh, and also, SMS includes some network management features as well, -
it
> contains the full version of the packet sniffer that is included with
> certain versions of windows. - the freebie Windows versions only allow
> viewing/capture of packets to/from the host machine, whereas the
> SMS version
> is a proper "promsicuous" one that can view/capture all
packets on the
> wire...
>
> HTH.
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> >
> >Stuart,
> >
> >I'm *NO* expert on SMS, but I can tell you the following:
> >
> >It is an enterprise system management product encompassing areas
such as:
> >
> >Asset management
> >Software metering
> >Remote control
> >Software distribution
> >
> >With it, you can create hierarchichal views of an enterprise
network, and
> >view the properties of all the windows PC's connected to that
> network. You
> >can view detailed hardware inventories for those PC's, and also
detailed
> >software inventories, This includes servers as well as
workstations. You
> >can
> >distribute software packages for automatic installation on any of
those
> >machines. Once all this info is gathered into the SMS database
> (which uses
> >SQL server as the back end), you can the set up any number of
reports and
> >queries, so you can get answers to questions like: "What PC's
on
> my network
> >meet the hardware requirements for an upgrade to Windows XP?"
Once that
> >report has been created, the machines which match can then be
> grouped into
> >a
> >seperate view, and the XP upgrade could be installed on them
> automatically.
> >Conversely, you could ask "what PC's don't meet the hardware
> requirements,
> >and in each case, what hardware is lacking" - thus producing
a "things to
> >buy" list to upgrade all the remaining PC's. You can also use
it
> to control
> >software useage on your network - for example only allowing
> "quake.exe" to
> >run at certain times of the day...
> >
> >This is a *VERY* simplistic view of what I understand the product
to be,
> >but
> >like I said, it's not my forte...
> >
> >HTH.
> >
> >Paul G.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Stuart Whyte" <lists@xxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > >To: "UKHA" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: [ukha_d] OT Microsoft System Management Server
> > >Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:43:06 -0000
> > >
> > >Gents
> > >
> > >I have an interview for a job next week (FINALLY!) which I
have all the
> > >necessary skills/experience for, except one thing:  Microsoft
System
> > >Management Server.  Could any one give me a brief overview of
> what it is,
> > >what it does, and if its one of the BackOffice programs that
> you set up
> >and
> > >pretty much leave it to itself, or do I really need to know
it well
> >enough
> > >not to be able to blag it with books.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >Stuart
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Paul G.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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