Maricopa Community Colleges  CIS275CN   20002-20035 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/23/99
CIS275CN 20002-20035 L+L 3 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
Deploying and Supporting Microsoft Server 2.0
Basic knowledge and skills required to deploy and support Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0. Design a site, organize a site hierarchy and plan for resource needs emphasized. Restoring SMS site also covered. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CIS275CN   20002-20035 Deploying and Supporting Microsoft Server 2.0
1. Install a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 primary site. (I)
2. Use SMS diagnostic tools. (I, II)
3. Summarize processes used in setting up multiple sites. (III)
4. Install a secondary site server. (III)
5. Troubleshoot secondary site problems. (III)
6. Configure Windows NT site systems. (IV)
7. Configure NetWare site systems. (IV)
8. Summarize the SMS processes of discovering and stalling clients. (V)
9. Summarize the inventory collection process. (VI)
10. Summarize how software distribution is implemented. (VII)
11. Summarize how software metering is implemented. (VIII)
12. Summarize how SMS components provide remote control. (IX)
13. Maintain a Structured Query Language (SQL) Server database. (X)
14. Back up and restore a database. (X)
15. Replace or restore a site database and primary site server. (XI)
16. Restore site systems. (XI)
17. Analyze security strategies. (XII)
18. Use security tools. (XII)
19. Summarize SMS component operations. (XIII)
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CIS275CN   20002-20035 Deploying and Supporting Microsoft Server 2.0
    I. Primary Site Server
        A. Installing
        B. Changes
        C. Troubleshooting
      II. Systems Management Server (SMS) Diagnostic Tools
          A. Status Messages
          B. Service Manager
          C. Log Files
          D. Performance Monitor
          E. Network Monitor
          F. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
        III. Multiple Sites
            A. Defining a Site Hierarchy
            B. Configuration
            C. Parent Site
            D. Communication
            E. Troubleshooting
          IV. Configuring Site Systems
              A. Windows NT Site Systems
              B. NetWare Site Systems
            V. Clients
                A. Discovery Methods
                B. Installing Clients
                C. Removing SMS from a Client
                D. Troubleshooting
              VI. Inventory
                  A. Hardware Inventory Collection
                  B. Software Inventory Collection
                VII. Distributing Software
                    A. Hard Disk Space Requirements
                    B. Network Traffic Generated
                    C. Tracking
                      1. Package Status
                      2. Advertisement Status
                  VIII. Software Metering
                      A. Process
                      B. Hard Disk Space Requirements
                      C. Network Traffic Generated
                      D. Tracking
                      E. Log files
                    IX. Remotely Controlling a Client
                        A. Resource Requirements
                        B. Status Messages
                      X. Optimizing Structured Query Language (SQL) Server for SMS
                          A. SQL Server
                            1. Databases
                            2. Transaction Logs
                            3. Devices
                            4. Tools
                          B. Database
                          C. Configuration
                        XI. Restoring a SMS Site
                            A. Site Database
                            B. Replacing the Site Database Server
                            C. Replacing the Site Server Computer
                            D. Restoring Site Systems
                          XII. Securing a SMS Site
                              A. Strategies
                              B. Tools
                              C. Site Database Security
                              D. SMS Accounts
                            XIII. SMS Component Operations
                                A. Site Configuration Components
                                B. Site System Installation Components
                                C. Discovery Components
                                D. Inventory Components
                                E. Software Distribution Components
                                F. Software Metering Components
                                G. Intersite Components
                                H. Status System Components
                                I. SMS Directories
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