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Today I had to deploy SCCM 2007 SP2 RC on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system. The installation went pretty straightforward, however it can become a little tricky if you have not installed previous versions of SCCM. This procedure deploys SCCM in mixed mode, on a future post I will show how to deploy the needed PKI infrastructure to support the native mode of SCCM.

Below you will find the step-by-step:

1. OS Pre-requisites
   1. Features > Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) – Add every role and service required.
   2. Features > Remote Differential Compression
   3. Role > Web Server (IIS): Add the following components to the default selection.
      1. ASP.NET
      2. Windows Authentication
      3. Dynamic Content Compression
      4. IIS6 Metabase Compatibility
      5. IIS6 WMI Compatibility
      6. WebDAV Publishing
      7. ASP
2. SQL Server 2008 + SP1
   1. Database Engine Services.
   2. Reporting Services.
   3. Management Tools – Complete.
   4. Use NETWORK SERVICE for every SQL Server Service.
   5. Configure SSRS in native mode.
   6. After installation, download and install SQL Server 2008 SP1.
3. WSUS 3.0 SP2
   1. Download and install “Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2008 SP1”
   2. Download and Install  WSUS 3.0 SP2
      1. Use the SQL Server 2008 db deployed before to store the updates.
      2. Create a dedicated IIS Website for WSUS.
      3. Run the initial configuration wizard and select the behavior and types of updates you want.
4. Configure WebDAV on IIS7.5
   1. Open the WebDAV properties on the Default Website
      
   2. Click on “Enable WebDAV” on the Actions pane.
   3. Click on “Add Authoring rule” on the Actions pane.
      • Allow Access To: All Content
      • Allow access to this content to: All Users
      • Permissions: Read
   4. Click on “WebDAV Settings” on the Actions pane.
      • Property Behavior > Allow Anonymous Property Queries = True
      • Property Behavior > Allow Custom Property = Fals
      • Property Behavior > Allow Property Queries with Infinite Depth = True
      • WebDAV Behavior > Allow Hidden Files to be Listed = True
        
   5. Modify on the ApplicationHost.config the <requestFilter> directive
      1. Open C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config
      2. Allow the file extension “.mdb” by editting the <requestFiltering> section:
         
5. SCCM 2007 SP2 RC
   1. Extend the AD Schema: This is a non-reversible operation and should be executed on production environments without taking rollback measures before.
      1. Run the EXTADSCH.EXE file under an account with enough privileges to modify the AD schema (Member of Schema Admin security group)
         
      2. If you have any problem with this step, check the log file on c:\ExtADSch.log
      3. Now that you have extended the schema you need to enable the publishing of SCCM information into AD, to do this
         1. Manually create the System Management Container in AD: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632591.aspx
         2. Set the security properly on that container: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633169.aspx
         3. And after the installation finishes verify that SCCM is automatically publishing this information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680711.aspx (This is created by default)
   2. Run the Pre-requisite checker to verify there you pass every test.
   3. Run the SCCM Setup
      1. Select “Install a Configuration Manager site server”.
      2. Select “Custom Settings”
      3. Select “Primary Site””
      4. Enter Site Code (“eg: TNA”) and  Site name
      5. Install a mixed mode configuration (We did not deploy needed certificated for the native mode)
      6. Select local SQL Instance and default DB name.
      7. Setup a provider on the localhost.
      8. Install a management point on the localhost.
      9. Use the default port for communications (80)
      10. Select a local folder to download the SCCM updates, this will take a while
          
      11. Finally, launch the SCCM installation.
6. SCCM Post-Deployment Configuration Tasks
   1. I suggest to follow this checklist to begin using your SCCM deployment: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633240.aspx
   2. Configure Site Boundaries
      
   3. Select the roles
      
   4. Client Installation
      1. Configure Client Push Installation using a Domain Admin account.
      2. Configure Discovery Methods: Enable Active Directory Discovery
         

Now wait for the discover to occur and begin managing!!

Last Wednesday 18-February we had a TechNet webcast about the System Center Suite. If you want to go deeper you can download the session resources here: http://cid-5f9c7b75bd402dda.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/TechNet/2009-02-18%20-%20System%20Center%20y%20el%20Centro%20de%20Datos

I recommend this session to earn a high-level perspective about the System Center Suite, on the online session you can watch demos about the following scenarios:

1. Datacenter Deployment: Windows Deployment Services (WDS) technology to remotely deploy OS on your datacenter environment.
2. Model Based Updates Management: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) to achieve templates based updates roll-out to the datacenter.
3. End to end monitoring: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta (SCOM) to have an holistic view of your production services health.
4. Model based standards in the datacenter: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) to manage workstation and servers baselines against a desired configuration baseline enforced by IT.
5. Accountability in the datacenter: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta (SCOM) to concentrate audit events, using Audit Collection Services,  from your windows server environment with reporting capabilities to overcome your security auditor demands.
6. Datacenter Planinng: System Center Capacity Planner 2007 (SCCP) (free download!) to size your services deployment on Miacorosft solutions like Exchange, Sharepoint and Operations Manager.

You can download the On-Demand session here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=es-AR&EventID=1032400708&CountryCode=AR

Next week Southworks SRL will take part of the SMSE (Systems Management Server Enterprise) event series on Microsoft Argentina, targeted for MS EPG customers. From Southworks we will be involved as expert in the System Center family Solutions. I will be a speaker on sessions about: System Center Operations Manager, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V sharing the stage with the great Alejandro Ponicke and Leandro Sgallari the magician

Sessions Details

The series will be:

• SMSE Live Day 1: Wednesday 27-Aug (9-13 Hs): Live Event – Clients by invitation only.
• SMSE Live Day 2: Thursday 28-Aug (9-13 Hs): Live Event – Clients by invitation only.
• SMSE WC Day 1: Thursday 28-Aug (14:30-16 Hs): Public webcast
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032383808&EventCategory=4&culture=es-AR&CountryCode=AR
• SMSE WC Day 1: Friday 29-Aug (14:30-16 Hs): Public webcast
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032383810&EventCategory=4&culture=es-AR&CountryCode=AR

The outline for the Live sessions is (still developing on our UNMG network!):

• SMSE Live Day 1
  • SCVMM: Platform showcase | Intro | Snapshots | Live Migration
  • SCOM: Intro | SUSE Monitoring | Service Level Dashboard | Custom MP
  • SCCM: Intro | Win2k8/Vista Mgmt | Asset Intelligence | Update Mgmt
  • SCDPM: Intro | DB recovery | End User File recovery
• SMSE Live Day 2
  
  • Intel: VPro (By Gabriela Gallardo, Intel)
  • SCVMM: Live Migration Drill-Down | Self Service Portal
  • SCCM + SCOM: Control Panel Advertisements | SCCM Monitoring | Desired Configuration Management | Internet based clients
  • SCDPM + SCCM + SCOM: VM backup | DPM Reporting | DPM Health with Ops Mgr | SCCM Recovery from DPM triggered by Ops Mgr

The agenda for the Webcasts sessions will be a sub-set of the above focused on SCVMM 2008 Beta and Hyper-V. Subscribe today using the above links so you will have a reminder on your calendar!

SMSE is a licensing model developed this year by Microsoft to encourage the adoption of System Center products on the Enterprise.