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| What does System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 R3 do? |
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Definition
comprehensively assesses, deploys, and updates your servers, client computers, and devices across physical, virtual, and mobile environments.
Asset intelligence
Software update management
Desired configuration management
Software distribution
Operating system deployment
Power Management |
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| How can SCCM help manage mobile devices? |
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Definition
| The Configuration Manager 2007 R3 release includes use rights for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008. By itself, Configuration Manager allows you to inventory, deploy software, manage settings, and enforce password policies on a broad range of devices that have integrated into the desktop management platform, including WinCE, ARM, and Symbian. |
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| What does System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 do? |
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Definition
Exceptional application performance and availability for Microsoft environments
Provides end-to-end service management for your datacenter services
Helps increase the efficiency and control of your datacenter environments
Unified monitoring across your private and public cloud services |
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| What does System Center Opalis do? |
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Definition
brings automation, orchestration, and integration with other System Center Products
Allows you to automate workflows between different applications, both Microsoft and third party. |
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ITPA (IT Process Automation), also known as Run Book Automation (RBA), is the ability to orchestrate and integrate IT management tools through workflow.
Opalis does this by tying together applications using integration packs. Then you can create workflows (like updating a helpdesk ticket when a patch has been applied) |
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| What does System Center Virtual Machine Manager do (SCVMM)? |
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Definition
It is the "Virtual Center" for Hyper-V.
- intelligent placement of VMs
- P2V and V2V conversions
- templates for provisioning new VMs
- end-user self-provisioning of new machines |
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| What are new features in SCCM 2012? |
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Definition
- self service portal for downloading software; persistent across devices; called software catalog
- native Exchange connector for mobile devices
- support for unix and linux devices - including iOS devices, Palm, any devices that support ActiveSync
- Unix, Linux, Sun Solaris servers can all be managed and configured
- can see what version they are, disk and capacity management, etc.
- change look and feel to ribbon interface - system center UI
- big investment in user experience management. |
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Term
| what is the SCOM root management server? |
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Definition
| The first management server you install in your environment. Other management servers report to the root management server. |
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Term
| When would you use a gateway server in a SCOM installation? |
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Definition
| If you wanted to put a management server at a low bandwidth location. Gateway can compress data, management server cannot. |
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| What are two ways to make the SCOM root management server redundant? |
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Definition
| clustering, or "management server promotion" |
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Term
| what is the SCOM root management server? |
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Definition
| The first management server you install in your environment. Other management servers report to the root management server. |
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Term
| When would you use a gateway server in a SCOM installation? |
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Definition
| If you wanted to put a management server at a low bandwidth location. Gateway can compress data, management server cannot. |
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Term
| What are two ways to make the SCOM root management server redundant? |
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Definition
| clustering, or "agent promotion" |
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