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1 microsoft SystemCenter 2012 UNLEASHED800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USAC hris Amaris, MCITP, CISSPRand Morimoto, , MCITPPete Handley, MCITPD avid E. Ross, MCITPT echnical Edit by Guy YardeniMicrosoft System Center 2012 UnleashedCopyright 2012 by Pearson Education, rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent liability isassumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although everyprecaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and authorassume no responsibility for errors or omissions.

2 Nor is any liability assumed fordamages resulting from the use of the information contained : 978-0672-33612-6 ISBN-10: 0-672-33612-XLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on in the United States of AmericaFirst Printing June 2012 TrademarksAll terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service markshave been appropriately capitalized. Sams Publishing cannot attest to the accuracy ofthis information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting thevalidity of any trademark or service and DisclaimerEvery effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possi-ble, but no warranty or fitness is implied. The information provided is on an as is basis.

3 The authors and the publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to anyperson or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the informationcontained in this book or from the use of the programs accompanying SalesSams Publishing offers excellent discounts on this book when ordered in quantity forbulk purchases or special sales. For more information, please Corporate and Government sales outside of the , please contactInternational WiegandExecutive EditorNeil RoweDevelopment EditorMark RenfrowManaging EditorKristy HartProject EditorAndy BeasterCopy EditorKaren AnnettIndexerErika MillenProofreaderJess DeGabrieleTechnical EditorGuy YardeniPublishingCoordinatorCindy TeetersBook DesignerGary AdairCompositorGloria SchurickContributing WritersAlec MintyJohn RodriguezTyson KopczynskiContributing EditorsEd CrowleyAman AyazContents at a of the System Center Manager 2012 Design and Manager 2012 Implementation and Configuration Manager 2012 to Distribute Applications, Updates.

4 And Operating Configuration Manager 2012 for Asset Management and Manager 2012 Design and Manager 2012 Implementation and Operations Manager 2012 for Monitoring and Operations Manager 2012 for Operations and Security Protection Manager 2012 Design, Planning, Implementation,and Data Protection Manager 2012 to Protect File Systems, Exchange, SQL, and Machine Manager 2012 Design, Planning, and a Hyper-V Environment with Virtual Machine Manager 2012 ..70314 Service Manager 2012 Design, Planning, and Service Manager 2012 for Incident Tracking and Help Desk Service Manager 2012 for Service Offerings and Change Control Center Orchestrator 2012 Design, Planning,and of ContentsIntroduction11 Overview of the System Center Suite5 What Is System Center ?

5 6 Understanding System Center Configuration System Center Operations System Center Data Protection System Center Virtual Machine System Center Service System Center 2012 System Center Manager 2012 Design and Planning55 What s New in ConfigMgr How Configuration Manager Content Asset Management ..70 Reporting from Configuration Manager Architecture Configuration Component Manager Design Client for Internet-Based Client It All Together in a Manager 2012 Implementation and Administration115 Sample Installation the Central Administration the Primary the Secondary the Client Internet-Based Client Configuration Manager 2012 to Distribute Applications,Updates.

6 And Operating Systems181 Understanding Content Application Software Software Operating System Operating with microsoft Deployment Configuration Manager 2012 for Asset Management and Reporting245 Understanding Asset Client Settings for Inventory Hardware Asset Software Compliance the Baselines and Manager 2012 Design and Planning289 What s New With Operations Manager How OpsMgr Architecture Tolerance and Disaster OpsMgr Component Design It All Together in a an Operations Manager Manager 2012 Implementation and Administration355 Installing Operations Manager OpsMgr DMZ Servers with Operations Manager Operations Manager Up OpsMgr Operations Manager 2012 for Monitoring and Alerting421 Using OpsMgr with Management the Operations Manager Management the Windows Management the Active Directory Management the Exchange 2010 Management the SQL Server Management the Cross Platform Management Pack Management Operations Manager 2012 for Operations and Security Reporting511 Reporting from and Scheduling 2012 Maintenance Collection Services Level 2012 Dashboards into SharePoint System Center 2012 Unleashedvi10 Data Protection Manager 2012 Design, Planning, Implementation, andAdministration567 What Is System Center Data Protection Manager?

7 568 Data Protection Manager Protection Manager a Data Protection Manager Data Protection Required Configuration Protection Data Protection Data Protection Manager 2012 to Protect File Systems,Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint619 Protecting File System Exchange SQL SharePoint Virtualized Machine Manager 2012 Design, Planning, and Implementation663 Understanding Virtual Machine Machine Manager s New in System Center Virtual Machine Manager Machine Manager a Virtual Machine Manager Virtual Machine a Hyper-V Environment with Virtual Machine Manager 2012 703 Understanding the VMM Private the VMM Management Virtual Machine VMM User Virtual Virtual and Implementing Server Manager 2012 Design, Planning.

8 And Implementation761 What s New in Service Manager How Service Manager Manager Design It All Together in a Service Manager a Service Manager Service Service Manager Up Service Manager Service Manager 2012 for Incident Tracking and Help Desk Support819 Incidents and Incident Manager New with Problem with and Problem Service Manager 2012 for Service Offerings and Change Control Management871 Service Manager 2012 and the Infrastructure Optimization Offerings and Request Offerings in SM Management in SM Requests and Change Management Templates and Change with and Approving Change Change Configuration System Center 2012 UnleashedviiiWorking with Change, Activity, and Configuration Management Center Orchestrator 2012 Design, Planning,and Implementation921 Overview of System Center of System Center Center Orchestrator 2012 Installation Security System Center Orchestrator 2012 on a Single System Center Orchestrator 2012 on Separate Tasks Following Orchestrator Familiar with the Orchestrator 2012 Management Integration and Using the AuthorsChris Amaris, MCITP, MCTS, CISSP/ISSAP, CHS III,is the chief technology officer andcofounder of Convergent Computing.

9 He has more than 20 years experience consultingfor Fortune 500 companies, leading companies in the technology selection, design, plan-ning, and implementation of complex information technology projects. Chris has workedwith microsoft System Center products, such as Operations Manager and ConfigurationManager, since their original releases in 2000 and 1994. He specializes in messaging, secu-rity, performance tuning, systems management, and migration. Receiving his firstMicrosoft technologies certification in 1993, Chris is a current microsoft Certified ITProfessional (MCITP) with multiple microsoft Certified Technology Specialist designations(MCTS) in System Center technologies, a Certified Information Systems SecurityProfessional (CISSP) with an Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP)concentration, Certified Homeland Security (CHS III), a Novell CNE, a Banyan CBE, and aCertified Project Manager.

10 Chris is also an author, writer, and technical editor for anumber of IT books, including Network Security for Government and Corporate Executives,Exchange 2010 Unleashed , and microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Morimoto, , MVP, MCITP, CISSP,has been in the computer industry for over30 years and has authored, coauthored, or been a contributing writer for dozens of bookson Windows, Security, Exchange, BizTalk, and Remote and Mobile Computing. Rand isthe president of Convergent Computing, an IT-consulting firm in the San Francisco Bayarea that has been one of the key early adopter program partners with microsoft , imple-menting the latest microsoft technologies, including microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center 2012 , Windows 7, Exchange Server 2010, Windows Server 2012 , andSharePoint 2010 in production environments over 18 months before the initial Handley, MCITP, CISSP, has more than 15 years of experience in IT, includingextensive knowledge of Active Directory, microsoft Exchange, Windows Server 2008, andthe System Center suite of products.