Systems Management Server 2003 Toolkit 2
Systems Management Server 2003 Toolkit 2
Updated: November 16, 2004
SMS 2003 Toolkit 2 contains 22 downloadable tools to help you deploy and troubleshoot SMS 2003. The tables below provides more information about each tool in the toolkit. On This Page
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| Management Point Troubleshooter | Verifies prerequisites for servers that are management point candidates prior to installation. Also can be used to troubleshoot issues with an existing management point. |
| Management Point Spy | Verifies that a management point is functional and returning policies. |
| Policy Verifier | Troubleshoots advertisements targeting problems and connectivity problems on SMS SQL servers and SMS management points. |
| Patch Management Evaluation | Simulates many behaviors that various software updates exhibit during deployment, including detection, deployment, and installation. The tool also helps you determine how long an update might take to install. |
| Package Loader Tool | Used to load a package onto a site manually. This prevents a central site from sending a package to a child site by a sender. The tool is useful for organizations that must add a large number of packages to distribution points on primary or secondary sites that are connected by slow network links. |
| Site Boundary Tool | Imports and exports site boundaries from SMS. The tool can be used to import local, roaming, and remote roaming boundaries. It can also be used to import IP subnets, Active Directory sites, and IP ranges. |
| Client Site Assignment Tool | Troubleshoots by verifying that clients have been assigned to a site, which is one the first steps you take when troubleshooting SMS client problems. |
| Security Templates | A set of group policy-based security templates for SMS 2003. |
| IIS Lockdown 2.1 Template | Helps secure Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 running on Windows 2000 servers that host SMS site systems, including distribution points, management points, reporting points, and server locator points. |
| URLScan 2.5 Template | Helps secure IIS 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platforms that host SMS site systems, including distribution points, management points, reporting points, and server locator points. |
| Delete Group Class | Removes the tables and schema information for an SMS inventory group or prevents the collection of history for an inventory group. |
| Transfer SMS ID | Transfers SMS client ID (GUID) from one computer image to another. You can use this tool to help support asset management and to avoid data loss during re-imaging. |
| Create Address Tool | Creates site addresses from the command line on an SMS site server. |
| Create Secondary Site Tool | Creates a secondary site from the command line. |
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Advanced Client tools
| Policy Spy Tool | An Advanced Client policy viewer that is required to troubleshoot an Advanced Client\'s policy. |
| Advanced Client Spy Tool | Troubleshoots Advanced Client problems and is used for troubleshooting Advanced Client software distribution problems. It also reports inventory and software metering data. |
| Advanced Client and Management Point Cleaner | Removes Advanced Clients and management points. |
| Send Schedule Tool | Triggers schedules on Advanced Clients. |
| Delete Certificate Tool | Deletes certificates in the SMS logical store. Certificate removal is helpful when you want to capture, and later deploy, system images. |
Legacy Client tools
Set Preferred Distribution Point and CAP | Configures a Legacy Client to use a specific client access point or distribution point to prevent it from randomly choosing one from its SMS site system list. This tool does not affect the Advanced Client. |
Common tools
| SMS Trace | A Log viewer that provides a way to easily view and monitor all SMS logging activity. |
| Sample SMS 2003 Active Directory Schema Extension file | A sample .ldf file that describes changes made to the Active Directory schema by SMS. |
SMS 2003 Toolkit 2 Support Disclaimer
The SMS 2003 Toolkit 2 described on this page is not supported under any Microsoft standard support program or service.
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