How to Install the Management Server

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The first phase of deploying System Center Essentials 2007 in your environment is to install the server components on your designated management server.

Note

Using the System Preparation Utility (Sysprep.exe) to deploy a disk image that contains System Center Essentials to a virtual machine is not supported. To install System Center Essentials on a virtual machine, use the Setup program as described in this section of the Deployment Guide, or use a command line as described in How to Use a Command Line to Install and Uninstall System Center Essentials.

Essentials 2007 is designed to be easily installed and configured, and to allow you to start managing objects quickly. After you install Essentials 2007, use the links on the Overview pages to guide you through the deployment of objects and the configuration of update management.

To install System Center Essentials

  1. Designate a server as the management server. The designated server must meet all software and hardware requirements. For detailed information about these requirements, see System Requirements and Supported Platforms.

  2. Insert the product CD into the CD drive.

  3. Run SetupSCE.exe from the root of the CD.

  4. Click Read Release Notes to read important information that might be needed during deployment.

  5. On the Start page, click Full Setup to start the System Center Essentials Setup Wizard.

  6. Enter the requested information, and then complete the wizard.

Note

If you install the Essentials 2007 database on an instance of SQL Server 2005 that is set to require case-sensitive credentials, setup will not complete successfully if you enter the Action Account credentials using incorrect case.

To install Essentials 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008

  1. In Server Manager on the Windows Server 2008-based server, in Server Manager, install Microsoft .NET 3.0.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Install Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 in Server Manager. When configuring IIS 7.0, select the Web Server check box to enable Web Server Role services. Then, under Application Development ensure that Active Server Pages (ASP) and ASP .NET are selected.

    • Use the following command line to install and configure IIS 7.0:

      call start /w %SYSTEMDRIVE%\windows\system32\pkgmgr /l:log.etw /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-LegacySnapIn;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;IIS-FTPManagement;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI

  3. Prepare SQL Server 2005 SP2. Only SQL Server 2005 SP2 is supported on Windows Server 2008-based servers. Install SQL Server before beginning Essentials 2007 setup, because SQL Server 2005 Express Edition cannot be installed by Essentials 2007 setup on Windows Server 2008-based servers.

  4. Insert the product CD into the CD drive.

  5. Run SetupSCE.exe from the root of the CD.

  6. Click Read Release Notes to read important information that might be needed during deployment.

  7. On the Start page, click Full Setup to start the System Center Essentials Setup Wizard.

  8. Enter the requested information, and complete the wizard.

Note

If you install the Essentials 2007 database on an instance of SQL Server 2005 that is configured to require case-sensitive credentials, setup will not complete successfully if you enter the Action Account credentials using incorrect case.

See Also

Tasks

How to Configure Update Management
How to Discover and Prepare Objects for Management

Concepts

About System Center Essentials Deployment
System Requirements and Supported Platforms