Deploying System Center 2012 - Service Manager

• Before You Deploy Service Manager
  
  Contains preliminary information you must consider before you can deploy Service Manager.
  
  
• Turkish Language Collations
  
  Describes a potential problem with the installation of a Service Manager database that is not supported on a computer running SQL Server that uses a Turkish language collation.
  
  
• Prerequisite Checker for System Center 2012 - Service Manager
  
  Describes the prerequisite checker that runs as a part of the setup procedure.
  
  
• Deployment Scenarios for System Center 2012 - Service Manager
  
  Describes how to deploy Service Manager in one-server, two-server, and four-server topologies.
  
  
• Guidance for Installing System Center 2012 - Service Manager on Virtual Machines
  
  Provides information that you have to consider when you install Service Manager in a Hyper-V virtual environment.
  
  
• Registering with the Service Manager Data Warehouse to Enable Reporting
  
  Describes how to run the Data Warehouse Registration Wizard to register the Service Manager management group with the Service Manager data warehouse management server. Registering with the data warehouse makes it possible for you to run reports.
  
  
• Deploying Additional Service Manager Management Servers
  
  Describes how to install additional Service Manager management servers to improve performance.
  
  
• Deployment Considerations with a Disjointed Namespace
  
  Describes additional steps you must take when you deploy either an additional Service Manager management server or Self-Service Portal in an environment with a disjoint namespace.
  
  
• Self-Service Portal for System Center 2012 - Service Manager
  
  Describes how to deploy and troubleshoot the Service Manager Self-Service Portal.
  
  
• Guidance for Load Balancing System Center 2012 - Service Manager
  
  Describes how you can configure Windows Server 2008 Network Load Balancing with Service Manager.
  
  
• Completing Deployment by Backing Up the Encryption Key
  
  Describes how to use the Encryption Key Backup or Restore Wizard to back up and restore encryption keys.
  
  
• Indexing Non-English Knowledge Articles
  
  Describes how to resolve an indexing issue in SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in an environment where you create, or plan to create, knowledge articles in any language other than English.
  
  
• Troubleshooting Service Manager Deployment Issues
  
  Describes the logs files that are created when you install Service Manager and how you can use these logs to troubleshoot deployment issues.
  
  
• Deploying Service Manager from a Command Line
  
  Describes how to deploy Service Manager using command-line parameters.
  
  
• Appendix A - Command-Line Option Error Codes
  
  Lists error codes used in command-line installation.
  
  

• TechNet Library main page for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
  
  
• Planning Guide for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
  
  
• Deployment Guide for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
  
  
• Administrator’s Guide for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
  
  
• Operations Guide for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
  
  

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