Are you preparing for SCCM Interview , Below are the ultimate list of Real time SCCM / SMS In terview Questions with Answers which covers different topics ranging from Installation, rou!leshooting, "S#, #CM, S$% etc& Can you change a secondary site to a primary site? No. A secondary site is always a secondary site. It cannot be upgraded, moved, or changed without deleting it and reinstalling it. If you delete and reinstall, you lose all secondary site data. Can you distribute a package to a computer without making it a member of a collection? No. To distribute software you must have a package, a program and an advertisement. Advertisements can only be sent to collections, not to computers. If you want to distribute a package to a single computer, you must create a collection for that computer . 'hat is Secondary Site( Four Main characteristics• A !econdary !ite does not have access to a Microsoft !"# $atabase • !econdary !ites are A#% A &! a 'hild ! ite of a (rimary !ite and can only be administered via a (rimary !ite • !econdary !ites cannot have 'hild !ites of their own • 'lients cannot be assigned directly to the !ite 'hat is C)*RA+ SI)( A 'entral !ite is a 'onfiguration Manager (rimary !ite that resides at the top of the 'onfiguration Manager hierarchy. All $atabase information rolls from the child to the parent and is collected by the 'entral !ite)s 'onfiguration Manager $atabase. The 'entral !ite can administer any site below it in the hierarchy and can send data down to those sites as well. 'hat is %RIMARSI)( Four main characteristics• The !ite has access to a Microsoft !"# !erver $atabase • 'an administer or be administered via the 'onfiguration Manager 'onsole • It can be a ch ild of other (rimary !ites and can have 'hild !ites of its own • 'lients can be assigned directly to the !ite
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Are you preparing for SCCM Interview , Below are the ultimate list of Real time
SCCM / SMS Interview Questions with Answers which covers different topics
ranging from Installation, rou!leshooting, "S#, #CM, S$% etc&
Can you change a secondary site to a primary site? No. A secondary site is always a secondary site. It cannot be upgraded, moved, or changed
without deleting it and reinstalling it. If you delete and reinstall, you lose all secondary site data.Can you distribute a package to a computer without making it a member of a collection?
No. To distribute software you must have a package, a program and an advertisement.
Advertisements can only be sent to collections, not to computers. If you want to distribute a package to a single computer, you must create a collection for that computer.
'hat is Secondary Site(
Four Main characteristics
• A !econdary !ite does not have access to a Microsoft !"# $atabase
• !econdary !ites are A#%A&! a 'hild !ite of a (rimary !ite and can only be
administered via a (rimary !ite
• !econdary !ites cannot have 'hild !ites of their own
• 'lients cannot be assigned directly to the !ite
'hat is C)*RA+ SI)(
A 'entral !ite is a 'onfiguration Manager (rimary !ite that resides at the top of the'onfiguration Manager hierarchy. All $atabase information rolls from the child to the parent and
is collected by the 'entral !ite)s 'onfiguration Manager $atabase. The 'entral !ite can
administer any site below it in the hierarchy and can send data down to those sites as well.
'hat is %RIMAR SI)(
Four main characteristics
•
The !ite has access to a Microsoft !"# !erver $atabase
• 'an administer or be administered via the 'onfiguration Manager 'onsole
• It can be a child of other (rimary !ites and can have 'hild !ites of its own
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6ow do you distribute a package;
• create a package in !''M, pointing it to the installation sources, and in the package
create an install program <you may have already done this;=
• assign $istribution (oints to your package so the contents get synched.
• create a 'ollection containing the ob>ects <users*computers= that are allowed to receivethe package.
• create an Advertisement for the distribution, linking the package you created to the
collection, decide whether the Adverisement is mandatory <installation enforced= or not
<users have to go to the 84un Advertised (rograms9 dialog in %indows and select toinstall the program=
-ow SCCM download the patches(
&ou need to add the !oftware 2pdate (oint site role to the site, configure the software update
point as active, configure the products, classifications, sync settings, etc. in the !oftware 2pdate(oint properties. T63N, you can go to the 2pdate 4epository node and run the 4un
!ynchroni?ation action from the central primary site. :nce synchroni?ation completes, you will
see the metadata in the 'onfiguration Manager console.
-ow do you configure the S$%(
In the 'onfiguration Manager console, navigate to System CenterConfiguration
Manager * Site #ata!ase *Site Management * lt0 site code1 2 3 site name1 * Site
Settings * Site Systems
4ight0click the site system server name, and then click *ew Roles.!elect Software update point, and then click *e4t.
!pecify whether the site server will use a pro+y server when connecting to the software update point, and then click *e4t.!elect $se this server as the active software update point, and then specify the port settings
configured for the %!2! %eb site on this site system.
!pecify the synchroni?ation source for the active software update point using one of thefollowing settings like Synchroni5e from Microsoft $pdate or Synchroni5e from an
upstream update server
@eep the default setting #o not create 'S$S reporting events, and then click *e4t
!pecify whether to synchroni?e software updates on a schedule by selecting )na!le
synchroni5ation on a schedule
!pecify the update classifications for which the software updates will be synchroni?ed, and thenclick *e4t.
!pecify the products for which the software updates will be synchroni?ed, and then click *e4t.
:pen S$%Setup&log in InstallationPathBC#ogs to monitor the installation progress for thesoftware update point. %hen the installation completes, Installation was successful is
written to the log file.
:pen 'CM&log in InstallationPathBC#ogs to verify that the connection to the %!2! serverwas successful.
6ow do you Dackup !''M !erver;
To create a scheduled backup task, e+pand the !ite !ettings node and e+pand the !ite
Maintenance node, click on Tasks.
For Manual backup E !tart !M!!IT3DA'@2( service
'hat are the client deployments methods(
'lient (ush Installion, !oftware update point based installation, Group (olicy Installation, #ogon
2pdate Agent <%2A= H.-,!ite server communication to the active software update
point,Network #oad Dalancing <N#D=,Dackground Intelligent Transfer !erver <DIT!=./,%indows Installer
%hat is !M! (rovider;
The !M! (rovider is a %MI provider that allows both read and write access to the 'onfigurationManager -- site database. The !M! (rovider is used by the 'onfiguration Manager consoleThe !M! (rovider can be installed on the site database server computer, site server computer or
another server class third computer during 'onfiguration Manager -- !etup. After setup has
completed, the current installed location of the !M! (rovider is displayed on the site propertiesgeneral tab
You have been provided with permissions on the SCCM console to create, distribute, modify and
delete packages? owever, when distributing a package there is no !istribution points listed inthe !istribution Point "i#ard$ "hat should you do?
%o designate a distribution point on a new server or server share
J. In the 'onfiguration Manager console, navigate to System CenterConfiguration
Manager * Site #ata!ase * Site Management * site nameB * Site Settings.
. 4ight0click Site Systems, point to New, and then click !erver or !erver !hare, depending
on which you want to create.
H. If you are creating a new server, use the *ew Site System Server 'i5ard to create the
site system server, and select the #istri!ution %oint check bo+ from the Availa!leRoles on the System Role Selection page to designate this server as a distribution point.
'hat are the re6uired ports used !y Configuration Manager(
&ou distributed a software application to some systems in your environment and few are failed,
how do u troubleshoot the failure; what steps you will follow on client side and site serverside; 6ow !''M clients come to know that they have to use !''M %!2!;
6ow certificates created in !''M and what they called;
6ow !''M 'ommunicate securely between sites; And where do you define that setting; what
you will keep in mind before configuring !''M server to manage clients.%hat are the causes for a slow 'onfiguration Manager 'onsole connection and what would you
do to make your 'onfiguration Manager 'onsole users) e+perience better;
SCCM Interview Questions 2013
• What is the purpose of extended AD schema?
• What are MP, SLP and DP?
• Why we are using BIS?
• If c!ient is not reporting data"info then which point is fa!!s under?
• If we want to ad#ertisement a pac$age in a sing!e c!ient then how do to that?
• Dep!oyed one pac$age to =8$ c!ient, howe#er =988 machines got fai!ed, how wi!!
trou*!eshoot?
• What are the sites ro!es configured?
• What is desire configure management? Why are we using it?
• What are the features a#ai! in S&&M
• +SD. how wi!! create a +S
• What are the reports wi!! pu!!out from S&&M
• What are the components a#ai! in S&&M
• Diff *"w nati#e mode and mixed mode
• %ow wi!! setup new S&&M en#ironment
• What is BDP, what are the ro!es a#ai! in S&&M 2their function
• What is %"W in#entory !og fi!e and ser#er !og fi!es
• Diff *"w IM1 2 WS1S
• What are the ser#ice are running on S&&M ser#er and c!ient )
• What is SMS execute
• What is SMSCsiteCcomponentCmanager
• SMSCsiteCS7LC*ac$up, SMSC@eporting point, SMSCser#erC!ocatorCpoint,
SMSCtas$Cse/uencerCagent, SMSCagentChost
• What are the pac$age can distri*ute through IM1 or WS1S ) a!! Microsoft pac$age,
hot fixes, patch, Ser#ice pac$
• &onfigMgr does not a!!ow for incrementa! or differentia! *ac$ups and it a!ways adoptsa fu!! *ac$upE approach i-e- it *ac$s up e#erything that is needed to reinsta!! a site
comp!ete!y
SCCM 2007 Basics IF#e *een !oo$ing for short notes that faci!itate /uic$ understanding $now!edge on S&&M
'88(- I fina!!y put my efforts to *ring a short notes on S&&M '88( to he!p those who are
a!ready fami!iar with Systems Management Ser#er GSMS6 '884 and who wish to /uic$!y
de#e!op understanding $now!edge on FMicrosoft System &enter &onfiguration Manager
'88(F-
Microsoft S&&M .'88( G&onfigMgr6 pro#ides a comprehensi#e so!ution for change andconfiguration management for the Microsoft p!atform, ena*!ing organiHations to pro#ide
re!e#ant software and updates to users /uic$!y and cost.effecti#e!y, A!!ows I staff to
monitor and manage the hardware 2 software in a modern distri*uted en#ironment-
SCCM 2007 Features
• %W"SW In#entory
• Software Distri*ution
• Software 1pdate
• Software Metering
• +perating System Dep!oyment GImage capture"dep!oyment, 1ser State Migration,
as$ se/uence6
• Manage site accounts too! GMSA&6
• Asset Inte!!igence @emote too!s
AP Wor$s with Windows Ser#er '88 operating system etwor$ Po!icy Ser#er to restrict
computers from accessing the networ$ if they do not meet specified re/uirements he
System &enter ;ami!y, he products inc!uded under the System &enter um*re!!a address the
cha!!enges of managing information techno!ogy in organiHations of different siHes-
In addition to S&&M '88(, the System &enter products inc!ude: System &enter +perations
Manager '88( .A!!ows I staff to monitor and manage the hardware and software in a
modern software distri*uted en#ironment- System &enter code name Ser#ice Des$E When
it re!eased, Ser#ice Des$E is expected to pro#ide imp!ementations of fundamenta! ISer#ice Management processes, inc!uding incident management, pro*!em management, and
change management-
System &enter Data Protection Manager '885 Pro#ides data *ac$up and restore for
Windows fi!e ser#ers- System &enter ssentia!s '88( Pro#ides too!s for !ess.specia!iHed I
staff in sma!!er organiHations to manage their en#ironments more effecti#e!y with the three
most important management functions: monitoring distri*uted systems, automating
software updates and insta!!ing app!ications- System &enter irtua! Machine Manager %e!ps
management staff with the process of conso!idating app!ications onto #irtua!iHed ser#ers-
System &enter &apacity P!anner '885 &apacity P!anner is a too! for determining what
hardware resources wi!! *e re/uired to run an app!ication, such as xchange Ser#er '884, to
meet specific performance and a#ai!a*i!ity goa!s-
;or more information a*out Microsoft System &enter,
SCCM Sites
A site consists of a site ser#er, site system ro!es, c!ients, and resources- A site a!ways
re/uires access to a Microsoft S7L Ser#er data*ase- here are se#era! types of S&&M '88(
sites- A S&&M '88( site uses *oundaries to determine the c!ients *e!onging to the site-
Mu!tip!e sites can *e configured into site hierarchies and connected such that you can
manage *andwidth uti!iHation *etween sites- A S&&M '88( site is identified *y the three.
character code and the friend!y site name configured during Setup and types of sites as
fo!!ows-
Primary Sites.A primary site stores S&&M '88( data for itse!f and a!! the sites *eneath it in
a S7L Ser#er data*ase-
Secondary Site.A secondary site has no S&&M '88( site data*ase- It is attached to and
reports to a primary site- he secondary site is managed *y a S&&M '88( administrator
running a &onfiguration Manager '88( conso!e that is connected to the primary site- he
secondary site forwards the information it gathers from &onfiguration Manager '88( c!ients,
such as computer in#entory data and &onfiguration Manager '88( system status
information, to its parent site- he primary site then stores the data of *oth the primary and
secondary sites in the S&&M '88( site data*ase- he ad#antages of using secondary sites
are that they re/uire no additiona! S&&M '88( ser#er !icense and do not re/uire the
o#erhead of maintaining an additiona! data*ase- Secondary sites are managed from the
primary site it is connected to, so they are fre/uent!y used in sites with no !oca!
administrator present- he disad#antage of secondary sites is that they must *e attached toa primary site and cannot *e mo#ed to a different primary site without de!eting and
recreating the site- A!so, secondary sites cannot ha#e sites *eneath them in the hierarchy-
Parent Site.A parent site is a primary site that has one ore more sites attached to it in the
hierarchy- +n!y a primary site can ha#e chi!d sites- A secondary site is a!ways a chi!d site- A
parent site contains pertinent information a*out its !ower !e#e! sites, such as computer
in#entory data and S&&M '88( system status information, and can contro! many operations
at the chi!d sites-
Child Sites.A chi!d site is a site that is attached to a site a*o#e it in the hierarchy- he site
it reports to is its parent site- A chi!d site can ha#e on!y one parent site- S&&M '88( copies
a!! the data that is co!!ected at a chi!d site to its parent site- A chi!d site is either a primary
site or a secondary site-
Central Site .A centra! site has no parent site- ypica!!y, a centra! site has chi!d and
grandchi!d sites and aggregates a!! of their c!ient information to pro#ide centra!iHed
management and reporting- A site with no parent and no chi!d site is sti!! ca!!ed a centra!
site a!though it is a!so referred to as a standa!one site- A centra! site to co!!ect a!! of the site
information for centra!iHed management-
Site Systems
ach site contains one site ser#er and one or more site systems- he site ser#er is the
computer where you insta!! S&&M '88( and it hosts ser#ices re/uired for S&&M '88(- A site
system is any computer running a supported #ersion of WindowsJ or a shared fo!der that
hosts one or more site system ro!es- A site system ro!e is a function re/uired to use S&&M
'88( or to use a feature of S&&M '88(- Mu!tip!e site ro!es can *e com*ined on a sing!e site
system, inc!uding running a!! site ro!es on the site ser#er, *ut this is usua!!y appropriate on!y
for #ery sma!! and simp!e en#ironments-
Site System Roles
• Management Point. he site system ro!e that ser#es as the primary point of
contact *etween S&&M '88( c!ients and the &onfiguration Manager '88( site ser#er-
• Server locator Point .A site system ro!e that !ocates management points for S&&M
'88( c!ients-
• istri!ution Point.A site system ro!e that stores pac$ages for c!ients to insta!!-
Software 1pdate Point.A site system ro!e assigned to a computer running Microsoft
Windows Ser#er 1pdate Ser#ices GWS1S6-
• Re"orting Point.A site system ro!e hosts the @eport iewer component for We*.
*ased reporting functiona!ity-
• Fall!ac# Status Point . A site system ro!e that gathers state messages from c!ients
that cannot insta!! proper!y, cannot assign to a &onfiguration Manager '88( site, or cannot
communicate secure!y with their assigned management point-
• P$% Service Point.A site system ro!e that has *een configured to respond to and
initiate operating system dep!oyments from computers whose networ$ interface card is
configured to a!!ow PK *oot re/uests- 1ser
• State Migration Point.A site system ro!e that stores user state data whi!e a
computer is *eing migrated to a new operating system-
&ow Site communicates
&!ients communicate with site systems hosting site system ro!es- Site systems communicate
with the site ser#er and with the site data*ase- If there are mu!tip!e sites connected in ahierarchy, the sites communicate with their parent, chi!d, or sometimes grandchi!d sites-
Site Boundaries, S&&M '88( uses *oundaries to determine when c!ients and site systems
are in the site and outside of the site- Boundaries can *e IP su*nets, IP address ranges,
IP#5 prefixes, and Acti#e Directory sites- wo sites shou!d ne#er share the same *oundaries-
Assigning the same IP su*net, IP address range, IP#5 prefix or Acti#e Directory site to two
different sites ma$es it difficu!t to determine which c!ients shou!d *e managed in the site-
Inter.Site &ommunication When you ha#e a separate sites, S&&M '88( uses senders to
connect the two sites- Senders ha#e sender addresses that he!p them !ocate the other site-
When sending data *etween sites, senders pro#ide fau!t to!erance and *andwidth
management-
Intra.site &ommunications hey use either ser#er message *!oc$ GSMB6, %P, or %PS,
depending on #arious site configuration choices you ma$e- Because a!! of these
communications are unmanaged, that is, they happen at any time with no consideration for
ou can run the conso!e from the site ser#er or insta!! additiona! conso!es on your des$top or
he!p des$ computers to faci!itate management- +ne conso!e can manage many sites or
many conso!es can manage a sing!e site- he S&&M '88( conso!e runs as a Microsoft
Management &onso!e GMM&6 snap.in, a!though you must run S&&M '88( Setup on the
computer so that the snap.in is a#ai!a*!e-
Collections
&o!!ections represent groups of resources and can consist not on!y of computers, *ut a!so of
Microsoft Windows users and user groups as we!! as other disco#ered resources- &o!!ections
pro#ide you with the means to organiHe resources into easi!y managea*!e units, ena*!ing
you to create an organiHed structure that !ogica!!y represents the $inds of tas$s that you
want to perform-
,nventory
%ardware in#entory gi#es you system information Software in#entoried fi!e types and
#ersions present on c!ient computers 7ueries It uses WBM /uery !anguage GW7L6 to /uery
the site data*ase- 7uery resu!ts are returned in the S&&M '88( conso!e, where they can *e
exported using the MM& export !ist feature-
Re"orting
@eporting is a supporting feature to many other S&&M '88( features- @eports are returned
in We* pages in the *rowser- With reporting you can create reports that show the in#entory
you ha#e co!!ected or the software updates successfu!!y dep!oyed- ou can a!so create
dash*oards, which com*ine se#era! different #iews of information- Se#era! pre.created
reports are a#ai!a*!e to support common reporting scenarios- ;or more information a*out
the reports pro#ided for each feature, see the feature documentation-
So-tware istri!ution
Software distri*ution a!!ows you to push 3ust a*out anything to a c!ient computer- Pac$agesin software distri*ution can contain source fi!es to dep!oy software app!ications and
commands ca!!ed programs that te!! the c!ient what executa*!e fi!e to run- A sing!e pac$age
can contain mu!tip!e programs, each configured to run different!y- Pac$ages can a!so contain
command !ines to run fi!es a!ready present on the c!ient, without actua!!y containing
he software updates feature pro#ides a set of too!s and resources that can he!p manage
the comp!ex tas$ of trac$ing and app!ying software updates to c!ient computers in the
enterprise- Software updates in S&&M '88( re/uires a Windows Ser#er 1pdate Ser#ices
GWS1S6 ser#er to *e insta!!ed and uses that to scan the c!ient computers for app!ica*!esoftware updates- he administrator #iews which updates are needed in the en#ironment
and creates pac$ages and dep!oyments containing the source fi!es for the software updates-
&!ients then insta!! the software updates from distri*ution points and report their status
*ac$ to the site data*ase-
So-tware Metering
Software metering ena*!es you to co!!ect and report software program usage data- he data
pro#ided *y these reports can *e used *y many groups within the organiHation such as I
and corporate purchasing- Software metering in S&&M '88( supports the fo!!owingscenarios: Identify which software app!ications are *eing used, and who is using them-
Identify the num*er of concurrent usages of a specified software app!ication- Identify actua!
unused software app!ications which cou!d *e re!ocated-
"erating System e"loyment
+perating system dep!oyment ena*!es you to insta!! new operating systems and software
onto a computer- ou can use operating system dep!oyment to insta!! operating system
images to new or existing computers as we!! as to computers with no connection your S&&M'88( site- By using tas$ se/uences and the dri#er cata!og operating system dep!oyment
stream!ines new computer insta!!ations *y a!!owing you to insta!! software using one
dynamic image that can *e insta!!ed on different types of computers and configurations-
+perating system dep!oyment pro#ides the fo!!owing so!utions for dep!oying operating
system images to computers: Pro#ide a secure operating system dep!oyment en#ironment-
Assist with managing the cost of dep!oying images *y a!!owing one image to wor$ with
different computer hardware configurations- Assist with unifying dep!oyment strategies to
he!p pro#ide a so!id dep!oyment foundation for future operating system dep!oyment
methods-
esired Con-iguration Management
Desired configuration management ena*!es you to define configuration standards and
po!icies, and audit comp!iance throughout the enterprise against those defined
configurations- Best practices configurations can *e used from Microsoft and #endors in the
form of Microsoft System &enter S&&M '88( &onfiguration Pac$s- hese &onfiguration Pac$s
can then *e refined to meet customiHed *usiness re/uirements- Additiona!!y, desired
he Wa$e +n LA feature he!ps to achie#e a higher success rate for schedu!ed S&&M '88(
acti#ities, reducing associated networ$ traffic during *usiness hours, and he!ps organiHations
to conser#e power *y not re/uiring computers to *e !eft on for maintenance outside
*usiness hours- Wa$e +n LA in S&&M '88( supports the fo!!owing scenarios:
Sending a wa$e.up transmission prior to the configured dead!ine for a software update
dep!oyment- Sending a wa$e.up transmission prior to the configured schedu!e of a
mandatory ad#ertisement, which can *e for software distri*ution or a tas$ se/uence-
Security Modes
here are two security modes in S&&M '88(-ati#e mode is the recommended site
configuration for new S&&M '88( sites *ecause it offers a higher !e#e! of security *y
integrating with a pu*!ic $ey infrastructure GPNI6 to he!p protect c!ient.to.ser#ercommunication- PNIs can he!p companies meet their security and *usiness re/uirements,
*ut they must *e carefu!!y designed and imp!emented to meet the current and future needs-
Insta!!ing a PNI so!e!y to support S&&M '88( operations cou!d fu!fi!! certain short term goa!s
*ut cou!d hamper a more extensi#e PNI ro!!out to support other app!ications at a !ater time-
If your organiHation a!ready has a we!!.designed, industry.standard PNI, S&&M '88( shou!d
*e a*!e to use certificates from the existing PNI-
.ac#u" and Recovery
Li$e any enterprise software, your site shou!d *e *ac$ed up to pro#ide reco#era*i!ity in case
of unexpected e#ents- Bac$ing up a S&&M '88( site in#o!#es *ac$ing up the data*ase, the
fi!e system, and the registry a!! at the same point in time . *ac$ing up 3ust one of these
e!ements is not sufficient to restore a wor$ing site- S&&M '88( uses the o!ume Shadow
&opy Ser#ice GSS6 to ta$e sma!!, fre/uent snapshots of the necessary components, ma$ing
it easier to restore a fai!ed site- he Site @epair WiHard wa!$s you through the necessary
steps to comp!ete the site reco#ery-
SCCM Logs
The client logs are located in the %WINDIR%\System32\CCM\Logs folder or %WINDIR
%\SysWW!"\CCM\Logs #for $!" S&
The SCCM ser'er log (les are located in the )INST*LL+,*T-.\Logs or SMS+CCM\Logs folder& IIS logs
can /e fo0nd in %WINDIR%\System32\log(les\W3S1C folder&
• DmIn';$tension&log 4 Records In'entory ;$tension (le installation for setting 05 In'entory
;$tension (les on client com50ters&
• DmS'c&log 4 Records mo/ile de'ice management ser'ice data on mo/ile de'ice clients&
5erating System De5loyment Log iles
• CCMSet05&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t client4/ased o5erating system actions&
• CreateTSMedia&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t tas6 se=0ence media :hen it is created& This
log is generated on the com50ter r0nning the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@ administrator
console&
• Dri'erCatalog&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t de'ice dri'ers that ha'e /een im5orted into the
dri'er catalog&
• M,+ClientIDManager&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@management 5oint :hen it res5onds to Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@ client ID re=0ests from
/oot media or ,A;& This log is generated on the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@ management
5oint&
• M,+Dri'erManager&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@
management 5oint :hen it res5onds to a re=0est from the *0to *55ly Dri'er tas6 se=0ence
action& This log is generated on the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@ management 5oint&
• M,+Location&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@ management
5oint :hen it res5onds to re=0est state store or release state store re=0ests from the state
migration 5oint& This log is generated on the Con(g0ration Manager 2<<@ management 5oint&
• ,$econtrol&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the ,A; Control Manager&
• ,A;Msi&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the ,A; ser'ice 5oint and is generated :hen the ,A;
ser'ice 5oint site ser'er has /een created&
• ,A;Set05&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the ,A; ser'ice 5oint and is generated :hen the
,A; ser'ice 5oint site ser'er has /een created&
• Set05act&log Set05a5i&log Set05err&log ,ro'ide information a/o0t Windo:s Sys5re5 and set05
logs&
• Sm5Isa5i&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the state migration 5oint Con(g0ration Manager
2<<@ client re=0est res5onses&
• Sm5mgr&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the res0lts of state migration 5oint health chec6s and
• Wolmgr&log 4 Contains information a/o0t :a6e405 5roced0res s0ch as :hen to :a6e 05
ad'ertisements or de5loyments that are con(g0red for Wa6e n L*N&
• WolCmgr&log 4 Contains information a/o0t :hich clients need to /e sent :a6e405 5ac6ets> then0m/er of :a6e405 5ac6ets sent> and the n0m/er of :a6e405 5ac6ets retried&
Soft:are 85dates Site Ser'er Log iles
• ciamgr&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the addition> deletion> and modi(cation of soft:are
05date con(g0ration items&
• distmgr&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the re5lication of soft:are 05date de5loyment
5ac6ages&
• o/re5lmgr&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the re5lication of soft:are 05dates noti(cation (les
from a 5arent to child sites&
• ,atchDo:nloader&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the 5rocess for do:nloading soft:are
05dates from the 05date so0rce s5eci(ed in the soft:are 05dates metadata to the do:nload
destination on the site ser'er&
• re5lmgr&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the 5rocess for re5licating (les /et:een sites&
• smsd/mon&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t :hen soft:are 05date con(g0ration items are
inserted> 05dated> or deleted from the site ser'er data/ase and creates noti(cation (les for
soft:are 05dates com5onents&
• S8,Set05 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the soft:are 05date 5oint installation& When the
soft:are 05date 5oint installation com5letes> Installation :as s0ccessf0l is :ritten to this log
(le&
• WCM&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the soft:are 05date 5oint con(g0ration and connecting
to the Windo:s Ser'er 85date Ser'ices #WS8S ser'er for s0/scri/ed 05date categories>
classi(cations> and lang0ages&
• WS8SCtrl&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the con(g0ration> data/ase connecti'ity> and health
of the WS8S ser'er for the site&
• :syncmgr&log 4,ro'ides information a/o0t the soft:are 05dates synchroni?ation 5rocess&
WS8S Ser'er Log iles
• Change&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the WS8S ser'er data/ase information that has
• SmsW0s-andler 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the scan 5rocess for the In'entory Tool for
Microsoft 85dates on SMS 2<<3 client com50ters&
• StateMessage&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t :hen soft:are 05dates state messages are
created and sent to the management 5oint&
• 85datesDe5loyment&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the de5loyment on the client> incl0ding
soft:are 05date acti'ation> e'al0ation> and enforcement& 1er/ose logging sho:s additional
information a/o0t the interaction :ith the client 0ser interface&
• 85dates-andler&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t soft:are 05date com5liance scanning and
a/o0t the do:nload and installation of soft:are 05dates on the client&
• 85datesStore&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the com5liance stat0s for the soft:are 05dates
that :ere assessed d0ring the com5liance scan cycle&
• W8*-andler&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t :hen the Windo:s 85date *gent on the client
searches for soft:are 05dates&
• W8SSyncAML&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t the In'entory Tool for the Microsoft 85dates
synchroni?ation 5rocess& This log is only on the client com50ter con(g0red as the
synchroni?ation host for the In'entory Tool for Microsoft 85dates&
Windo:s 85date *gent Log ile
• Windo:s85date&log 4 ,ro'ides information a/o0t :hen the Windo:s 85date *gent connects to
the WS8S ser'er and retrie'es the soft:are 05dates for com5liance assessment and :hether
there are 05dates to the agent com5onents&
What are the SCCM 2007 Site System roles
S&&M '88( supports the fo!!owing =< Site System ro!es, with those prefixed with N%W3*eing new to
S&&M:
• Site Server + he ser#er on which you insta!! the S&&M software-
• Site ata!ase Server + he ser#er running S7L and hosting the S&&M Site Data*ase Gon!y
re/uired for Primary Sites6
•
Con-iguration Manager Console + he interface for administering S&&M- Insta!!ed *ydefau!t on Primary Site Ser#ers this ro!e can a!so *e insta!!ed on wor$stations to a!!ow remote
administration-
• SMS Provider + he intermediate Windows Management Instrumentation GWMI6, !ayer that
sits *etween the &onfiguration Manager &onso!e and the Site Data*ase Gthe &onfiguration Manager
&onso!e accesses the Site Data*ase #ia the SMS Pro#ider6- +n!y re/uired for Primary Sites-
• Com"onent Server + A!! S&&M Site System ro!es Gexcept for the Distri*ution Point GDP66,
re/uires S&&M.specific software to *e insta!!ed in order for the Site System ro!e to function- When
such software is insta!!ed on a computer that computer *ecomes a &omponent Ser#er-
* Dataldr.log - Processes Management Information Format (MIF) files and hardware inventory in the
Configuration Manager 2007 database.
* Ddm.log - Saves DDR information to the Configuration Manager 2007 database by the Discovery
Data Manager.
* Despool.log - Records incoming site-to-site communication transfers.* Distmgr.log - Records package creation, compression, delta replication, and information updates.
* Hman.log - Records site configuration changes, and publishes site information in Active Directory
Domain Services.
* Inboxast.log - Records files that are moved from the management point to the corresponding
SMS\INBOXES folder.
* Inboxmgr.log - Records file maintenance.
* Invproc.log - Records the processing of delta MIF files for the Dataloader component from client
inventory files.
* Mpcontrol.log - Records the registration of the management point with WINS. Records the
availability of the management point every 10 minutes.
* Mpfdm.log - Management point component that moves client files to the corresponding
SMS\INBOXES folder.
* MPMSI.log - Management point .msi installation log.
* MPSetup.log - Records the management point installation wrapper process.
* Ntsvrdis.log - Configuration Manager 2007 server discovery.
* Offermgr.log - Records advertisement updates.
* Offersum.log - Records summarization of advertisement status messages.
* Policypv.log - Records updates to the client policies to reflect changes to client settings or
advertisements.
* Replmgr.log - Records the replication of files between the site server components and the
Scheduler component.
* Rsetup.log - Reporting point setup log.
* Sched.log - Records site-to-site job and package replication.
* Sender.log - Records files that are sent to other child and parent sites.
* Sinvproc.log - Records client software inventory data processing to the site database in Microsoft
SQL Server.
* Sitecomp.log - Records maintenance of the installed site components.
* Sitectrl.log - Records site setting changes to the Sitectrl.ct0 file.
* Sitestat.log - Records the monitoring process of all site systems.
* Smsdbmon.log - Records database changes.
* Smsexec.log - Records processing of all site server component threads.
* Smsprov.log - Records WMI provider access to the site database.
the System Health Validator service, such as the initialization progress.
* SmsSHVADCacheClient.log - Contains information about retrieving Configuration Manager health
state references from Active Directory Domain Services.
* SmsSHVCacheStore.log - Contains information about the cache store used to hold the
Configuration Manager NAP health state references retrieved from Active Directory DomainServices, such as reading from the store and purging entries from the local cache store file. The
cache store is not configurable.
* SmsSHVRegistrySettings.log - Records any dynamic changes to the System Health Validator
component configuration while the service is running.
* SmsSHVQuarValidator.log - Records client statement of health information and processing
operations. To obtain full information, change the registry key LogLevel from 1 to 0 in the following
* ciagent.log - Provides information about downloading, storing, and accessing assigned
configuration baselines.
* dcmagent.log - Provides high-level information about the evaluation of assigned configuration
baselines and desired configuration management processes.
* discovery.log - Provides detailed information about the Service Modeling Language (SML)
processes.
* sdmagent.log - Provides information about downloading, storing, and accessing configuration item
content.
* sdmdiscagent.log - Provides high-level information about the evaluation process for the objects and
settings configured in the referenced configuration items.
Wake On LAN Log Files
* Wolmgr.log - Contains information about wake-up procedures such as when to wake up
advertisements or deployments that are configured for Wake On LAN.
* WolCmgr.log - Contains information about which clients need to be sent wake-up packets, thenumber of wake-up packets sent, and the number of wake-up packets retried.
computer configured as the synchronization host for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates.
* PolicyAgent.log - Provides information about the process for downloading, compiling, and deleting
policies on client computers.
* PolicyEvaluator - Provides information about the process for evaluating policies on client
computers, including policies from software updates.* RebootCoordinator.log - Provides information about the process for coordinating system restarts on
client computers after software update installations.
* ScanAgent.log - Provides information about the scan requests for software updates, what tool is
requested for the scan, the WSUS location, and so on.
* ScanWrapper - Provides information about the prerequisite checks and the scan process
initialization for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates on Systems Management Server (SMS)
2003 clients.
* SdmAgent.log - Provides information about the process for verifying and decompressing packages
that contain configuration item information for software updates.
* ServiceWindowManager.log - Provides information about the process for evaluating configured
maintenance windows.
* smscliUI.log - Provides information about the Configuration Manager Control Panel user
interactions, such as initiating a Software Updates Scan Cycle from the Configuration Manager
Properties dialog box, opening the Program Download Monitor, and so on.
* SmsWusHandler - Provides information about the scan process for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft
Updates on SMS 2003 client computers.
* StateMessage.log - Provides information about when software updates state messages are created
and sent to the management point.
* UpdatesDeployment.log - Provides information about the deployment on the client, including
software update activation, evaluation, and enforcement. Verbose logging shows additional
information about the interaction with the client user interface.
* UpdatesHandler.log - Provides information about software update compliance scanning and about
the download and installation of software updates on the client.
* UpdatesStore.log - Provides information about the compliance status for the software updates that
were assessed during the compliance scan cycle.
* WUAHandler.log - Provides information about when the Windows Update Agent on the client
searches for software updates.
* WUSSyncXML.log - Provides information about the Inventory Tool for the Microsoft Updates
synchronization process. This log is only on the client computer configured as the synchronization
host for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates.