Topic Last Updated—August 2008
The SMS 2003 client health monitoring tool was published as an add-on for SMS 2003 Service Pack 1. This tool and its objectives are similar to client status reporting in Configuration Manager 2007 R2. However, a number of improvements to the SMS 2003 client health monitoring tool have been made in Configuration Manager 2007 R2 client status reporting.
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| The information in this topic applies only to Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and Configuration Manager 2007 R3. |
The following table shows the key differences between the SMS 2003 client health monitoring tool and Configuration Manager 2007 R2 client status reporting.
| SMS 2003 Client Health Monitoring Tool | Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Client Status Reporting |
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Uses a separate SQL database to store client health data. |
Stores client status data in the Configuration Manager 2007 site database. |
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Uses Microsoft Excel to display client health reports. |
Uses standard Configuration Manager 2007 reports which can also display trending data collected by the feature. |
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Contains checks for heartbeat discovery and software and hardware inventory. |
Contains additional checks for status messages. |