Topic last updated—June 2008
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| The information in this topic applies only to Configuration Manager 2007 R2. |
The Configuration Manager 2007 R2 client status reporting service performs the following functions:
- Adds data from client status reporting into the Configuration
Manager 2007 database.
- Controls the activity of client ping and client pulse according
to the specified settings.
- Processes, analyzes, and collates client status data and sends
this data to the Configuration Manager 2007 site database.
The Client Status Reporting Service account requires the following privileges:
- Read permissions, if you have specified a share to which the
management point saves policy request log files. For more
information, see How to Configure Policy
Request Logging on Management Points. If you have not specified
a share to which the management point saves policy request log
files, the Client Status Reporting Service account requires local
administrative privileges on each management point that client
status reporting needs to connect to in order to retrieve policy
request log files. The Client Status Reporting Service account will
connect to the C$ or Admin$ share on the management point to
determine the location of the policy request log files.
- Local administrative privileges and the logon as service rights
on the client status reporting host system.
- Permissions to the Configuration Manager 2007 R2 site
database. For more information, see How to Configure
Permissions to the Site Database.
Use the following procedure to specify the Client Status Reporting Service account in the Client Status Reporting dialog box.
To specify the Client Status Reporting Service Account
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From the Windows Start menu on the client status reporting host system, navigate to Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Client Status Reporting, click Configure Client Status Reporting, and then click the Site Settings tab.
ImportantTo configure client status reporting, you must open the Client Status Reporting dialog box using a Windows user account with administrator privileges on the client status reporting host system. On Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 computers, right-click Configure Client Status Reporting in the Windows start menu, then click Run as administrator. -
Under Client status reporting service account credentials, specify the following values:
- Use the local system account on this computer. Select
this option if you want the Client Status Reporting Service account
to use the local system account on the client status reporting host
system.
- Use another account. Select this option if you want the
Client Status Reporting Service account to use an account you
specify.
- Account. If you have specified Use another
account, specify the name of the account you want to use, by
using the domain\userformat.
ImportantThe domain and password combination entered can be a maximum length of 38 characters. - Password If you have specified an account name, specify
the name of the corresponding password in this field.
ImportantIf you change the client status reporting service account password, you must update this field to specify the new password.
- Use the local system account on this computer. Select
this option if you want the Client Status Reporting Service account
to use the local system account on the client status reporting host
system.
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Click Apply to save these values and to start the client status reporting service if it is not already started.
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Click OK to close the Client Status Reporting dialog box.
NoteThe current status of the client status reporting service can be viewed on the Info tab in the Client Status Reporting dialog box.