To deploy System Center Essentials 2007, you must install the Essentials 2007 server components and select and prepare the computers that you want to manage. After completing deployment, Essentials 2007 begins to actively monitor your system and you can start using all Essentials 2007 features.
Before you deploy Essentials 2007, you should review the following information:
- Release Notes for System Center Essentials 2007
- System
Requirements and Supported Platforms for System Center
Essentials
- Supported
Deployment Topologies in System Center Essentials
- About
Computers, Computer Groups and Discovery in System Center
Essentials
In This Section
Preparing to deploy Systems Center Essentials involves both gathering information for later use and making decisions about where you want System Center Essentials components to be deployed. Before deploying System Center Essentials, you should complete the following tasks:
- Verify system requirements for each server on which you plan to
install Essentials 2007 components. For more information, see
System
Requirements and Supported Platforms for System Center
Essentials.
- Determine whether or not you can use Domain Administrator
credentials to set Group Policy during deployment. For more
information, see Local Policy vs. Group
Policy.
- Determine how you want to deploy the Management Server
database. You can deploy it locally on the Essentials 2007
Management Server or on a remote server, which can enhance
performance. For more information, see Selecting Database
Locations.
- Determine whether the local computer is correctly configured to
host the local Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services instance.
The Essentials 2007 database can be installed remotely, but
SQL Server Reporting Services must be installed on the Management
Server computer. For more information, see Selecting Database
Locations.
- Determine whether you want to install a remote
Essentials 2007 console. For more information, see How to Install a Remote
System Center Essentials Console.
- Determine the Administrator account that you want to use to
access managed computers. For more information, see Administration
Account.
- Determine where you want to store system and program updates
(locally, or on the Microsoft Updates Web site). For more
information, see Storing Updates.
- Prepare for the upgrade from Windows Server Update Services
(WSUS) if you have an existing WSUS 2.0 installation on the
Management Server. For more information, see WSUS Upgrade Changes in
System Center Essentials.
- Determine whether you want to participate in the data
collection phase of various Microsoft product improvement programs.
For more information, see About Error and Usage
Reporting.
- If the Setup prerequisite checker on Windows Server 2008
reports that it can't find .NET Framework 2.0 (.NET Framework 3.0
is already installed with Windows Server 2008), ensure that on
Windows Server 2008, you have
- Added the Application Server Role
- Added the Web Server Role
- Added Active Server Pages (ASP) under Roles > Web Server
> Application Development
- Added the Application Server Role
See Also
Tasks
How to Configure Update Management in System Center EssentialsHow to Discover and Prepare Objects for Management in System Center Essentials
Concepts
System Center Essentials 2007 Feature Configuration WizardSystem Center Essentials 2007 Computer and Device Management Wizard
System Center Essentials 2007 Update Management Configuration Wizard