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Title: Krishnamoorthy V


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Datacenter Configuration Management using System
Center
  • Krishnamoorthy V
  • IT Infrastructure Architect Tata Consultancy
    Services Ltd

2
Session Objective and Agenda
  • Asset Intelligence
  • Software Update Management
  • Desired Configuration Management
  • Software Distribution
  • Operating System Deployment

3
  • Asset Intelligence

4
Why Asset Intelligence?
  • Extend Inventory Capabilities
  • Identify and Categorize Software in use
  • Ensure business continuity
  • Drive compliance integration
  • Determine upgrade readiness

5
Benefits of Asset Intelligence  
  • Asset Intelligence Console Dashboard
  • Asset Intelligence reporting class settings
    dialog
  • Asset Intelligence catalog updates
  • Compatibility with virtualized applications
  • Role-based security
  • Software license management improvements

6
Asset Intelligence Reporting  
  • Hardware Reporting
  • Identification of Computers that have changed
    since last Inventory
  • Cycle
  • USB Device Discovery
  • Processor Age
  • Computer Upgrade Readiness
  • Software Reporting
  • Software metering capabilities
  • Recently-used executables reporting
  • Computers where recently-used executables ran
  • Categorization of Software
  • License Management Reports
  • Client Access License tracking (CALs)
  • Per-Processor tracking

7
Asset Intelligence
  • DEMO

8
  
Software Update Management
9
  
Key Improvements - SUM
10
SUM - Architecture
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Software Update Process
  • Software Updates are Composed of two main parts
  • Metadata
  • Information about each software update
  • Stored in the site server database
  • Software Update Files
  • Download and run to install the software update
  • Three Operational Phases
  • Synchronization
  • Software update metadata is synchronized
  • Compliance assessment phase
  • Client computers scan and report their compliance
    state
  • Deployment phase
  • Admin Selects updates for deployment
  • Policy is sent to clients
  • Update files are downloaded and installed.

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Software Update Objects
  • Update Lists
  • Contains set of software updates
  • Updates are added to an update list
  • Deployment Templates
  • Provide Consistency
  • Drag and drop an Update List or Update
  • Deployment Packages
  • Used to download and update the DP
  • Shared folder for the deployment package source
    files
  • Update Deployments
  • Updates are delivered to client computers by
    creating software update deployments

13
  
SUM End to End
14
Software Update Management
  • DEMO

15
  
Desired Configuration Management
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Overview of DCM
  • DCM will enable customers to
  • Define corporate configuration standards
  • Report on configuration compliance across managed
    Windows systems
  • Combine DCM compliance data with other feature
    areas of Configuration Manager to remediate
    clients
  • Regulatory compliance reporting
  • Define and report against tangible configuration
    policies for regulatory compliance
  • Pre- and post- change verification
  • Ensure system readiness
  • Verify accuracy and efficacy of planned changes

17
  
DCM Terms and Concepts
  • Configuration Item (CI)
  • Units of configuration
  • Application CI
  • Operating System CI
  • General CI
  • Software Updates CI
  • Configuration Baseline
  • A complex type of CI composed
  • of other CIs which are
  • Required
  • Optional
  • Prohibited
  • Can be assigned to collections
  • for compliance monitoring

18
  
Overview Data Flow
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Compliance
  • Compliance is evaluated on a number of different
    levels.
  • The levels are
  • The compliance of a configuration item
  • The compliance of a configuration baseline rule
  • The compliance of each configuration baseline
  • The compliance of a client computer
  • Evaluation happens in the following order
  • Applicability
  • Detection
  • Compliance of objects and settings
  • Results
  • Not Applicable
  • Not Detected
  • Compliant or Non-Compliant
  • Failed

20
Desired Configuration Management
  • DEMO

21
  
Software Distribution
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Overview of S/W Distribution
  • Controlled deployments
  • Use administrator-created collections to target
    systems
  • Collections based on inventory data to identify
    systems with similar hardware or operating system
    attributes
  • Use different program options to different
    collections
  • Provides better deployment success
  • Scheduled deployments (including assignments)

23
  

ConfigMgr S/W Distribution
  • Identifies an SCCM package (source files and
    programs)
  • Moves program source files around the enterprise
  • To staging locations (distribution points)
  • To remote locations (child sites)
  • To target computers (clients)
  • Launches a command line program
  • Potentially providing administrative rights
  • Reporting status of the application deployment

24
  
How the Client Handles S/W Distribution
25
  
DP and Branch DP
  • Distribution Points
  • Store files
  • Function as distribution centers
  • Download Access point
  • BITS-level Resume
  • Branch Distribution Point
  • Efficient package distribution
  • Assigned packages
  • XP workstation / Vista can be a Brach DP
  • Depends on a standard distribution point
  • Cannot be placed on server shares

26
Branch DP Communications
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Maintenance Window
  • A collection-based method to enforce scheduled
    changes to managed systems
  • Manages changes to systems
  • Operating System Task Sequences
  • Software Update Deployments
  • Software Distribution Advertisements
  • Safety Net
  • Doesnt impact activities
  • Scheduled inventory, baseline evaluation, policy
    polling
  • Configuration
  • Defined per collection
  • Over-rides available
  • Best practices around management

28
Software Distribution
  • DEMO

29
Operating System Deployment
30
Servers Have unique Challenges
  • Hardware Configurations
  • Bios Management
  • Remote Management Diagnostics
  • Utilities and Drivers
  • OEM utilities
  • Advanced Network Configuration
  • Static IP Addresses
  • Multiple network adapters
  • NIC Load Balance, speed/duplex configuration
  • Clustering
  • Complex disk configuration
  • Driver Management
  • Multiple physical disks
  • Partition model, design
  • RAID array
  • Server Role definition post deployment
  • Longhorn Server Manager
  • SMO Roles
  • File and Print
  • Location specific

31
Whats new in ConfigMgr OSD
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Deployment Scenarios
  • New Machine
  • Clean install - Wipe and Load. No migration
    considerations
  • Wipe-and-load
  • Target and install OS to existing H/W. with
    apps
  • Side-by-side
  • Machine to machine, user and app data migration
    are
  • possible
  • In-place migration
  • Scripted, targeted OS upgrade (not wipe and
    load), sent as
  • software distribution package
  • Offline with removable media
  • Removable media (CD/DVD, USB flash drive)
  • PXE boot
  • WDS integration, network boot delivered
  • OEM
  • Partial OS Deployment, support for H/W reseller

33
OSD Architecture
? Admin creates Task Sequence and advertises to
collection containing client
? Admin creates OS image and boot image and
replicates to DP.
Site Server
? Client sends status as Task Sequence executes
MP
DP
? Client retrieves Task Sequence from MP and
executes it
? Client retrieves boot image and OS image
referenced in Task sequence
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WDS and ConfigMgr
ConfigMgr Site Server
? Admin advertises task sequence to collection
containing new computer
Site DB
? ConfigMgr provider in WDS looks for computer in
ConfigMgr database
? If computer is found, WDS proceeds. If not
found, WDS tries next provider
ConfigMgr MP
WDS Server
? WDS Server downloads WinPE to new computer
? ConfigMgr code in WinPE contacts MP to get task
sequence that was advertised
? New computer PXE boots
35
Operating System Deployment
  • DEMO

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References
  • System Center Product Family Homepage
  • http//www.microsoft.com/systemcenter
  • System Center Configuration Manager Homepage
  • http//www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configmgr/de
    fault.mspx
  • Configuration Manager Documentation Library
  • http//technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb68065
    1.aspx
  • Learn more from Configuration Manager Webcasts
  • https//www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms
    .aspx?tabwebcasts
  • id42364

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