Installing SMS Tools

You install the SMS tools by running the Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 Resource Kit CD-ROM Setup program, which will run automatically when you insert the compact disc. By default, all SMS tools are installed and accessed through the Microsoft Tools Management Console. However, you can customize the installation by selecting Custom setup and selecting only the categories of tools you want to install, such as System Setup tools or Client Maintenance tools.

The Tools Management Console, shown in the following figure, is an integrated application that you can use to explore and run the BackOffice 4.5 Resource Kit tools, and to open Help. You can access all the SMS 2.0 tools from this location.

Tools Management Console, with SMS 2.0 tools selected in the console tree. The details pane shows the different tools categories

Important   The SMS tools require that the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) core components be installed. If you do not already have the WMI core components installed, you can install them from the Systems Management Server 2.0 compact disc by running the Setup program from the following location: SMSsetup\Bin\<Platform>\Wbemsdk.exe. Note that two of the tools (the Delete Group Class tool and the Site Utilities tool) can only be installed on an SMS site server. If the Setup program cannot verify that the computer is an SMS site server, these tools will not be installed. This additional requirement is noted in the text for these tools.

Finally, you can install some of the tools on other computers, such as client computers, by copying the required files to the local hard drive. This will be noted in the text for the applicable tools.

The Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 Resource Kit Setup program creates a Resource Kit program group on the Start menu. This program group consists of the following three menu items: Resource Kit Tools Help, Resource Kit Online Books, and Tools Management Console. The Resource Kit program group also contains a Release Notes folder. By default, the Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 Resource Kit is installed to the following directory on your local drive: C:\Program Files\Resource Kit folder.