SMS: Systems Management Server 2.0 Release Notes

ID: Q215468

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SUMMARY

The information contained in this article is from the Systems Management Server 2.0 Release Notes. You can find the Release Notes on the Systems Management Server CD through the Taskpad or by opening Readme.htm in your browser.

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Microsoft Systems Management Server Version 2.0 Release Notes

The release notes contain late-breaking information about Systems Management Server (SMS) version 2.0 functionality that is not available in the product documentation. Please read the release notes thoroughly before installing the SMS software.

If you have comments or suggestions about SMS 2.0, please send them to smswish@microsoft.com. We value your feedback.

Additional Online Resources for SMS

For more information about SMS, see the following online resources:

Visit the Systems Management Server Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt/ to locate white papers and information about related products.

Visit the Microsoft Support Online Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/ to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base and other technical resources for fast, accurate answers to SMS questions.

Access the microsoft.public.sms news group on the msnews.microsoft.com news server to participate in unmonitored discussions about SMS.

WARNING: If you plan to upgrade from SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0 and also upgrade from SQL Server 6.5 to SQL Server 7.0, read DO NOT Upgrade to SQL Server 7.0 Before Upgrading to SMS 2.0: Documentation Error.

New Terminology

SMS 2.0 introduces a number of new terms, and it slightly changes the meanings of others. New and changed terminology is documented in the SMS 2.0 Administrator's Guide, in Chapter 2, "Understanding Changes to SMS Features and Functionality" and Appendix B, "SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0 Changes." For a complete list of SMS terms, see the glossaries in the SMS documentation. SMS 2.0 Help, Network Monitor Help, and Software Metering Help each include a glossary, as does the SMS 2.0 Administrator's Guide.

The following new terms are not in the glossaries:

Refresh
An administrative command used in software distribution to replace corrupted package source files on distribution points or to copy package source files to newly installed distribution points. When a refresh occurs, the current package source files are recopied or newly copied from the site server to one or more distribution points.

Update
Used in software distribution to recopy package source files when a file is changed. When an update occurs, the package source version is incremented and the package source files are recopied from the site server to all distribution points currently specified for the package.

The following terminology changes are not in the glossaries:

WBEM and Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of the Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard developed by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) for identifying and manipulating managed objects. In the SMS 2.0 documentation, certain components that actually use WMI might be documented as using WBEM (an earlier name for WMI). In these cases, however, the process flow and functionality are essentially unchanged.

Windows 2000
All references in the documentation to Windows NT version 5.0 refer to the Windows 2000 family of products, built on Windows NT technology.

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