Here you will find information on how to prepare your Server prior to installing and configuring System Center Essentials (SCE) 2007 in your infrastructure environment.
You must install the SCE 2007 Management Server on any of the following Operating Systems either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions with Service Pack (SP) 1 or greater:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard R2 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.
You must also ensure that the following are installed:
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
Microsoft World Wide Web Service is running and set to automatic startup mode
IIS Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.80.1022.0 or greater
Windows Installer 3.1 or later must be installed
.NET Framework 2.0 or greater
.NET Framework 3.0 Components
Additionally you must ensure that the following are met:
Active Directory (AD) must be deployed
Your operating system must be installed on a drive formatted with NTFS
Tip: You must uninstall Software Update Server 1.0 before attempting to install Windows Server Update Services 3.0.
The following SCE 2007 Management Server hardware minimum requirements are listed below:
1.8 GHz processor (2.8 GHz or faster recommended)
1 GB of RAM (2 GB RAM recommended)
12 GB of available hard disk space (20 GB recommended)
1 GB of available hard disk space on the system drive.
In order to install SCE 2007 you should have a SQL server backend for the database already installed locally or you can use a Remote SQL database separate from the SCE server or the installation will install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (Included on the CD-ROM Installation Media as SqlExpR_Adv.Exe in the Setup folder) with Advanced Services locally.
Note: You can also buy installation media with SCE 2007 and SQL Server 2005 Standard edition on it specifically licensed to use with SCE 2007.
You will need to install SQL Server 2005 any version listed below either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions with Service Pack (SP) 1 or greater installed and when you install SQL Server 2005 make sure that the SQL Reporting Services is installed as well as configured and patched with the SP 1 upgrade:
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition
Tip: You must have SQL 2005 set to use Windows Authentication Mode.
Note: SCE 2007 does not support SQL 2005 Database Mirroring nor cluster support.
After the installation has completed SCE 2007 will allow you to support the following as managed computer resources:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Service Pack (SP) 4 or greater
Either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions with Service Pack (SP) 1 or greater:
Service Pack (SP) 1 or greater
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions with Service Pack (SP) 2 or greater
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Service Pack (SP) 2 or greater.
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
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