Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 13 series we will now upgrade  System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2. This is not a requirement but to successfully deploy Windows 7 we will need SP2 & AIK installed on the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 server.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 12 is the most exciting part where we actually get to install the main product i.e. System Center Configuration Manager 2007. We will first run the Prerequisites check & than start the final installation process. Lets take a look how this is done.

The new release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has been announced in August 2008. This version of SQL Server provides powerful new capabilities that were developed with the customer in mind. SQL Server is considered the leading database platform in both scalability and performance.

In this Step by Step guide to installing SQL Server 2008 we will cover how to install SQL 2008.

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the solution to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update your servers, clients, and devices;across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. Optimized for Windows and extensible beyond, it is the best choice for gaining enhanced insight into, and control over, your IT systems. In this multi part series I will walk you through the process of configuring SCCM 2007 on a single member server with all relevant technologies. This can also be a distributed install but would be a bit complex to cover it online. Over all the concepts would still stay the same to distribute the technologies / roles in a distributed design by using more than one member server.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to a computer from a defined range of numbers (i.e., a scope) configured for a given network. When a computer uses a static IP address, it means that the computer is manually configured to use a specific IP address. One problem with static assignment, which can result from user error or inattention to detail, occurs when two computers are configured with the same IP address. This creates a conflict that results in loss of service. Using DHCP to dynamically assign IP addresses minimizes these conflicts.

Before you start following this article you must be aware this is simply a lab setup and you need to assign relevant ip address, hostnames & domain names which are relavant to your enviroment / organisation. This is simply a step by step guide with screen shots to walk you through the configuration. Windows 2008 has various level / types of editions / installs. I have covered only the default install using a iso image in a VMware ESXi host.

In part 2 of the HSRP series I will cover the configuration & show you how to verify the configuration. I have put together a Microsoft® Visio® diagram which shows you a lot more than simply Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). You need to concentrate on Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) configuration alone and at a very high level look at the diagram and think about High availability.