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admin -> SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (8/28/2006 8:17:56 AM)

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring
Define desired configuration models and enable SMS 2003 to proactively monitor configuration settings for compliance. Administrators can create and edit XML models through an authoring GUI to define desired configuration values and check for configuration compliance such as registry settings, files, software updates, and service packs.
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mtrafficante -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/21/2006 4:25:04 PM)

Hi everyone,

I am new to the forum and work on the team that developed DCM. I just wanted to say that DCM v2 is available on the web now and supports desktop, SQL, .NET 2.0 and has a completely redesigned UI and sample SMS web reports.  Also, the beta program configuration manifests (now aka Configuration Items) along with a few others are also available in release form on the download center.

Here is an excerpt from the download center page:

quote:

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) 2.0 now supports configuration monitoring of desktops and servers. The accelerator allows the user to define desired hardware, operating system, and application configuration settings in multiple configuration data sources. Then, using the supplied auditing engine, DCM compares desired settings with actual settings and finally reports configuration compliance.

DCM 2.0 includes a redesigned user interface (UI) to reduce the time needed for defining Configuration Items. The new user interface supports complex rule definition with the Advanced View and adds a wizard-based simplified UI for defining simple rules as the Standard View. The new UI also includes common rule templates and enables users to define common rules specific to their organizations. In addition, CI rules can now be viewed and edited in a table view.


Can a moderator post the new link in the DCM links page? Thanks!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a867fc14-daa3-4c2a-9e65-4fbcbec60aaa&displaylang=en&Hash=rodUs8gmSTPBWAYrBGNVWI600zprOENgkbRBlDTVqCI0MojxXoYbacqpoDedX6m9mWJExYtFOLpyO5KjBWNluw%3d%3d



ealdrich -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/21/2006 5:05:25 PM)

GREAT to have you IN here!!! WELCOME!!!

I am VERY VERY interested in getting this version cooking. I sat thru a long discussion with the www.configuresoft.com folks this morning, and I am hoping DCM (Beta2, possibly the 3rd party ATS Rule Generator, and later on SCCM2k7) will be a viable alternative to their solution, at least for a big part of our organization.



mtrafficante -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/21/2006 5:30:03 PM)

Thanks Ed, and speaking for Sai, Robbie and myself - I appreciate all of your feeedback on v1 and hope v2 addresses any DCRs you may have had.



sferrara -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/22/2006 11:32:40 AM)

Has anyone seen issues with installing the dcm 2.0 database to a sql instance that is other than default? Using Ed's Powerpoint from MMS I had edited the DCMSolution.SQL file to point to the SQL server location for both the db and log files, however the script would not run.


It would error on line 1..

IF EXISTS (EXISTS was grey in query analyzer) yadayadayada.... Deleting the first few lines  and trying to run the script from, CREATE DATABASE, It would still error out and not complete the creation.

So I then cut out the Create Database statement ran it separate from the rest of the script, followed by the stored procedure section and finally got the DB, tables, views etc.. created. Whew... It Seems drastic that this had to be done this way.

Another issue I had was I had to open one of the sample manifests and give it a role in order to be able to test the database by running the xmltodcmtransfer DTS package after copying it to the DCM UI directory. It was failing to read the manifest prior to assignment.

This is being run on SQL2000 SP4.



jchapman825 -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/22/2006 6:06:09 PM)

I have no idea why my username went to mtrafficante and now I need to user jchapman825... [>:]

I asked Sai about this issue, and his response was:
 
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1. The DCMSolution.sql script should not be edited manually. If done, its not supported. Ed’s notes about modifying the DCMSolution.sql script were applicable to DCM 1.0. There was a known issue in DCM 1.0 and we suggested this workaround. This issue was fixed in DCM 2.0, so the workaround should not be applied to the DCMSolution.sql script in v2.
 
2. The XMLToDCMTransfer DTS package requires the following files to be present in the DCM UI folder for successful execution:


DCM.xsd (required)
DCMXMLValidator.exe (required)
Machinename_Mapping.xml (optional)


    The absence of the above required files might result in an error.
     

    Hope this helps.



    sferrara -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/23/2006 2:53:12 PM)

    Editing and separating out the script was the only means I could use to even get it to load. Any thoughts on that?

    You stated that editing the script in 2.0 is not supported. How else can you get the database to install if sql is not a default install?

    Thank you for taking the time to answer!!!

    We need to take this to production by month's end. You will probably see a lot of posts from me in the near future.



    sferrara -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/25/2006 11:49:35 AM)

    I am rephrasing my reply just to clarify, You stated that the issue with the database not installing if the SQL Server was not on the default drive, however running the MSI for 2.0 had the same results for us as 1.0. The database was not created on setup. I had previously had 1.0 on this system, could that be the issue. I had uninstalled, ensured that all traces were removed, rebooted the server and installed 2.0.

    Thanks,

    Sandy



    saikodi -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/28/2006 3:54:58 AM)

    Hi Sandy,

    I am Sai Kodi from Microsoft. Could you please send me the installation log file, any error messages from the Event Viewer in this regard? That would definitely help us resolve the issue. I look forward for an email from you.

    You can contact me through my blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/saikodi.



    saikodi -> RE: SMS 2003 DCM Links and Information (9/29/2006 5:05:55 PM)

    Hi Sandy,

    I guess this issue has now been resolved.

    Thanks,
    Sai Kodi



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