Re: What to do next after attached a secondary site on primary sit

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Thanks for your reply, i just have 1 more question. What situation is
suitable to setup 2 standalone site within a domain?

"Cathy Moya [MS]" wrote:

> If AsiaHK and AsiaSG are primary sites, that does NOT make them both parent
> sites. You are a parent site if you have a child. You are a child if you
> have a parent. Parent/child status does not necessarily have any connection
> to primary/secondary status EXCEPT for secondary sites. Secondary sites are
> always child sites. But a primary site can be a parent, a child, both, or
> neither. If you make AsiaSG a child of AsiaHK, it is a child site. If you do
> not have a hierarchical relationship between them, then you have two
> standalone sites. Which is a valid design choice if you know why you are
> doing it. Typically you would make one site a child to the other so all the
> information could be collected in the top-most parent site, also called the
> "central site".
>
> Now, if you have one site as a parent to the other, you only need one server
> locator point. Server locator points can direct clients to any site at or
> below their level in the hierarchy. It's just part of being a server locator
> point. They know all of the management points and CAPs in the hierarchy.
> Think of it kind of like the root DNS for the SMS hierarchy. The server
> locator point is usually placed at the central site, but you could put it
> anywhere and it would still know about the management points and CAPs in the
> hierarchy.
>
> If, on the other hand, you are keeping the two sites as independent stand
> alone sites, let's start by talking about why you are making that design
> choice. :-)
> Hope that helps!
>
> --
> Cathy Moya, CISSP, MCSE: Security
> Technical Writer, Windows Enterprise Management Division User Assistance
>
> Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default.mspx
> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.
>
> "Cyber" <Cyber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:88B3DDF6-C788-4919-9CFC-A39DD8C056E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sorry for the confunsion. I mean, If I set both AsiaHK and AsiaSG as a
> > primary site, then, there will be two parent site in my domain. I have map
> > the SMS_SLP to the ip address of AsiaHK's SMS server already. Can i map
> > another SMS_SLP to AsiaSG's SMS server? I am confused if the client at
> > AsiaSG
> > site look for the SLP in the WINS server, it will see 2 entry for a
> > SMS_SLP
> > but with different address???
> >
> > "Cathy Moya [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> You say you already set AsiaSG as a secondary site, but then you ask
> >> about
> >> making an SLP entry for "the other primary site (AsiaSG)". AsiaSG has to
> >> be
> >> either primary or secondary - can't be both. If it is a secondary, it is
> >> only a child site and no clients can be assigned to it. If it is a
> >> primary,
> >> it might be a child or a parent or both. So I'm still confused as to what
> >> you need . .
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cathy Moya, CISSP, MCSE: Security
> >> Technical Writer, Windows Enterprise Management Division User Assistance
> >>
> >> Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default.mspx
> >> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.
> >>
> >> "ck" <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:eQs91Fy2FHA.3880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Thanks, you already answer my question. I have setthe AsiaSG as a
> >> > secondary
> >> > site. Now I control everything at AsiaHK(the primary site). Just want
> >> > to
> >> > know that if I set the secondary site as a Chird site, the install
> >> > procedure
> >> > is same as primary site? I am not extend the AD feature in the
> >> > installation.
> >> > What i do is enable the SLP and add a record SMS_SLP record in WINS. If
> >> > i
> >> > already map the SMS_SLP to the primary site AsiaHK. Can i add the other
> >> > entry to SMS_SLP with different IP for the other primary site(AsiaSG)
> >> > and
> >> > make it a chird site?
> >> >
> >> > "Cathy Moya [MS]" <camoya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D
> >> > :ulvmZUH2FHA.2884@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Hi again,
> >> >> You didn't say which site is the parent. I'll assume AsiaHK is the
> >> >> parent
> >> >> site and AsiaSG is the child. In that case, the "All Windows XP
> >> >> System"
> >> >> in
> >> >> AsiaSG would contain only XP computers in Asia SG, but in the parent
> >> >> site,
> >> >> that collection would contain all of the XP computers in both AsiaSG
> >> >> and
> >> >> AsiaHK. Because the child site sends everything to the parent, the
> >> > database
> >> >> gets bigger as you go up and you get more computers that match. If you
> >> > want
> >> >> to find ONLY the AsiaHK XP computers, you could copy the existing XP
> >> >> collection and add a parameter to match for the AsiaHK site code.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you made the other site a secondary site, just make sure you set
> >> >> the
> >> >> boundaries. SG and HK should have their own boundaries. Do NOT overlap
> >> > them.
> >> >>
> >> >> For the rest, I'm not really sure what you are asking. Try responding
> >> >> with
> >> >> more detail about what you are not seeing.
> >> >> Good luck!
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Cathy Moya, CISSP, MCSE: Security
> >> >> Technical Writer, Windows Enterprise Management Division User
> >> >> Assistance
> >> >>
> >> >> Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
> >> >>
> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default.msp
> >> > x
> >> >> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no
> >> >> rights.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Cyber" <Cyber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:EA0D5170-0CCA-480D-A57D-43BD96F8AFB2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > Hi all,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Now i can see that there're 2 site under Site Hierarchy(AsiaHK and
> >> >> > AsiaSG).
> >> >> > Do i need to group computer under "All Window XP System" under their
> >> >> > own
> >> >> > site? and how? Anything i need to set to make the secondary site
> >> >> > work?
> >> > If
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > need to push client / software to this 2 site, what can i do? I
> >> >> > don't
> >> > see
> >> >> > any
> >> >> > collection under each site. There is only 1 collection under ste
> >> >> > database..
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> > Cyber
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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