SCCM Sites
A site consists of a site server, site system roles, clients, and resources. A site always requires access to a Microsoft SQL Server database. There are several types of SCCM 2007 sites. A SCCM 2007 site uses boundaries to determine the clients belonging to the site. Multiple sites can be configured into site hierarchies and connected such that you can manage bandwidth utilization between sites. A SCCM 2007 site is identified by the three-character code and the friendly site name configured during Setup and types of sites as follows.
Central Administration Site(CAS) -A central site has no parent site. Typically, a central site has child and grandchild sites and aggregates all of their client information to provide centralized management and reporting. A site with no parent and no child site is still called a central site although it is also referred to as a standalone site. A central site to collect all of the site information for centralized management.
Primary Site(PS)-A primary site stores SCCM 2007 data for itself and all the sites beneath it in a SQL Server database.
Secondary Site(SS)-A secondary site has no SCCM 2007 site database. It is attached to and reports to a primary site. The secondary site is managed by a SCCM 2007 administrator running a Configuration Manager 2007 console that is connected to the primary site. The secondary site forwards the information it gathers from Configuration Manager 2007 clients, such as computer inventory data and Configuration Manager 2007 system status information, to its parent site. The primary site then stores the data of both the primary and secondary sites in the SCCM 2007 site database. The advantages of using secondary sites are that they require no additional SCCM 2007 server license and do not require the overhead of maintaining an additional database. Secondary sites are managed from the primary site it is connected to, so they are frequently used in sites with no local administrator present. The disadvantage of secondary sites is that they must be attached to a primary site and cannot be moved to a different primary site without deleting and recreating the site. Also, secondary sites cannot have sites beneath them in the hierarchy.
A site consists of a site server, site system roles, clients, and resources. A site always requires access to a Microsoft SQL Server database. There are several types of SCCM 2007 sites. A SCCM 2007 site uses boundaries to determine the clients belonging to the site. Multiple sites can be configured into site hierarchies and connected such that you can manage bandwidth utilization between sites. A SCCM 2007 site is identified by the three-character code and the friendly site name configured during Setup and types of sites as follows.
Central Administration Site(CAS) -A central site has no parent site. Typically, a central site has child and grandchild sites and aggregates all of their client information to provide centralized management and reporting. A site with no parent and no child site is still called a central site although it is also referred to as a standalone site. A central site to collect all of the site information for centralized management.
Primary Site(PS)-A primary site stores SCCM 2007 data for itself and all the sites beneath it in a SQL Server database.
Secondary Site(SS)-A secondary site has no SCCM 2007 site database. It is attached to and reports to a primary site. The secondary site is managed by a SCCM 2007 administrator running a Configuration Manager 2007 console that is connected to the primary site. The secondary site forwards the information it gathers from Configuration Manager 2007 clients, such as computer inventory data and Configuration Manager 2007 system status information, to its parent site. The primary site then stores the data of both the primary and secondary sites in the SCCM 2007 site database. The advantages of using secondary sites are that they require no additional SCCM 2007 server license and do not require the overhead of maintaining an additional database. Secondary sites are managed from the primary site it is connected to, so they are frequently used in sites with no local administrator present. The disadvantage of secondary sites is that they must be attached to a primary site and cannot be moved to a different primary site without deleting and recreating the site. Also, secondary sites cannot have sites beneath them in the hierarchy.
