Evaluating Configuration Manager in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 by Using a Preconfigured VHD

Microsoft Corporation Published: December 7, 2012

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Wally Mead

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System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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Contents
Evaluating Configuration Manager System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 by Using a Preconfigured VHD .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Evaluating Configuration Manager by Using a Preconfigured VHD Topics ................................. 4 How to Prepare a Computer to Host the Configuration Manager Virtual Machine ......................... 5 How to Create the Virtual Machine to Run Configuration Manager ................................................ 6 How to Run Configuration Manager on the Virtual Machine ........................................................... 7

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Evaluating Configuration Manager System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 by Using a Preconfigured VHD
This document describes how to use a preconfigured virtual hard disk (VHD) to create a virtual machine that runs System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) so that you can evaluate the features of Configuration Manager. All of the software that is necessary for this evaluation is included in the VHD. For an overview and for more information about the new features in Configuration Manager, see What's New in System Center 2012 SP1 - Configuration Manager. Important The software that is included on this preconfigured VHD is intended for evaluation and deployment planning purposes only. Please note the following: The evaluation version of Configuration Manager expires 180 days after initial installation. The evaluation version of Microsoft SQL Server expires 180 days after initial installation. You cannot use the evaluation version of SQL Server in a production environment. You should not use this evaluation VHD in a production environment. The evaluation versions of Configuration Manager and SQL Server are in English only.

Evaluating Configuration Manager by Using a Preconfigured VHD Topics

How to Prepare a Computer to Host the Configuration Manager Virtual Machine Describes how to prepare a computer to host the virtual machine for Configuration Manager. How to Create the Virtual Machine to Run Configuration Manager Describes how to use Hyper-V Manager to create the virtual machine to run Configuration Manager. How to Run Configuration Manager on the Virtual Machine Describes how to configure Configuration Manager on the virtual machine.

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How to Prepare a Computer to Host the Configuration Manager Virtual Machine

You can use the following information to prepare a computer to host the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager virtual machine. The following are some considerations about the computer that hosts the Configuration Manager virtual machine: We recommend that you use a computer with a Dual-Core Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64) processor or greater. We recommend that you have at least 30 GB of hard disk space available for the virtual machine. You must have at least 4 GB of memory available for the virtual machine. Install and configure one of the supported operating systems for Hyper-V hosts for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For more information, see System Requirements: HyperV Hosts. This specific preconfigured VHD was created on, and exported from, Hyper-V running on a Windows 8 client computer. It will import easiest on a compatible version of Hyper-V. Install and configure the Hyper-V role in Windows. For more information about configuring Hyper-V, see Getting to Know Hyper-V: A Walkthrough from Initial Setup to Common Scenarios.

To prepare the computer to host the Configuration Manager virtual machine, do the following:

You can use the following procedure to extract the Configuration Manager VHD file. To extract the VHD file 1. Download the self-extracting SC2012_SP1_ConfigMgr_EVALVHD.exe file and all the .rar files to the computer that is configured with Hyper-V. 2. Place all the downloaded files into the same folder. 3. Double-click the self-extracting SC2012_SP1_ConfigMgr_EVALVHD file to begin the wizard that extracts the VHD file. 4. Review the software license terms, and then click Accept. 5. Provide the folder location where you want to save the extracted VHD file, and then click Extract. 6. After the wizard finishes, navigate to the folder that you specified, and confirm that the VHD file has been extracted. The VHD file is named SC2012_SP1_ConfigMgr_EVALVHD.vhd. For the next steps, see How to Create the Virtual Machine to Run Configuration Manager.

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How to Import the Virtual Machine to Run Configuration Manager

You can use the following procedure to import the virtual machine to run Configuration Manager by using Hyper-V Manager. You will only be able to import this virtual machine directly on a computer running Hyper-V on either Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012. If you are using HyperV on a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer, you will not be able to import this virtual machine directly and will need to manually create a new virtual machine and attach the .vhd. Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, on the computer that you are configuring is the minimum required to complete this procedure. To import the virtual machine to run Configuration Manager 1. On the computer on which Hyper-V is installed, start Hyper-V Manager. 2. In Hyper-V Manager, connect to the appropriate Hyper-V server computer. 3. In the Action pane, click Import Virtual Machine. 4. On the Before You Begin page, click Next. 5. On the Locate Folder page, specify the folder that you downloaded and extracted the preconfigured VHD to, and then click Next. 6. On the Select Virtual Machine page, click Next to import the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Evaluation VHD. 7. On the Choose Import Type page, select the appropriate option (the default option of Register the virtual machine in-place (use the existing unique ID) is appropriate for most imports, and then click Next. 8. The virtual machine is imported. When complete, on the Completing Import Wizard page, click Finish to create the virtual machine. 9. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the virtual machine that you just imported, and then click Start. 10. Right-click the virtual machine that you just created, and then click Connect. 11. For the next steps, see How to Run Configuration Manager on the Virtual Machine.

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How to Run Configuration Manager on the Virtual Machine

You can use the following procedure to run Configuration Manager on the virtual machine. Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, on the computer that you are configuring is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Important Be sure you are logged in using a domain account before you start this procedure.

To run Configuration Manager 1. Log onto the virtual machine as Contoso\Administrator using a password of Pass@word1 2. On the Start screen of the virtual machine, click Configuration Manager Console. 3. The System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Console appears and allows you to now explore and evaluate System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. For more information about the new features, refer to What's New in System Center 2012 SP1 - Configuration Manager.

Configuration Details of this Preconfigured Virtual Machine

The following information describes the configuration of this preconfigured evaluation VHD for your use. Hyper-V Details The following information describes the Hyper-V configuration of this preconfigured evaluation VHD for your use. The virtual machine was created and exported on an Internal virtual switch titled VPC Only. You do not need to have a working virtual network to use the virtual machine by itself. The virtual machine was created and exported with 4096MB of RAM assigned. You can change this value as necessary, however it is not recommended to use a lower amount of memory. It was not configured for dynamic memory use. 7

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Virtual Machine Details The following information describes the guest (virtual) operating system configuration of this preconfigured evaluation VHD for your use. The virtual machine was created using Windows Server 2012 evaluation version. The local IP address is 192.168.100.2. The computer name is CM2012SP1PRI. The virtual machine has a domain controller installed. The domain name is contoso.com with a NetBIOS domain name of CONTOSO. The following roles and features were specifically installed for this virtual machine (Note that additional features were automatically installed when installing the roles and features below, however are not listed here): o Active Directory Domain Services o Remote Differential Compression o .NET 3.5 o IIS 6 WMI Compatibility o Windows Authentication o IIS Management Scripts and Tools o Background Intelligent Transfer Service The virtual machine is installed with SQL Server 2012 cumulative update 2 using the default instance and default port configuration. The following SQL Server features are installed: o Database Engine o Reporting Services o Management Tools All SQL Server services were installed to log on using the Local System account as well as using Windows Authentication with the domain administrator added as the SQL Server administrator. Windows Firewall ports were configured for ports 1433 and 4022 to support Configuration Manager integration with SQL Server. The following Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit components were installed as required for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1: o Deployment Tools o Windows Preinstallation Environment o User State Migration Tool The Windows Shutdown Tracker was disabled

Configuration Manager Details The following information describes the Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 configuration of this preconfigured evaluation VHD for your use.

[This topic is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.] The Active Directory schema was extended for use with Configuration Manager, and the site server computer account (CM2012SP1PRI) was granted Full Control rights to publish to the System container and all descendent objects. An Active Directory site called ConfigMgrSite was created using an IP subnet of 192.168.100.0/24. The site server computer account was moved from the Default-First-Site-Name Active Directory site to the ConfigMgrSite Active Directory site. The final release (RTM) of Service Pack 1 is used (build 7804). The installation was completed for a stand-alone primary site using a site code of EVL. The following two site roles were installed in addition to the default roles for a stand-alone primary site server: o Fallback status point (configured to report state messages every 300 seconds) o Reporting services point (configured to use the domain administrator account) Active Directory Forest Discovery was enabled and run on the site. Active Directory System Discovery was enabled and run on the site. A boundary group was created to include the custom Active Directory site ConfigMgrSite and designated for both site assignment and content lookup The site server computer (CM2012SP1PRI) was installed as a client using client push. This included the following actions: o Creating a user account in Active Directory (Client Push Install Account) o This account was added to the Domain Admins group to allow push to clients in the domain o This account was configured as the Client Push Installation Account in Configuration Manager o The Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 client was pushed to the site server computer o Hardware inventory and client health data were generated and reported to the site

If you wish to add additional clients to this preconfigured VHD, it is recommended to do so in an isolated test environment, as this preconfigured VHD does not have any antivirus or antimalware software installed. You can install System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection SP1 as part of the evaluation of the VHD, as it is included with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. More details on Endpoint Protection, and all other client features, are available on the public Microsoft TechCenter site for Configuration Manager (http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg682129.aspx).