How can i install System Center Vnext Beta

Eswar Koneti · July 27, 2010

UPDATE:-

There is a series of articles about installing and configuring vNext here

Hi,

If you are New to System center V-Next Installation,Please refer this Guid here before proceeding on this.

Thsi Guide assumes that ,You have created System Management container in Active Directory and Provided full permissions to Vnext server to this folder.

Prerequisites for installing V-Next:

1. Windows Server 2008 X64 with the following components:

IIS, BITS, .Net Framework 4.0, Remote differential compression, RSAT, Power Shell, WSUS 3.0SP1

IIS components required: Common HTTP Features, Application Development (except CGI), Management tools which includes IIS 6 management compatibility.

2. SQL server 2008 with SP1 (X64) and SQL patch KB977443 (http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=185162)

Installation of SQL server is Straight forward .How to install SQL 2008 ,look at Here

Once you have all the above components,you can download the Vnext from here and supported configuration document from here.

Go to the your Vnext Media and start splash.hta

You need CAS If you have more than one Primary Site and want them linked together in a single hierarchy OR If you want to off-load reporting and administration from your Primary Site.

To Download the update components, you can use "check updates and download to alternative path" if your server has internet connection else you can download the patches manually and provide source path. How do you know which patches to download from MS which are required for the installation?

These components are requried when installing the Vnext client onto clients which you manage.these components will be installed prior to install Vnext client(client.msi).

You can use Vnext setup.exe with command line syntax like Drive: \ConfigMgr vNext Overview\Configuration Manager vNext Beta 1\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64\setup.exe /?

The syntax is: Drive: \ConfigMgr vNext Overview\Configuration Manager vNext Beta 1\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64\setup /download Drive: \folder

Note: It will not run if you run this on 32 Bit OS since it requires x64 hardware.

If you still don't want to do all these steps, you can download the all the required patches manually from Internet with the following links:

msrdcoob_x86.exe à http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=95740.

msrdcoob_amd64.exe à http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=95741

WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=158451

WindowsUpdateAgent30-x64.exe à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=158453

wmirdist.msi à

http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=95743

Silverlight.exe à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=158041

dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkId=181489

SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exeà http://go.microsoft..../?LinkId=162655

msxml6_x64.msi à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=169539

sqlncli.msi à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=169540

SQLSysClrTypes.msi à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkId=169541

SharedManagementObjects.msi à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkId=169542

sql_rmo.msi à http://go.microsoft..../?LinkId=169543

If you are using named instance, you will have to provide the instance name, in this case I use Vnext

Since there are many components are missing, try to install all these components and then rerun the check. If you close this window, you may need to start all the activities again from the beginning.

And Below screen will give you do the configurations which you can manage. All the componets and settings has been segregated(for better manage) and moved to respective Nodes.