Protected site systems

[Kevin79]

I am setting up ConfigMgr at work. I have a parent site and 6 child sites. Each site is a different physical location that is in a different state and connected via T1. I created boundaries for each site that includes their Active Directory site. Should I set each child site up to be a protected boundary for the AD site? If I do, when a computer moves to a different location, they will be able to use the local Distribution and Management point, correct?

 

When setting up the Discovery Method, should I set them all up on my primary site or set up each child site to discover it's local computers?

[Trevor Sullivan]

Yes, you'll most likely want to set up your distribution points as protected distribution points. This will avoid the situation where a client might somehow contact a distribution point across two of your T1 links.

 

I'm a bit unclear as to your configuration, but it sounds like you have 6 child primary sites. Is that correct? If so, then yes, you'll want to set up the discovery of client systems on each of the child primary sites. Why? Because discovery data flows upwards, not downwards.

 

Check this article for more information:

 

http://technet.micro...y/bb633276.aspx

 

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By the way, on a side note, I'd encourage you to re-evaluate whether or not you really need primary sites located at each of the remote sites. That will complicate / slow SCCM administration, SCCM backups, SCCM database access, SCCM provider scripting, and so on. Depending on how many clients you have at those sites, you might be better off simply putting secondary sites out there, or even just distribution points.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers,

Trevor Sullivan

http://trevorsullivan.net

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[Kevin79]

I have 1 primary site at my headquarters. The 6 other sites are secondardy sites that are children of the primary site.