Hello everyone. I have been trying to find an answer to this so I can get a final on how to proceed and I just keep getting more and more confused.
I am a Sys Admin for a fairly large School District (6 buildings, 2,000 machines, 4,600 end users) and we would like to implement this solution to make life easier for us.
Our environment is like this.....
We are using a Win 2K8 R2 Domain controller as our PDC. In each building we have a BDC. I know these terms no longer apply really, but each build has one server that has the AD DS Role, DHCP, DNS, and Print management. Each building has its own network subnet and all the building can talk to each other and DFS replication is working between all the DC's and the SysVol is replicating as it should.
In our MDF in the main building, I installed a server to be our SCCM Primary server. This is where it gets confusing for me. I have uninstalled and reformatted twice as I cannot seem to get a grasp on how I should build our environment. The server I installed is currently a CAS server and I have one other server at a building across town that is the only Primary site right now. We plan to buy three more servers to serve the district.
We have basically three WAN networks. 2 buildings are connected via TWC to our A site. The other 4 buildings are on a local fiber ring that connects to the A site.
When I set this up, I assume I NEED to use a CAS, and then what? A primary site at each location or a primary site at my location and secondary sites at the other locations? I really need to be able to manage a central repository for our OSD and app deployments. Our network is managed entirely by a third party consultant, and they are refusing to help with any of the network setup unless we pay them extra or renegotiate the contract. So we have zero ability to modify our Switches or routers. PXE will not work in any of our buildings but one, even if I put a Primary server in that building. I'm pretty sure this means I need to have the BOOTP/IPHelpers setup on the juniper switch, but they want to charge us. With that said, how should I build this?
Sorry for the noob questions, I'm learning this product as I go, and we cannot get into our training classes for certs until after July sometime. With an organization this big, we only have 2 IT people to support it, so this is kind of a need as well as a want.
I am a Sys Admin for a fairly large School District (6 buildings, 2,000 machines, 4,600 end users) and we would like to implement this solution to make life easier for us.
Our environment is like this.....
We are using a Win 2K8 R2 Domain controller as our PDC. In each building we have a BDC. I know these terms no longer apply really, but each build has one server that has the AD DS Role, DHCP, DNS, and Print management. Each building has its own network subnet and all the building can talk to each other and DFS replication is working between all the DC's and the SysVol is replicating as it should.
In our MDF in the main building, I installed a server to be our SCCM Primary server. This is where it gets confusing for me. I have uninstalled and reformatted twice as I cannot seem to get a grasp on how I should build our environment. The server I installed is currently a CAS server and I have one other server at a building across town that is the only Primary site right now. We plan to buy three more servers to serve the district.
We have basically three WAN networks. 2 buildings are connected via TWC to our A site. The other 4 buildings are on a local fiber ring that connects to the A site.
When I set this up, I assume I NEED to use a CAS, and then what? A primary site at each location or a primary site at my location and secondary sites at the other locations? I really need to be able to manage a central repository for our OSD and app deployments. Our network is managed entirely by a third party consultant, and they are refusing to help with any of the network setup unless we pay them extra or renegotiate the contract. So we have zero ability to modify our Switches or routers. PXE will not work in any of our buildings but one, even if I put a Primary server in that building. I'm pretty sure this means I need to have the BOOTP/IPHelpers setup on the juniper switch, but they want to charge us. With that said, how should I build this?
Sorry for the noob questions, I'm learning this product as I go, and we cannot get into our training classes for certs until after July sometime. With an organization this big, we only have 2 IT people to support it, so this is kind of a need as well as a want.
