Chapter 4. Troubleshooting Hierarchies and Site Servers

In this chapter, we will take a look at the major components of the Configuration Manager infrastructure, which are the servers that make up a Configuration Manager hierarchy. We will consider how to troubleshoot a hierarchy of sites from the Central Administration Site (CAS) through the Primary Site and Secondary Site and how these work together so that we can start to troubleshoot. Another fundamental component of the Configuration Manager environment includes Microsoft SQL Server, so it is only right and correct that we should at least know our way around some basic troubleshooting skills with this and know what to look out for as this really is a large piece of the underlying technology in Configuration Manager these days. Finally, we will delve into the Configuration Manager console and also where Configuration Manager and Active Directory meet. Active Directory is fundamental to the Configuration Manager installation...