Setting up Server 2008 64Bit with System Centre Operations Manager, Virtual Machine Manager and Configuration Manager 2007.

Ok, since this is the most convoluted process ever, here is a step by step order in which you should do things;

1. Boot from Server 2008 DVD, and install.

2. Name server & join domain - reboot

3. Configure IP

4. Disable Firewall

5. Enable Remote Desktop (you'll need it)

6. Disable User Access Control (via control panel / users)

7. Add the following roles
Applications Server
WebServer
Add ALL features for IIs ASP

8. Add BITS feature

So now you should have a 2008 server up and running; Crucially you MUST install Operations Manager and SQL first;

1. Install SQL from the SQL Server 2005 x64 media (which is 2 discs, although you only use the first one). Ensure to install everything except the tools portion.

2. Enable scripts in IIs - go into your default site in IIS manager, double click 'Handler Mappings', edit Feature Permissions, tick Read, Scripts & Execute

3. Also within IIS Manager, you need to edit the 2 report server web sites which should have been created when you installed SQL. Make sure everything is ticked as with point 2 above.

Next test that reporting is working.... because if it isnt Operations Manager wont work. You can test by going to your 2 report sites in IIS manager and testing that they both will launch in a browser window.

The following may help for additional documentation;

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb839480.aspx

Next install SQL SP1... dont jump ahead and install any other SP....just SP1

Now from your Operations Manager DVD, run the pre-requisities checker. There is no doubt that it will fail on SQL and ask you to install some hotfixes. The hotfix is K918222 and there are 6 parts to it.

Once done, run the checker again...you should have no errors and be able to install Operations Manager 2007.

Now for Configuration Manager

1. Install WebDav (latest version downloadable from MS)

2. Double check that BITS is enabled

3. Install the remote-differential-compression feature

4. Run the pre-requisities checker.... hopefully everything is ok and you can run the install

5. Choose configure primary site from the installer

6. Custom Install

7. Enter a server name, and use the site server as service account

8. Setup webdav as per the article at technet

9. Give Site System service account (the servers) full rights to the system OU & all sub folders in AD. This should ensure that objects are created within System\System Management

10. Extend the scheme. You only do this if this is the first Config Manager 2007 server in your domain. You dont have to do it, but I'd suggest you do since you loose certain functionality without doing it....and you will manually have to point all your clients to a management point. However, I'm not going to give instructions on Extending your AD Schema, since I dont want blaming if you destroy your network. There are 2 ways of doing it...manually or automatically. The later worked fine for us, but do your homework before undertaking this step.
11. In configuration manager you should now remove and re-install the management point.

12. Ensure that in Site System Status there are no errors....if there are resolve them.


Thats it.....