SCCM Concepts

Can you change a secondary site to a primary site?
No. A secondary site is always a secondary site. It cannot be upgraded, moved, or changed without deleting it and reinstalling it. If you delete and reinstall, you lose all secondary site data.

Can you distribute a package to a computer without making it a member of a collection?

No. To distribute software you must have a package, a program and an advertisement. Advertisements can only be sent to collections, not to computers. If you want to distribute a package to a single computer, you must create a collection for that computer.

What is Secondary Site?

Four Main characteristics:

• A Secondary Site does not have access to a Microsoft SQL Database
• Secondary Sites are ALWAYS a Child Site of a Primary Site and can only be administered via a Primary Site
• Secondary Sites cannot have Child Sites of their own
• Clients cannot be assigned directly to the Site

What is CENTRAL SITE?

A Central Site is a Configuration Manager Primary Site that resides at the top of the Configuration Manager hierarchy. All Database information rolls from the child to the parent and is collected by the Central Site’s Configuration Manager Database. The Central Site can administer any site below it in the hierarchy and can send data down to those sites as well.

What is PRIMARY SITE?

Four main characteristics:

• The Site has access to a Microsoft SQL Server Database
• Can administer or be administered via the Configuration Manager Console
• It can be a child of other Primary Sites and can have Child Sites of its own
• Clients can be assigned directly to the Site