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  • Wiki Page: MAP: Performance Data -

    Table of Contents Introduction How It Works: Performance Data Normalization and the Time Series Placement Algorithm 95th Percentile of a Performance Metric Performance Data Normalization Data Quality Considerations The Time Series Placement Algorithm Infrastructures What Do the Numbers in the Reports...
  • Wiki Page: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

    The MAP Toolkit is used for multi-product assessment and planning. It assesses a network environment using agentless data collection technologies to gather inventory and performance information. Then provides assessment reports and executive proposals with recommendations to aid organizations with...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - Additional Considerations

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. Some scenarios or discovery methods require additional configurations that were not discussed elsewhere. System Center Configuration Manager...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - Collector Technologies

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. MAP employs various methods for collecting data depending on which scenario is chosen. In MAP these are referred to as “Collector Technologies...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - WMI

    Table of Contents Common WMI Firewall Considerations WMI in Active Directory Environments To Enable Remote Administration Exception Using Group Policy To enable Windows Firewall exceptions Using Group Policy WMI In Workgroups and Windows NT 4.0 Based Domains Set password for Local Accounts Configure...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: How to Interpret the Inventory Collection Status Screen

    Inventory collection status screen Total Discovered: This is the total count of computers discovered, inclusive of all discovery methods. Throbber: This icon spins to indicate that the MAP Toolkit is performing an operation. Machines Inventoried: The total count of computers that have successfully...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: How to Tell the Difference Between a SQL Server Instance in Production Versus Evaluation

    This type of question normally comes up when a customer wants to find out if a SQL Server can be used in a production environment. Whether a SQL server can be used in production or not depends on how a sql server is installed and does not depends on the install source (MSDN, TechNet or CD). Once a...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: How to Enter Multiple Log File Paths for Log Parsing

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Survival Guide(en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. Consolidate all the directories and subdirectories containing your server log files into a single folder (like D:\logs) Create an Excel...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - PowerShell

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The PowerShell Collector is used to collect software information from remote Windows based computers. PowerShell 2.0 or higher must be installed...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - SSH

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The SSH collector is used to collect hardware and software information from remote Linux and HP-UX based computers. It is also used to gather...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: How to inventory your VMware environment

    When running Inventory Scenarios, I've found that it isn't a good idea to run multiple scenarios at the same time, at least when you first start using MAP. The reason I don’t think it’s a good idea is this, if your environment is not properly prepared it creates a lot of issues to try to...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - VMware

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The VMware Collector is used to collect hardware, device, and software information from remote VMware computers. This collector technology is...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - Remote Registry Service

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Survival Guide for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The Remote Registry service is used for gathering Performance Metrics. This service is installed on Windows-based clients and servers, but the following...
  • Wiki Page: MAP Toolkit: Increasing the SQL Database Timeout Value

    If MAP is taking too long or fails at the assessment stage, you may want to increase the timeout value for the database. To increase the MAP SQL database timeout value: Exit MAP Open the AppConifgInfo.xml file Located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit\bin ...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - SQL Native-SQL Windows

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The SQL Native and SQL Windows Collectors are the same except for the credentials used. They are used to collect additional in-depth SQL Server...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - Active Directory

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The Active Directory Collector is used to collect device and user information from Active Directory Domain Services. This collector technology...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - Oracle

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. The Oracle Collector is used to collect Oracle SQL Server schema information from remote Windows, Linux, and HP-UX based computers. This collector...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Troubleshoot WMI Failures

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. You need to determine if the problem is on the MAP side or the network side. Use the WBEMTEST tool as shown in this video and query one of the...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment – Firewall Ports

    IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released. In order for the MAP inventory to be successful, proper firewall configurations must be considered. The ports that need to be open depend on the...
  • Wiki Page: MAP Inventory Wizard-Discovery Methods

    The MAP Toolkit supports different methods to find computers on a network. After it finds the computers, the MAP Toolkit connects to each computer using the appropriate method to perform the inventory. At least one of the options on the Discovery Methods page must be selected. Table of Contents...
  • Wiki Page: MAP Inventory Wizard-Active Directory Credentials

    NOTE: This is a stub article. Please add more information as it becomes available.
  • Wiki Page: MAP Inventory Wizard-Active Directory Options

    NOTE: This is a stub article. Please add more information as it becomes available.
  • Wiki Page: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

    The MAP Toolkit is used for multi-product assessment and planning. It assesses a network environment using agentless data collection technologies to gather inventory and performance information. Then provides assessment reports and executive proposals with recommendations to aid organizations with...
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