Before we can start installing any components, there are a number of prerequisites that we need to make sure we have in place.
The main reason for errors in FIM is mistakes made during this phase of the installation. Sometimes, it is hard to backtrack the errors, especially if you get Kerberos authentication errors.
The Company will have several servers running Microsoft SQL Server. The server names in the following list refer to the server names used in the description of the environment in Chapter 1, The Story in this Book:
FIM-Dev: This SQL server will be used by the FIM Sync and FIM Service running on the FIM-Dev server. But, this instance will also be used to develop and test SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages and test versions of SQL-based CDSs.
SQL: This is the central SQL server holding all production databases. This will be used by the FIM-Sync, FIM-Service, and FIM-CM servers. This is also where SQL-based CDSs such as the HR system will be found...