Report Server Administration - Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - page 471

Configuration Utilities
There are basically two ways to tweak configuration file settings using the tools provided by Microsoft.
You can use the utilities from the command line or use the Report Server Configuration Manager GUI.

The utilities are console applications that use switches to specify arguments and parameters that you
need to pass in. To run them directly, open a command prompt and navigate to where the executable is
located. Most of these utilities are located in:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn

The utilities are:

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Rsconfigtool.exe

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Rsconfig.exe

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Rskeymgmt.exe

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Rs.exe

Each has a specific purpose, which is covered in the next sections.

Reporting Services Configuration Tool
The Reporting Services Configuration Tool is the one to use when configuring Reporting Services instal-
lations. It touches most of the components of a Reporting Services instance, including SQL Server and
the file system. Many of the operations are performed using the underlying WMI interfaces. You can use
the graphical user interface (GUI) version or invoke it using code. Code can be run using the command-line
interface or a code file. This tool is the army knife that can handle most of the tasks needed to configure
and maintain your report server.

You can launch the tool from the Start menu by running rsconfigtool.exe from the command line or
from the SQL Server Management Studio. When you first open the tool, a dialog box opens so you can
select which report server instance to connect with, as shown in Figure 11-9.

Figure 11-9