Site Server Core Components Flowcharts

Site server components are responsible for processing that occurs on the site systems in your site. The processing accomplished by these components is very specialized, with each component playing an important role in SMS processing. For example, Site Control Manager is responsible for updating the site control file under all of the various hierarchy structures you can create with SMS. At the same time, Site Control Manager relies on Hierarchy Manager to write new site control files to the SMS site database. Gaining an understanding of the flowcharts for these components will help you more fully understand the processes occurring in many of the process flowcharts in later chapters.

This chapter includes the following flowcharts:

• Hierarchy Manager: Service Account Name or Password Change
• Inbox Manager:
  • Copying, Moving, and Mirroring Files
  • Client Access Point Processing
• Inbox Manager Assistant
• Discovery Data Manager:
  • Normal Discovery Data Record Processing
  • Parent Site Change
  • Site Boundary Change
• Collection Evaluator:
  • Collection Monitoring
  • Normal Processing
  • Site Assignment Change
• Replication Manager
• Scheduler and Sender
• Despooler

To gain the most out of this chapter, make sure you are familiar with the basic concepts presented in the following chapters in the SMS 2.0 Administrator’s Guide:

• Chapter 1, “Introducing Systems Management Server 2.0”
• Chapter 4, “Creating Your SMS Security Strategy”
• Chapter 10, “Collecting Hardware and Software Inventory”
• Chapter 11, “Managing Collections and Queries”
• Chapter 12, “Distributing Software”