Hierarchy Manager is a thread component that monitors the SMS site database for site control file change requests and updates the database with the new actual site control file after site control manager processes the changes. Change requests result from configuration changes that you make through the SMS Administrator console, or from custom applications that you can create using the SMS Toolkit.
The activity described in this flowchart take place on the primary site server. For more information about Hierarchy Manager’s processing, see the Site Control File Process flowcharts in Chapter 18.