Site Server Configuration and Change Control Flowcharts

Configuration data is gathered from default settings installed with SMS, changes made by SMS administrators who make site configuration changes, and changes made by SMS service and thread components. When site configuration changes are made, SMS updates the site control file and the registry where configuration changes are stored. Since most SMS services function on a schedule, after an administrator or SMS turns on a service or thread component, the component checks the site control file for its configuration. This chapter contains the component flowcharts for the server components that are responsible for configuration and change.

This chapter includes the following flowcharts:

• Site Component Manager
  • Site Configuration Change
  • Polling Cycle
• Site Control Manager
  • Configuration Changes Initiated at the Current Primary Site
  • Configuration Changes Initiated at a Parent Site
  • Configuration Changes Initiated at the Current Secondary Site
• SMS SQL Monitor
  • SMS SQL Monitor Tasks
  • Trigger Manager

To gain the most out of this chapter, you should read the introductory material for the flowcharts in Chapter 16, “Introducing the SMS 2.0 Flowcharts.” Also make sure you are familiar with the basic concepts presented in the following chapters in the SMS 2.0 Administrator’s Guide:

• Chapter 11, “Managing Collections and Queries”
• Chapter 18, “Maintaining SMS Systems”