14.9 An Overview of the Inventory Components on the Inventory Server

Depending on the type of the Inventory server, the inventory components exist on the Inventory server as listed in Table 14-4.

Table 14-4 Inventory components running on the Inventory server

Server Component

Root Server

Root Server with Inventoried Servers

Leaf Server

Leaf Server with Database

Intermediate Server

Intermediate Server with Database and Inventoried Servers

Intermediate Server with Database

Intermediate Server with Inventoried Servers

Standalone Server

Service Manager

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Scan Collector

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Selector

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Storer

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Sender

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Receiver

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Database

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Inventory Removal Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Service

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Dictionary Consumer and Dictionary Provider

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes