Deploying Oob Site Servers; About Site Services - Symantec ALTIRIS OUT OF BAND MANAGEMENT COMPONENT 7.0 SP3 - IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE V1.0 Implementation Manual

Deploying OOB site servers

This chapter includes the following topics:

About site services

The Symantec Management Platform can host several types of middleware
components, such as package servers and task servers. Middleware components
are installed on computers other than the Notification Server computer, and they
act as the first point of contact for the Symantec Management Agents, thus
reducing the load on Notification Server.
The official name for a middleware component is "site service." Any computer
that hosts a site service is known as a site server. A site server can have one or
more site services installed on it. For example, if you install the package server
site service (the "package service") onto a computer, that computer becomes a
site server.
The Notification Server handles the deployment, configuration, and ongoing
maintenance of site services. Site services provide services to Symantec
Management Agents, such as sending packages and tasks.
Notification Server performs the following functions:
About site services
About OOB site servers
Prerequisites for OOB site server installation
Installing an OOB site server
Uninstalling an OOB site server
Configuring the default OOB site server location
Handles the deployment and removal of site services to and from site servers
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