Hierarchy of Administration Servers

Some client companies, for example MSP, may run multiple Administration Servers. It can be inconvenient to administer several separate Administration Servers, so a hierarchy can be applied. In a hierarchy, a Linux-based Administration Server can work both as a primary Server and as a secondary Server. The primary Linux-based Server can manage both Linux-based and Windows-based secondary Servers. A primary Windows-based Server can manage a secondary Linux-based Server.

A "primary/secondary" configuration for two Administration Servers provides the following options:

• A secondary Administration Server inherits policies, tasks, user roles, and installation packages from the primary Administration Server, thus preventing duplication of settings.
• Selections of devices on the primary Administration Server can include devices from secondary Administration Servers.
• Reports on the primary Administration Server can contain data (including detailed information) from secondary Administration Servers.
• A primary Administration Server can be used as a source of updates for a secondary Administration Server.

The primary Administration Server only receives data from non-virtual secondary Administration Servers within the scope of the options listed above. This limitation does not apply to virtual Administration Servers, which share the database with their primary Administration Server.

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