Management Server Roles

1. Root Management Server
The RMS is the coordinator for health. As other management servers receive data from monitors within the management group, the RMS is responsible for validating all of the health criteria for distributed applications and services.

The RMS has 2 windows services that other Management Servers have not – the configuration and sdk service. The configuration service is responsible for notifying management servers and agents that there are new configurations to be downloaded. The SDK service handles all console traffic, including the Web console.

2. Management Servers
Management Servers are responsible for communications with the agents that are loaded on the monitored systems.