The Storer is a Java component on the server that has a database attached to it. These servers can be any of the following: Leaf Server with Database, Intermediate Server with Database, Intermediate Server with Database and Workstations, Root Server, and Root Server with Workstations. See Inventory Components on Servers for a quick reference table of server components.
The Storer processes the files in the DBDIR directory. The Storer runs as a Service loaded by the Service Manager.
The processing done by the Storer is as follows:
From the server configuration information stored in eDirectory, the Storer looks in the database directory (DBDIR) for the scan files. The server configuration information determines the location of DBDIR and the database server from the eDirectory policy. The Selector places the .STR files in DBDIR and the Receiver places the scan .ZIP files in DBDIR.
The Storer extracts the .ZIP file containing the .STR files to a temp directory (DBDIR\TEMP) and updates the database with the inventory information of the .STR file for a workstation.
The Storer forces a full scan of a workstation if there are problems with the .STR files.
The Storer updates the status in the Workstation Status log and updates the Roll-Up log.You can view the status information in the Server Status log. For more information, see Troubleshooting Workstation Inventory with Status Logs .
The following illustration depicts the processing done by the Storer:
