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• indirect:
The check which collects information about a client runs on the opsi server and get the information from the opsi
configuration data which is stored in the opsi backend. So - this information may be different from the actual
situation of the client.
A good example for an indirect check is the check-opsi-client-status. This check gives you for a given client information
about pending action request and reported failures of the opsi software deployment.. So this are information
about the client from the opsi servers point of view. Therefore this check runs on the opsi server and is an indirect
check. A check which runs on the client is a direct check.
For a correct distribution and configuration of the checks you have to analyze your opsi installation.
According to the flexibility of opsi many various opsi configurations are possible. So here we can only explain some
typical situations. Of course we will get help for special situations by our comercial support.
only one opsi server:
The opsi stand alone installation is the situation that you will find at the most opsi environments. At this installation
the opsi config server functionality is at the same server like the (one and only) opsi depot server functionality.
This means to you, that you may ignore if a check has to be run on the config server or the depot server.
Figure 81: Scheme of a standalone opsi server
opsi with multiple depotservers:
If you have a central management of a multi location opsi environment (one config server, multiple depot servers) the
situation is more complicated. So you have to understand the situation: