Configuring Automation Server

The Automation Server is a crucial component of the Alloy Navigator Express system. This Windows service is dedicated to running the following automated tasks within Alloy Navigator Express and Network Inventory:

• In Alloy Navigator Express:
  • Sending outgoing e-mail
  • Running the Active Directory Synchronization
  • Running the Mail Connector job
  • Running recurrent Tickets
  • Triggering Ticket Business Policies and other workflow items
  • Running the Network Inventory Synchronization
• In Network Inventory:
  • Discovering computers and network devices
  • Auditing computers
  • Checking audit sources for new snapshots
  • Importing audit snapshots from the portable media
  • Recognizing software products installed on audited computers and populating the Software Catalog
• In both Alloy Navigator and Network Inventory:
  • Logging all events