About managing servers and resources
The Ensim Unify system is composed of several different types of servers. These servers are categorized as platform servers and hosting servers or resources. Only service providers manage platform servers. Resellers can manage only the servers or resources they have purchased.
Resources is the umbrella term used to describe the hosting servers on which services are installed as well as the resources on hosting servers, such as mailbox stores and public folder stores for Hosted Exchange.
Only one service can be installed on a hosting server, and service providers can add as many hosting servers as necessary to host their services. Resources are managed in groups called pools.
Resource management tasks include:
Adding resources
Selling resources
Selling capacity on hosting servers
Viewing server information
Platform servers are used for platform tasks such as provisioning services and hosting control panels. Services, such as Hosted Exchange 2003 and Windows Web Hosting, are not installed on these servers; services are installed on hosting servers.
Service providers add platform servers using the instructions in the Ensim Unify Getting Started Guide for Service Providers. Only the provisioning engine (PE) and control panel (CP) servers are managed through the service provider control panel.
Platform server tasks, which are performed by service providers, include:
Viewing platform server information
Changing platform server information
Checking platform server status
Enabling and disabling platform servers