The Management Center (or Management Console) contains the program logic, a MS SQL database backend is used to store alerts and configuration information, and the Agent is installed on the desktops and/or servers to be protected.
The Management Center'MC' (or Management Console) contains the program logic; a MS SQL database backend is used to store alerts and configuration information; the MC and SQL database may be co-resident on the same system. The Agent is installed on the desktops and/or servers to be protected.