Windows Servers

Starting and stopping instructions are provided for the following Server Management components:


Policy and Distribution Services


Starting Policy and Distribution Services on a Windows Server


Control Panel Method

This method presumes the service is already registered and is displayed in the Services listing:

  1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

  2. Double-click Services.

  3. Right-click Novell ZENworks Service Manager, then click Start.


Command Line Method

With this method, you can both register and start the service.

  1. Open the Services window, determine whether Novell ZENworks Service Manager is listed, then close the Services window.

  2. If the ZENworks service is not registered (listed in the Services window), click Start > Run, then enter:

    zenworks\pds\bin\sservices.bat

    This only registers, but does not start the service.

  3. Click Start > Run, then enter:

    net start zfsservice


Stopping Policy and Distribution Services on a Windows Server


Control Panel Method

With this method, you can only stop the service, not unregister it.

  1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

  2. Double-click Services.

  3. Right-click Novell ZENworks Service Manager, then click Stop.


Command Line Method

With this method, you have the option to both unregister and stop the service, or only stop the service.

  1. Close the Services window.

  2. If you want to both unregister and stop the service, click Start > Run, then enter:

    zenworks\pds\bin\dservices.bat

    or

    To only stop the service, but leave it registered, click Start > Run, then enter:

    net stop zfsservice


Starting the Sybase Engine on a Windows Server

The Sybase engine is automatically started when Policy and Distribution Services is started. However, to restart the Sybase engine:

  1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

  2. Double-click Services.

  3. Right-click Novell Database - Sybase, then click Start.


Stopping the Sybase Engine on a Windows Server

  1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

  2. Double-click Services.

  3. Right-click Novell Database - Sybase, then click Stop.


Server Inventory


Starting the Inventory Service on a Windows 2000/2003 Inventory Server

To start a service on Windows 2000/2003 servers from the console prompt:

  1. Go to the installation_directory\inv\server\wminv\bin directory.

  2. Enter startser service_name.

    where service_name refers to an Inventory service.

To start the Inventory services on the Windows 2000/2003 Inventory server:

  1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

  2. Double-click Services.

  3. Select Novell Inventory Service, then click Start.


Stopping the Inventory Service on a Windows Inventory Server

To stop a service on Windows 2000/2003 servers from the console prompt:

  1. Go to the installation_directory\inv\server\wminv\bin directory.

  2. Enter StopSer service_name.

    where service_name refers to an Inventory service.

To stop the Inventory services on the Windows 2000/2003 Inventory server:

  1. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

  2. Double-click Services.

  3. Select Novell Inventory Service, then click Stop.

To stop all the Inventory services on a Windows 2000/2003 Inventory server, go to the server console prompt and execute stopser "*" from the inventory_server_installation_directory\inv\server\wminv\bin directory.


Management and Monitoring Services


Starting the Agents on Windows Servers

The Management and Monitoring Services agents include the Server Management Agent, Traffic Analysis Agent and the Advanced Trending Agent.

If you have configured Windows 2000/2003 to automatically start the SNMP service, the agent installed on Windows 2000/2003 starts with the SNMP service when you start Windows 2000/2003.

If you have not configured Windows 2000/2003 to automatically start the SNMP service, to start the services:

  1. On Windows 2000/2003, from the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools > Services.

  2. Select SNMP, then click Start.

    When the SNMP service is started, the Server Management Agent, Traffic Analysis Agent, and the Advanced Trending Agent also start.


Starting other Agents of Server Management

The Server Management Agent includes the Novell Diagnostic Agent and the Novell Find Agent that runs on an IPX environment.

To start the Novell Diagnostic Agent:

  1. From the Control Panel, click Services.

  2. Select Novell Diagnostic Agent 3.0, then click Start.

To start the Novell Find Agent:

  1. From the Control Panel, click Services.

  2. Select Novell Find Agent 3.0, then click Start.


Stopping the Agents on Windows Servers

To stop the services on Windows 2000/2003 server:

  1. On Windows 2000/2003, from the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools > Services.

  2. Select SNMP, then click Stop.

    When the SNMP service is stopped, the Server Management Agent, Traffic Analysis Agent, and the Advanced Trending Agent also stop.


Stopping other Agents of Server Management

To stop the Novell Diagnostic Agent:

  1. From the Control Panel, click Services.

  2. Select Novell Diagnostic Agent 3.0, then click Stop

To stop the Novell Find Agent:

  1. From the Control Panel, click Services.

  2. Select Novell Find Agent 3.0, then click Stop