6.5

Checking the Status of Services
The Applications: Services page displays the status of all protected services. The status shows both the target
and actual state for both the Primary and Secondary servers and the Failure Counts for both servers.
Unprotecting User Defined Services and Stopping Monitoring
To unprotect and stop monitoring user dened services:
Procedure
1 Navigate to the Applications: Services page and select the user dened service.
2 Click Edit.
3 Clear Manage Starting and Stopping and Monitor State.
4 Click OK.
Changing the Order of Services
The exact order in which services start and stop is inuenced by a number of key factors:
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The order of applications specied by plug-ins determines which services are started rst.
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Services can have dependencies, and these must be respected. For example, if service B is listed after
service A under the User-Dened group, and service A depends on Service B, Service B starts rst.
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Multiple applications can use the same service (the same service can appear under more than one sponsor).
The service starts when the rst application to reference it starts.
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The order of stopping services is the reverse for starting services.
Procedure
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To modify order of in which the services start and stop, use Up and Down arrows.
Remove a Service
Procedure
1 Select the service in the Applications: Services page.
2 Click Remove.
A conrmation message is displayed.
3 Click Yes.
The service is removed from the protected list.
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