Options Page

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The Options page defines the information adTempus needs to control the service.

Name for this step (optional)

Optionally, specify a descriptive name for the step. Otherwise the name of the target service is used as the description for the step.

Description/Notes

Enter any extended descriptive information or notes for this step. There is no limit on the length of the text.

Service

Select the service you wish to control. The list of services is taken from the server By "server" we mean the computer on which the adTempus service is running..

Control Type

Select the action you want adTempus to perform:

Optionally, specify any Startup Parameters that should be passed to the service.

Options

When Start the service is selected as the control type, the following additional options are available:

Monitor the service

When this option is selected, adTempus will monitor the service. If adTempus detects that the service has stopped, it will fire the "Service Failed" event. By creating a Response to this event you can have adTempus restart the service (by restarting the step) or take other actions as appropriate.

When this option is selected, the job step does not end until the service has stopped (and no responses cause it to restart). Therefore, execution of the job will not continue past this step until the service stops. If you use this option you generally will want this step to be the only—or last—step of the job.

 

adTempus can only detect that the target service is no longer running. It cannot determine why the service is no longer running. Therefore any of the following circumstances could trigger the task's failure response:

  • The service application aborts ("crashes") in some way.

  • A user, or some other application, stops the service (e.g., using the Service Control Manager).

  • The operating system stops the service because the computer is shutting down. You should therefore make sure that adTempus is the first service to be stopped when the computer is being shut down or restarted.

Stop the service if the job is terminated

When this option is selected, adTempus will stop the service if the job is terminated (either through a manual abort or as a result of a Job Control action). The service is not stopped if the adTempus service is stopped.

This option is only available if the Monitor the service option is selected.

 

Using adTempus to automatically restart a failed service

Service Control Task Properties

Service Control Task Overview