Windows operating systems

Windows: Starting the server as a Windows service

If you are running IBM Spectrum Protect™ on a Windows operating system, you can start the server as a service.

Before you begin

A Windows service must be created. The service was created automatically if you configured the server by using the configuration wizard. If the service was created automatically, you must configure the server to start as a service by following the steps in Windows: Configuring the server to start as a Windows service. Then, use this procedure to start the server as a service.

If you did not use the configuration wizard to create the service, you must create and configure the service manually. Follow the steps in Windows: Manually creating and configuring a Windows service.

Procedure

To start the server as a Windows service, complete the following steps:

  1. Log on to the server with a user ID that is in the Administrators group.
  2. From the Windows Start menu, click Run, type services.msc, and click OK.
  3. In the Services window, select the server instance that you want to start, and click Start.

What to do next

Because the server service can issue requests that require action, it is important to monitor server activity with the Operations Center or the administrative client.

To view start and stop completion messages that are logged in the Windows application log, use the Event Viewer tool in the Administrative Tools folder.