Starting and stopping a custom service

You can configure a custom service to start automatically when the queue manager starts. You can also start or stop a service manually.

About this task

You can configure a custom service to automatically start when the queue manager starts by changing the value of the Service control attribute in the service's properties dialog. The following instructions describe how to manually start a service.

Note that if there is no end command defined in the service, for example, for trigger monitors, when the service stops, the object that the service is controlling does not stop.

To start or stop a service, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. In the Navigator view, click the Services folder to display the services in the Content view.
  2. In the Content view, right-click the service, then click Start or Stop.

Results

The service starts or stops as appropriate. The icon next to the service changes to show whether the service is running.