The Configuration Manager Service Manager, allows you to easily control
the Configuration Manager services. A service runs in the background
for nearly all components and features. The Service Manager provides
you with a tool to check the status of each service or component.
Whereas
most Configuration Manager services run by default, others only run
when a job is assigned to them (for example, the SMS_SITE_BACKUP
service).
Starting the Configuration Manager Service Manager
The
Configuration Manager Service Manager can only be started through the
Configuration Manager console. To start the Service Manager, navigate
to the Tools node in the ConfigMgr console, expand it, and right-click
ConfigMgr Service Manager. Choose Start ConfigMgr Service Manager. A
new window will open, as displayed in Figure 1.
Using the Configuration Manager Service Manager
Within
the Service Manager, you can perform several actions. Although the
ConfigMgr services do not display in the regular Windows Services
console (services.msc), they are threaded in a similar manner as
standard Windows services. You can start, stop, pause, resume,
or query a service. The query action is always the first step before
performing the other actions, because the query action determines the
status of the component. The following options are available:
- Query—The
Query action is used to determine the status of the selected component.
The possible actions you can perform will be based on the state of the
component. As an example, the only available action for a component in
a stopped state is to start it.
- Start—Use the Start action to start a stopped component.
- Stop—This
action stops a running component. Stopping a component also shuts down
its runtime environment and clears the log files and other related
files.
- Pause—Use
this action to pause a running component. Pausing a component preserves
its runtime environment. You can pause most components to observe the
behavior and the created data in the log files. Several components
cannot be paused, including SMS_REPORTING_POINT and
SMS_SERVER_LOCATOR_POINT.
- Resume—When a component is paused, the Resume action will resume the component so it is running again.
To run actions on Configuration Manager components, perform the following steps:
1. | In
the ConfigMgr Service Manager, expand your site by double-clicking the
site code. Then expand Components to view a list of components. To
display a list of servers running one or more Configuration Manager
components, expand the Servers node.
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2. | Select a component. From the menu bar choose Component and then click Query to determine the status of the component.
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3. | To
perform an action such as Start, Stop, Pause, or Resume, select
Components in the menu bar and then choose the appropriate action. |
