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ServiceManager - Service

The ServiceManager serves to start, stop and access components such as the Automation Engine processes or agents from a central point.

You can specify the particular components in thedefinition file.SMD. The ServiceManager starts the programs in the background, grants access to particular properties and ends the program if necessary. It is available for Windows and UNIX.

Install the ServiceManager program in Windows as a service. The AE components can then be automatically started in the background during Windows system start-up without having to be entered as a service.

A ServiceManager must be available on the same computer as the components which it uses. If the components are installed on different hosts, you must install a ServiceManager on each of these computers.

Select the start type "Automatic" in the service properties if the ServiceManager should be started together with Windows,.