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Version: 8.1

Starting and Stopping Agent Components

Starting Components​

There are four ways in which Universal Agent components are started.

Starting Manually​

The following components are started manually and run in the background until they are stopped manually:

  • Universal Broker
  • Universal Enterprise Controller

(See Starting and Stopping Agent Components - Examples.)

Starting via Manager​

The following components are started on demand (that is, via their Managers) and run until the specified task has completed, then stop automatically.

  • Universal Command Server
  • Universal Control Server
  • Universal Event Monitor Server (demand-driven)

Starting Automatically​

The following components are auto-start components; that is, they start automatically when the Universal Broker starts and run until they are stopped manually:

  • Universal Application Container Server
  • Universal Event Monitor Server (event-driven)
  • Universal Automation Center Agent (UAG)
  • Universal Message Service (OMS)
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The AUTOMATICALLY_START component definition option for Universal Event Monitor Server also can specify that an event-driven server is not started automatically (see Starting via Universal Control, below).

The AUTOMATICALLY_START component definition option for OMS also can specify that it is not started automatically.

Starting via Universal Control​

Universal Control can start Server components, via the Universal Control START_CMD option, that do not require interaction with a Manager. Currently, only three Universal Agent components can be started via Universal Control:

  • Universal Event Monitor Server (event-driven)
  • Universal Automation Center Agent (UAG)
  • Universal Message Service (OMS)

(See Starting and Stopping Agent Components - Examples.)

Stopping Components​

Any Universal Agent Server component can stopped via the Universal Control STOP_CMD option.

Authorized users also are able to use the I-Activity Monitor, a Universal Enterprise Controller (UEC) client application, to stop running any Universal Agent Server component (if it is a component of an Agent being polled by UEC).