Services - Agent window

Use this window to view information about the Data Manager agent service.

Field Descriptions

Field Name	Description
Service	this field indicates whether the Data Manager agent service is active or down
Pending Requests	number of requests waiting to be processed by the agent for the current server session
Processed Requests	number of requests processed by the agent for the current server session
Idle Threads	number of threads waiting for a process request

Administering the Agent Service

You can perform a number of administrative actions against the agent service, including viewing its log, configuring tracing, and shutting it down. To perform actions against the service:

Expand the Services > Data Server.
Right-click on a service.
Select one of the following actions from the pop-up menu to perform against the service:

View log - View log for the service. The log is displayed in the content pane.
Start - Start the service. This option appears when the service is down.
Configure Tracing - Set tracing options for the service on the Agent Tracing Configuration window.
Shutdown - Shut down the processes on the server that receive requests from agents. If you choose this option, you must restart agent service before the server will resume receiving requests from agents. You can choose to shutdown in the following ways:

Normal - Shut down cleanly, letting all processing finish
Immediate - Shut down quickly
Abort - Shut down, stopping whatever is in process