Starting services

During installation, VMware products may be installed as services. When installed as services, default values are specified for the parameters that are associated with the services.

The parameters for the Global Manager service:

sm_service install --force  --unmanaged  --startmode=runonce \
 '--name=ic-sam-server' \
 '--description= Service Assurance Manager Server' \
 '/data/username/SAM_811_clean/SAM/smarts/bin/sm_server' \
 '-n' \
 'INCHARGE-SA' \
 '--config=ics' \
 '--port=0' \
 '--ignore-restore-errors' \
 '--output'

The parameters for the Adapter Platform service:

sm_service install --force 
 --name=ic-sam-server 
 "--description= Service Assurance Manager Server"
 --startmode=runonce
 E:\data\SAM\9.2\SAM\smarts\bin\sm_server.exe  "-n"
  "INCHARGE-SA" 
  "--config=ics" 
  "--port=0" 
  "--ignore-restore-errors" 
  "--output"

The parameters for the SNMP Trap adapter service:

/opt/InCharge/SAM/smarts/bin/sm_service 
 install --force --unmanaged --startmode=runonce
 --name=ic-trapd-receiver
 --description=" SNMP Trap Adapter"
 /opt/InCharge/SAM/smarts/bin/sm_trapd 
  --name=TRAP-INCHARGE-OI
  --server=INCHARGE-OI
  --config=icoi
  --port=162
  --model=sm_actions
  --rules=icoi-trapd/Notif-trap_mgr_parse.asl
  --seed=seedfile
  --output
C:\InCharge\SAM\smarts\bin>sm_service
 install --force --name=ic-trapd-receiver
 --description=" SNMP Trap Adapter"
 C:\InCharge\SAM\smarts\bin\sm_trapd.exe 
  --name=TRAP-INCHARGE-OI
  --server=INCHARGE-OI
  --config=icoi
  --port=162
  --model=sm_actions
  --rules=icoi-trapd/Notif-trap_mgr_parse.asl
  --seed=seedfile
  --output

The parameter for the Syslog adapter service:

/opt/InCharge/SAM/smarts/bin/sm_service
 install --force  --unmanaged  --startmode=runonce
 --name=ic-syslog-adapter
 --description=" Syslog Adapter"
 /opt/InCharge/SAM/smarts/bin/sm_adapter
  --name=SYSLOG-INCHARGE-OI
  --rserver=INCHARGE-OI
  --tail=/var/log/syslog
  --model=sm_system
  --model=sm_actions
  --output
  icoi-syslog/Notif-SysLog_mgr.asl
C:\InCharge\SAM\smarts\bin>sm_service
 install --force --name=ic-syslog-adapter
 --description=" Syslog Adapter"
 C:\InCharge\SAM\smarts\bin\sm_adapter.exe
  --name=SYSLOG-INCHARGE-OI
  --rserver=INCHARGE-OI
  --tail=/var/log/syslog
  --model=sm_system
  --model=sm_actions
  --output
  icoi-syslog/Notif-SysLog_mgr.asl

When VMware products are installed as services, they start automatically upon system restart. The following sections describe additional methods to start VMware services.