3Com 3CR15600 - Enterprise Management Suite, Getting Started Manual

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Starting and Stopping EMS Software Components 197
scripts) so that the EMS server starts up every time you reboot your
workstation. In this mode, depending on the size of your database, it may
take a few minutes for clients to access the EMS server even after your
system has come up.
Starting the Server as a Windows Background Process
Run the EMS server as a Windows background process using one of the
following two ways:
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Create a shortcut to the runServer.bat file in your Programs/Startup
folder. This shortcut will allow you to start the EMS server in a
command window every time you log into the system (but not when
the system boots). In this mode, the server does not actually start as a
background task. It is simply run every time you log into the system.
3Com does not recommend this option because if you accidentally close
the command window, Windows will force the server to stop.
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3Com recommends that you create a Scheduled Task that will run the
server in daemon mode when Windows boots. The scheduled task
should have the following properties:
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Run — The command line must include the full path to the
runServer.bat file, including the -daemon option. For example:
C:\Program Files\3Com\EMS\runServer.bat -daemon
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Start in — Reference the full path of the EMS installation directory.
For example:
C:\Program Files\3Com\EMS
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Run as — Reference a valid Username for the system. Make sure
to set the correct password using the Set password button.
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Schedule task — should be set to At System Startup .
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Clear all the options on the Settings tab.
Using this method will run the EMS server every time the system
boots, even if no one logs in.
The only way to send commands to the EMS server (for example, to
stop the EMS server), is to use the EMS CLI client.
If EMS is running in the background and the system shuts down,
Windows will force the server to exit. When this happens, EMS will
attempt to close its database connection and purge all log files, but there