The Inventory Service Manager loads the inventory components on the Inventory server, based on the configuration parameters specified in the Inventory server properties file.
This sections contains the following:
The Service Manager loads the following important services. You can obtain the list of services that the Service Manager loads from the property file in inventory_server_installation_directory_or_volume\zenworks\inv\server\wminv\properties.
You can use these service names to list, start, and stop the respective services.
The Inventory Service Manager reads the server property file (config.properties) and the role-based property file in the inventory_server_installation_directory_or_volume\zenworks\inv\server\wminv\properties directory, and loads the required services and server components.
IMPORTANT: Do not modify the property files because the updates might fail to load the services or the Service Manager.
To start the Inventory server on a Novell NetWare® Inventory server, run startinv.ncf at the server console prompt.
You can start, stop, or list the services, if the Inventory Service Manager is already loaded.
This will display the following message:
com.novell.zenworks.inventory.servercommonZENWorksInventoryServiceManager
For example, to start the Storer, enter StartSer Storer
For example, to stop the Storer, enter StopSer Storer
To manually start the Inventory service on the Windows* 2000/2003 Inventory server:
In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.
Double-click Services.
Select Novell Inventory Service, then click Start.
You can start, stop, or list the services, if the Inventory Service Manager is already loaded. In the Control Panel, double click Services and check the status of the Inventory service
For example, to start the Storer, enter StartSer Storer
For example, to stop the Storer, enter StopSer Storer
To list all Inventory services, enter ListSer "*"
NOTE: The StartSer, StopSer, and the ListSer are located in the installation_directory\WMINV\BIN directory.