Services configuration tab
Use this tab to manage Output Manager services.
Use this tab to configure Output Manager after installing it as part of ControlSuite.
High availability options
Use HA — Select to use the physical Output Manager server in a high availability configuration. In a high availability configuration, multiple back-end physical Output Manager servers function as a single logical Output Manager server that receives client requests through a load balancer.
Distributed HA — Select to change the distribution of services on the back-end and front-end servers in a high availability environment. The DBM service resides on the back-end server and the Input, Output, Rules Agent, and SNMP services reside on the front-end server. This option must be selected on all front-end and back-end servers.
HA name — Specifies the name of the single logical Output Manager server. The load balancer physical server can use this name as a DNS alias to facilitate communication between clients and the single logical Output Manager server.
OM DBM Configuration
Displays the configuration for the Output Manager DBM Service. There can be only one Output Manager DBM Service per server. Configure the service by clicking in the column cells.
Use SQL Server Express LocalDB — Configures the DBM Service to connect to the local instance of SQL Server Express.
Use MultiSubnetFailover — For implementations that have SQL Server multi-subnet failover cluster configurations, select this option to configure the DBM Service to connect to the availability group listener of a SQL Server 2012 (or later) availability group or a SQL Server 2012 (or later) Failover Cluster Instance. Refer to Microsoft SQL Server Help for more information on multi-subnet failover clustering.
Failover partner — Specifies the principal or mirror SQL Server instance to which the DBM Service connects. The instance acts as a role-switching partner for a mirrored database. Refer to Microsoft SQL Server Help for more information on database mirroring and failover partners.
SQL Server Instance column — Specifies the SQL Server\Instance.
SQL Authentication Type column — Specifies the SQL authentication type. You can select SQL or Windows. Selecting SQL displays the Specify SQL User dialog box where you enter an SQL authenticated user name and password.
Database Name column — Specifies the Output Manager database.
Service Logon Credentials column — Specifies how the service will log on. You can decide if it will log on as a local system account or you can enter a specific account. Use Local System Account if the DBM will communicate with the local SQL database, local Output Manager services, and local file resources. All other cases use a Windows Service account for the log on. In most cases, you will choose This account and select the service logon account. Selecting an account will require you to complete the password boxes.
Status column — Displays the status of the Output Manager DBM Service.
OM Service Configuration
Service column — Displays the Output Manager Input Service, Output Manager Output Service, Output Manager SNMP Service, and the Output Manager Rules Agent Service. Configure the services by clicking in the Selected column and then the other column cells.
OM DBM Host Name column — Specifies the name of the computer that is running the Output Manager DBM Service. You will need to select the domain and computer.
If you selected Use HA and specified a high availability configuration name for HA name, you cannot change the OM DBM Host Name values for the Output Service and the Rules Agent Service because those services use the high availability DBM server.
Service Logon Credentials column — Specifies how the service will log on. You can decide if it will log on as a local system account or you can enter a specific account. Use Local System Account if the DBM will communicate with the local SQL database, local Output Manager services, and local file resources. All other cases use a Windows Service account for the log on. In most cases, you will choose This account and select the service logon account. Selecting an account will require you to complete the password boxes.
Status column — Displays the status of each Output Manager service.
Protocol column — Displays the protocol for the connection between the Output Manager service and the DBM Service.
Select all services
Selects all services listed in the grid.
Start selected service
Starts all selected services.
Stop selected service
Stops all selected services.