Creating and editing services

You can set up a Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus service and configure it to start either automatically or manually.

1. Perform any of the following actions from Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator:
   • If you are connected to the process agent and the Service/Process Details pane is open, go to the next step.
   • If not already connected, connect to the process agent. On successful connection, the Service/Process Details pane opens.
   • If you are connected to the process agent, but the Service/Process Details pane is not currently on display, click the Status icon in the Configuration window for the process agent, to view this pane.
2. To add a service, click New Service in the toolbar. To edit a service, select the service to edit and then click Edit in the toolbar.

   The Service Details window opens.

3. Complete this window as follows:

   Name

   Enter the service name. This name must be unique within the process control network. When editing a service, you cannot change the name.

   Auto Start Service

   Select this check box to specify that the service should start automatically as soon as the process agent has started. Clear this check box if you want to start the service manually by using the nco_pa_start command.

   Master Service

   Select this check box to indicate that this is a master service. A master service is started before other services and is handled as the master service upon which other services depend.

   If you define multiple services as master within the same process control configuration file, the master services start in the order in which they appear in the configuration file.

   Processes and their order within the configuration file

   This list is shown only when editing a service, and shows the processes that are defined to run as part of the service. The order in which the processes are displayed indicates their order in the configuration file. You can use the arrow buttons to change the process order.

4. Save or cancel your changes as follows:

   OK

   Click this button to save the service details and close the window. New services are added to the Service/Process Details pane.

   Tip: Your configuration changes are not automatically saved to the process control configuration file. To update the file, click Write Process Agent Config file in the toolbar.

   Cancel

   Click this button to close the window without saving your changes.