Microsoft Windows Services - Overview

The Microsoft Windows Services plug-in includes steps to manage Windows Services. Use this plug-in to start, stop, create, and get status on services that are running on a computer that is running the Microsoft Windows operating system.

To add the Microsoft Windows Services plug-in steps to processes, click System Utility > Windows > ServiceControlManager in the step palette of the process editor.

Compatibility

This plug-in requires IBM DevOps Deploy version 6.0 or later.

This plug-in supports agents running on Microsoft Windows.

Installation

No special steps are required for installation. See Installing plug-ins in DevOps Deploy.

History

Version 12

• Log4j and Jettison dependency updated.

Version 11

• Add compatibility with Groovy 3.

Version 10

• Fixed APAR PH08938 - Updated collectAll to collectNested for compliancy with Groovy 2.4.15.

Version 9

• Support property file encryption.

Version 8

• Add timeout to stop service step and have it check service status before attempting to stop the service so it doesn't fail on already stopped services.