Managing the Service

Manage the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Reporting service using the command flexnet service.

Syntax

flexnet service <option>

where <option> is one of the parameters described in the following table.

flexnet service Parameters

Parameter

Description

reinstall

Uninstalls and installs the installed service with the user configured in the Reporting Configurator. Ensure that the user running the service is configured correctly before running this command.

If no option is specified, the Local System user is the default.

install

Installs the service with the user configured in the Reporting Configurator. Make sure that the user running the service is configured correctly before running this command (the Local System user is the default). If the service is already installed, a message is returned.

Because this method of installing the Windows service bypasses the Install as Service setting in the Reporting Configurator, if flexnet site make is run, the Windows service is uninstalled.

Note:Note that because of Windows 2008 security features, even if a user was configured with Administrator privileges, command windows opened by that user do not also have Administrator privileges. As a result, running any command that requires registering a Windows service will fail.

For Windows 2008, to install the Reporting Windows service, do the following:

1. Click Start.
2. Right-click Command Prompt.
3. Select Run as administrator. The command window will open with Administrator privileges. You can now run flexnet service install.

uninstall

Uninstalls the installed service.

Note:For Windows 2008, see the above note under the install option.

start

Starts the installed service.

stop

Stops the installed service.