How to enable server logging when using the SRVANY utility to create service

(Last modified: 31Jan2003)

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goal

fact

Novell exteNd Application Server 3.7.4

fix

It is not possible to configure srvany in such a way that it will allow redirection of the exteNd Application Server console output when the exteNd Server is running as NT service. However, there is a solution to it.
1)Replace whatever value you have in the 'Application' value (Ex.:F:\silverstream372\bin\SilverServer.exe )in the NT Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AGServer\Parameters
with
c:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe /c F:\silverstream372\bin\SilverServer.exe > c:\output.txt 2>&1

This will redirect the output to a file called output.txt

note

There is one drawback. By doing this one could stop the NT Service AGServer, but the 'orphaned' processes will not stop. This means that the exteNd Server processes ( server and monitor) and the eventual ASA processes, keep on running in the background. The thing to do here is to use another little gadget called KILL.exe ( also from the same NT Resource Kit) to really kill the orphaned processes.

document

Document Title:	How to enable server logging when using the SRVANY utility to create service
Document ID:	10079389
Solution ID:	NOVL86378
Creation Date:	24Jan2003
Modified Date:	31Jan2003
Novell Product Class:	exteNd

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