Operating the Configuration Manager Service Manager Console

You can perform several actions within the Configuration Manager Service Manager console. The components of ConfigMgr are managed in a similar fashion to standard Windows services, meaning that components can be started, stopped, paused, resumed, and queried.

Here are the options Configuration Manager Service Manager has for managing components. These are listed in order as displayed on the toolbar, as shown in Figure 8.28:

Query: Use the query action to detect the current status of a component. This must be executed first because the availability of other commands is based on the current status.

Start: Use the start action to start a component in a stopped state.

Pause: If the ...

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