You can use Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Manager to troubleshoot Configuration Manager 2007 and to learn how its components work. Service Manager enables you to manipulate various Configuration Manager 2007 services and threads and then view the resulting change in the behavior of Configuration Manager 2007. For example, you can perform the following actions:
- Stop services one at a time until a
particular response is eliminated. Doing so will enable you to
determine which service causes the behavior.
- Use the Configuration Manager 2007 system
flowcharts to understand Configuration Manager 2007 processes.
Reviewing these flowcharts will help you better understand various
components, so that you can intercept component transaction files
and examine their contents.
Service Manager can perform the following actions on components (you can access these commands from the Components menu):
Start
Runs a stopped component. Stopping and restarting a component clears the log files and other files so that you can start a new query.
Stop
Stops a running component. Stopping a component shuts down its run-time environment. To preserve a component's run-time environment, use Pause.
Pause
Pauses a running component. Pausing preserves the component's run-time environment. You can pause a component, observe system behavioral changes, or copy transaction or log files and then continue running the component. Not all components can be paused, however.
Resume
Resumes a paused component.
Query
Updates the status of any selected components.