About the GenericService agent for SQL Server 2008 Agent and Analysis service
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About the GenericService agent for SQL Server 2008 Agent and Analysis service

VCS uses the GenericService agent to make the SQL Server 2008 Agent service and Analysis service highly available. The GenericService agent brings these services online, monitors their status, and takes them offline.

Specific agent functions include the following:

Online

Brings the configured SQL Server services online.

Offline

Takes the configured SQL Server services offline.

Monitor

Queries the Service Control Manager (SCM) for the status of configured SQL Server services.

See Database monitoring options.

Clean

Cleans up after a resource fails to come online, fails to go offline, or fails to detect as ONLINE when resource is in an ONLINE state.

Refer to Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide for more information about the GenericService agent.

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