12.11.1 Windows
To start the WEBES Director, start the DESTA_Service Windows service using one of the following methods:
- Select Programs | Hewlett-Packard Service Tools | Web-Based Enterprise Service | Start Director from the Start menu.
- Enter net start DESTA_Service in a Command Prompt window.
- Start DESTA_Service from the Services utility in the Control Panel.
Using the desta start command on Windows systems is unsupported. Using the desta start command will start the Director, but will also generate error messages. Starting the director this way is is not recommended because:
- Closing the command prompt window used to issue the command or logging out of the Windows session, will forcibly but incompletely kill the Director, leaving running processes behind (see the WEBES Release Notes if this situation occurs). In addition, open files may not be saved correctly, resulting in data corruption.
- Text log output from the Director process will only be displayed on the screen and will eventually scroll past the buffer.
On Windows, the desta start/stop functionality is only intented to be used as a tool for investigating WEBES operational problems. If the Director is started with desta start, it must be stopped with desta stop.