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Orion services description

sekhar2096

Hi everyone,

Need description for solarwinds services.

Thanks in advance.

chandrasekhar.

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atulsharma

Hi,

Below is the services description

SolarWinds Trap Service - handling device Traps messages
SolarWinds Syslog Service - handling device Syslog messages
SolarWinds Orion Module Engine - interact with MS Database and reads/writes polling data there.
Solarwinds Information Service (v1 v2) - can interact with persistence storage (not just MS SQL) and mainly reads data from there.
SolarWinds NetFlow service - NPM NetFlow module specific service.
SolarWinds Job Engine (v1 v2 v3) - data processing service. Usually does a device polling (icmp, snmp).
SolarWinds Collector Services - responsible for polling data processing and requests. Prepares data for the persistence storage.
SolarWinds Alerting Engine - processes all the alerts (those which you can see on web console for instance) for every SolarWinds product.

miryalaprashanth

thanks a lot for quick response, does all modules depends on all services?

is there any document which details about these services.

mct43969

sekhar2096 and miryalaprashanth , I’ve added more services from our system (Orion 2019.2) to the list above from atulsharma . There is no one source for this information, you must hunt the Internet and Thwack (https://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-170557) for the information. Some services are part of the core install, some are specific to different modules, and change with different updates. The modules we have installed are IPAM, SAM, VMAN, PM, NetPath, LA, NPM, NTA, UDT, and CatTools. I list the Service name, followed by the executable and the Service name.

CAT Tools (CatTools_Service.exe – CatTools)
- SolarWinds Network Device Backup and Automation Software
RabbitMQ (erlsrv.exe – RabbitMQ)
- Multi-protocol open source messaging broker
SolarWinds Administration Service (SolarWinds.Administration.exe - SolarWindsAdministration)
- Controls the Orion Service Manager web page which allows Orion Administrators to stop/start/restart Orion services, web sites and their dependencies from Orion web console.
SolarWinds Agent (SolarWinds.Agent.Service.exe - SolarWindsAgent64)
- Application that gathers hardware and software information, sending it back to the SolarWinds Service Desk.
SolarWinds Alerting Service V2 (SolarWinds.Alerting.Service.exe - SolarWindsAlertingServiceV2)
- Responsible for evaluating alert conditions, triggering alerts and running alert actions.
SolarWinds Alerting Engine
- Responsible for Advanced Alerting.
SolarWinds Collector Service (SolarWinds.Collector.Service.exe - SWCollectorService)
- Responsible for polling data processing and requests. Prepares data for the persistence storage. Takes part in data synchronization between the poller and the Orion database.
SolarWinds Cortex (SolarWindsCortex)
- Send and receive SNMP information.
SolarWinds HighAvailability (SolarWinds.HighAvailability.Service.exe - SolarWindsHighAvailability)
- Manages failover of SolarWinds services (but not the database).
SolarWinds Information Service (v1 v2) (SolarWinds.InformationService.Service.exe - SWInfoServiceSvc)
- Used by websites to talk to the database. Also responsible for how the pollers talk to each other. Interacts with persistence storage (not just MS SQL) and mainly reads data from there.
SolarWinds Information Service V3 (SolarWinds.InformationService.ServiceV3.exe - SWInfoServiceSvcV3)
- Responsible for how the pollers talk to each other.
SolarWinds JMX Bridge (jsl64.exe – SWJMXBridgeSvc)
- The JMX Bridge is only used if you are monitoring Java Application Servers such as WebSphere, WebLogic, or Apache Tomcat via JMX.
SolarWinds Job Engine (SWJobEngineSvc.exe – SWJobEngineSvc)
- This service is used to perform recurring work. This service creates various Job Engine Worker processes for scalability and robustness. The job engine writes information about each job to its database.
SolarWinds Job Engine v2 (SWJobEngineSvc2.exe - SWJobEngineSvc2)
- This service is used to perform recurring work. This service creates various Job Engine Worker processes for scalability and robustness. The job engine writes information about each job to its database. Usually does a device polling (icmp, snmp).
SolarWinds Job Scheduler (SWJobSchedulerSvc.exe – SWJobSchedulerSvc)
- Dispatches work to local and/or remote job engines.
SolarWinds Log Manager for Orion Polling Service (SolarWinds.Orion.LogMgmt.PollingService.exe – SolarWindsLogPollingService)
- Replaces Polling Service as part of VMAN. Takes part in data synchronization between the Collector and the Standard Poller.
SolarWinds Log Manager for Orion Syslog Service (SolarWinds.Orion.LogMgmt.SyslogService.exe – SolarWindsSyslogService)
- Replaces Syslog Service as part of VMAN. Handles device system logs, logging events in to log files.
SolarWinds Log Manager for Orion Trap Service (SolarWinds.Orion.LogMgmt.TrapService.exe – SolarWindsTrapService)
- Replaces Trap Service as part of VMAN. Catches and logs device Trap messages.
SolarWinds NetFlow service (NetFlowService.exe - NetFlowService)
- NPM NetFlow module specific service.
SolarWinds Network Topology Job Scheduler (SWNTMJobSchedulerSvc.exe – SWNTMJobSchedulerSvc)
- Executes network discovery jobs and calculates network topology.
SolarWinds Orion Module Engine (SolarWinds.BusinessLayerHost.exe – OrionModuleEngine)
- Interacts with MS Database and reads/writes polling data there.
SolarWinds Recommendations (SolarWinds.Recommendations.Service.exe – SolarWindsRecommendations)
- Ensures VM stability and performance through provided actions (part of VMAN). See Manage virtual environments with recommendations
SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server (SolarWindsSftpServer.exe - SolarWinds SFTP Server)
- Provides Secure (SSH) File Transfer Protocol (client-server) and Secure Copy (remote copy).
SolarWinds Syslog Service (SyslogService.exe – SolarWindsSyslogService)
- Handles device Syslog messages, logging events in to Orion.
SolarWinds TFTP Server (SolarWinds TFTP Server.exe - SolarWinds TFTP Server)
- Provides Trivial File Transfer Protocol services.
SolarWinds Trap Service (SWTrapService.exe - SolarWindsTrapService)
- Handles device Trap messages.
SolarWinds NetPerfMon (iissvcs - W3SVC)
- SolarWinds website running under Microsoft World Wide Web Publishing Service
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service (SMSvcHost.exe – NetTcpPortSharing)
- Dependency Microsoft Windows service providing the ability to share TCP ports over the net.tcp protocol.
Message Queuing (mqsvc.exe – MSMQ)
- Dependency Microsoft Windows service providing a messaging infrastructure for distributed messaging applications for Windows-based networks and programs.

I have taken the information from atulsharma above and added it to my Windows Services console on my Orion server by editing (hacking) the registry. This lets me see the description of the service in the Services console.

In Regedit you will find that service name under [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ServiceName].
Left click on the service name in the left windowpane and then right click on a blank space in the right window and select New then String Value. Give it the name Description and press enter. Double click Description, !and make the value data the description of the service from above. You must stop and start the services to see the change in the Services MMC.

You can also use PowerShell, or export, modify, and import the registry subkey. Note that this is hacking, and may result in your server ceasing to function. If you need more detailed instructions, you should not be making these changes to the registry. Always backup the registry by creating a System Restore Point. Orion services description

frankmuhlstadt

Very nice mct43969

babusudhakar5278

good stuff..