Monitoring the PACS Services for WINDOWS OS

The CARESTREAM PACS system provides the following WINDOWS OS services:

• Imaginet Startup/Shutdown: Manage PACS Services

• Imaginet Admin Server: Workflow Manager Admin Tool server

• Imaginet Auto-Router Server: Info Router server

• Imaginet MVSMain Server: DICOM Server

• Imaginet Medilink Converter:  IS Link Software Converter

• Imaginet Medilink Listener: IS Link Software Listener

• Imaginet LTMSsSync Server: RIS-Synchronization server

• Imaginet DailyPrefetch Server: Workflow Manager Daily Pre-fetch

• Imaginet LatePrefetch Server: Workflow Manager Late Pre-fetch

Checking the Status of a WINDOWS OS Service

1.  Select Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Administrative Tools -->-Services.

The MICROSOFT Management Console window appears.

2.  View the Status column of the service you want to check.

Stopping/Starting a WINDOWS OS Service

In the MICROSOFT Management Console window, do one of the following:

• Right-click the service you wish to stop or start, and select Start Service, Stop Service, or Restart Service.

• Select the service you wish to stop or start, and, from the toolbar, select the appropriate button:

• Click Start Service, Stop Service, or Restart Service from the toolbar.

or

• Select Actions --> Start, Stop, or Restart.

Starting/Stopping All PACS Services

• To shut down all PACS System Processes including the database, run the script %IMAGINET_ROOT%\mst\admin\system5_shutdown.bat.

• To start all PACS System Processes including the database, run the script %IMAGINET_ROOT%\mst\admin\system5_startup.bat

• To shut down or restart all PACS processes not including the database, stop or restart the Imaginet Startup/Shutdown WINDOWS Service.

NOTE: You cannot use the Imaginet Startup/Shutdown WINDOWS Service to start all CARESTREAM PACS processes after they were stopped. Use the startup.bat script for that purpose.