Running the Service Shell as an Executable

Before you can configure or use the Client Shell, you must start the Service Shell.

About this task

You can start the Service Shell from a shortcut on the desktop, if available, or from the directory where PASS is installed. You can also run the Service Shell as a Windows service.

Procedure

Do one of the following:
  • Double-click a shortcut, if available, to the Service Shell executable (SrvShell.exe):
    Red Trapeze swooshes with the arrow indicating a windows shortcut and the shield indicating Run as Administrator.

    The shortcut must specify profile and server information using the -config and -id parameters described below.

  • Start the Service Shell using a batch file:
    1. In the [drive:][path]\Bin\vc12\x64\Release folder, create a Start.bat file.
    2. Edit the file to include the following line:

      SrvShell.exe -config profileName.profile -id=Server

      where:
      profileName
      is the name of the profile that you want to use.
      Server
      is the server specified in the profile (that is, Primary or Secondary).

  • In a Command Prompt, change to the [drive:][path]\Bin\vc12\x64\Release folder, where path is the directory where PASS is installed, and run the following command:

    SrvShell.exe -config profileName.profile -id=Server

    where:

    profileName
    is the name of the profile that you want to use.
    Server
    is the server specified in the profile (that is, Primary or Secondary).