Symptom
- Deployment of Crystal Reports Server Embedded 2008 - the Report Application Server 12.
- Require starting, configuring and stopping the Report Application Server via command-line commands.
Resolution
- Use the Windows "sc" command to start/stop/configure Windows services, as described in Microsoft KBase 251192 - How to create a Windows service by using Sc.exe
- Installation of Crystal Reports Server Embedded 2008 installs a Windows Service named "BOE120CrystalReportApplicationServer" with Display Name "Report Application Server 12".
- To stop this service, use the command-line:
sc stop BOE120CrystalReportApplicationServer - To configure this service, use the command-line:
sc config BOE120CrystalReportApplicationServer binPath= "\"C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\crystalras.exe\" -service -name HOSTNAME.RAS -ipport 1566 -restart"
note that there is a space after binPath, and that the double-quotes within the binary path are escaped using a backslash (\). - To start this service, use the command-line:
sc start BOE120CrystalReportApplicationServer
Keywords
KBA , BI-DEV , Business Intelligence Software Development Kits (SDKs) , Problem
Product
Crystal Reports Server 2008 V0, OEM edition ; Crystal Reports Server 2008 V1, OEM edition