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Edit a Service

You can edit an existing service to rename it, to change settings, or to add or remove resources in the group.

To modify a service

  1. Click Resources, and open the Explore pane.
  2. Select the service , and right-click Management, Edit Service.

    The Service: Edit dialog appears.

  3. Change the priority level in the Service Priority field and the Lower and Upper Threshold percentages, as necessary.
    Service Priority

    Specifies the order in which to run actions in a single poll cycle.

    Example:

    ServiceA: Priority 3

    ServiceB: Priority 1

    ServiceC: Priority 2

    When all of their respective rules evaluate as true, the actions run in the following order: ServiceB, ServiceC, ServiceA.

  4. Change the Lag occurrence, or accept the default.
    Lag

    Defines how often the rule must evaluate as true before the action triggers.

    Lower and Upper Threshold %

    Specifies the lower and upper thresholds of the entire service.

    Limits: Only the overall utilization metric can be evaluated at the service level.

  5. Select the servers to add to the service from the Available Servers list in the Servers section, then click the right arrows.

    Note: If your list of available servers is lengthy, filter the list to reduce the set of servers. To do so, click the Filter arrow, enter your filter criteria, and click Search.

    The servers are added to the Selected Servers section.

  6. Select the servers to remove from the service from the Selected Servers list in the Servers section, then click the left arrows.

    The servers move from the Selected Servers section to the Available Servers section.

  7. Click Save.

    The Servers lists are updated.

More information:

Create a Service