Starting an agent as a Windows service
In Version 7.0.3 or later of WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition, you can start an agent as a Windows service. When you log off Windows, your agent continues running and can receive file transfers.
About this task
A WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition agent is a Java™ process. On Windows, when you start an agent from the command line, the agent process runs using the user name you used to log on to Windows. When you log off the system, the agent process stops. To prevent the agent stopping, you can configure an agent to run as a Windows service. Running as a Windows service also allows you to configure agents to be started automatically when the Windows environment starts or is restarted.
Complete the steps below to start an agent that runs as a Windows service. You must be running WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0.3 on one of the supported Windows versions to run the agent as a Windows service. For the list of supported environments, refer to the System Requirements at http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wmq/filetransfer/requirements/.
The exact steps depend on whether you have already created an agent or you are creating an agent. You can configure existing agents to run as a Windows service, or you can configure this when you create an agent. Both options are described in the following steps.