Programming Notes For Custom Actions; Starting And Stopping Applications - NEC NovaScale R630 User Manual

You can view the custom actions you have created at the bottom of the Custom Actions page. If you want to remove a
custom action from the list, select it and click Remove.
When you have finished specifying custom actions to run, or if you have no custom actions to specify, you can click
Next to proceed with the next configuration step.
TIPS:
"Programming Notes for Custom Actions" on page 5-102
"Selecting Application Services to Control" on page 5-97
"Managing Critical Applications During the Upgrade Process" on page 5-74
"Displaying the Upgrade Summary" on page 5-106

Programming Notes for Custom Actions

The following topics describe some of the features available for programming and monitoring custom actions:

"Starting and stopping applications"

"Using Active Upgrade Environment Variables" on page 5-103
"Generating Exit Values" on page 5-104
Viewing Standard Output and Error Stream
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"Executing Visual Basic Scripts" on page 5-104
Starting and stopping applications
If you write a program to control a critical application during the upgrade process, ensure that your program not only
stops and starts the application at the appropriate times, but also disables and enables the default startup mechanism for
the application (for example, the default Startup Type setting in the Services Control Manager or a startup item in the
system registry). If you do not disable the default startup type for an application, it might interfere with or override your
custom action.
See "Selecting Application Services to Control" on page 5-97 for information about how the Active Upgrade console
changes the Startup Type for application services.
TIPS:
"Programming Notes for Custom Actions" on page 5-102
"Configuring Custom Actions" on page 5-99
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