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Service Location Protocol (SLP) support

SLP on Windows

This section describes how to install, start, and verify the SLP daemon on Windows.
On Windows, the SLP service must be installed from a command prompt. It need only be installed
once, but must be installed before starting the SMI-A.
Installing SLP on Windows
1. Open a command prompt via Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
2. Change to the directory where slpd.bat is located:
3. Run slpd -install to install the SLP service into Windows. If SLP is already installed, the
Starting SLP on Windows
1. Install the SLP service, as described in
2. Open a command prompt via Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
3. Change to the directory where slpd.bat is located:
4. Run slpd -start to start the SLP service.
An SLP log file can be found at:
The SLP daemon can be reconfigured by modifying the following file:
Applications that do not dynamically register themselves with SLP using SLPAPIs can instead be
statically registered by modifying the following file:
For more information about these files, read the comments contained in them or read:
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# <SMIAgent>/agent/bin/slptool findattrs
service:wbem:http://192.168.0.100:5988
# <SMIAgent>/agent/bin/slptool findattrs
service:wbem:https://192.168.0.100:5989
cd C:\<SMIAgent>\agent\bin
following message displays:
CreateService failed - The specified service already exists. (0x431)
cd C:\<SMIAgent>\agent\bin
You can also start the SLP service from the Windows Service Console. If the SLP is installed as
a Windows service, you should access the Services Console and ensure that the startup is set
to Automatic.
<SMIAgent>\agent\cfg\slp.log
<SMIAgent>\agent\cfg\slp.conf
<SMIAgent>\agent\cfg\slp.reg
http://www.openslp.org/doc/html/UsersGuide/index.html
"Installing SLP on Windows".
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