In Administrator, there is a checkbox to designate (start on boot) of business works apps.What exactly does this mean?

In Administrator, there is a checkbox to designate (start on boot) of business works apps.What exactly does this mean?

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Article ID: KB0086849

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Resolution:
1. "Start on Boot" means that the application would start as soon as the hawkagent is started.

  • This option has been named as "Start on Boot" (i.e., system boot) by keeping the Windows OS in mind.
  • On Windows, the hawkagent would be created as an NT service with "Startup type:" set to "Automatic". 
  • This would make the hawkagent start as soon as the system is booted. At the same time on hawkagent startup, the BW applications which has "Start on Boot" checked would get started as well.
  • On Unix, since it does not have NT services configuration you will need to write the startup scripts to start hawkagent which gets started on system reboot.

2. "Start on Boot" also depends on the deployment mode you selected for the application.

  • In RV deployment mode, the applications repository information will be stored in the admin repository server.
  • In this case, whenever an application is started, it would read its repository information from the admin server by sending a request/query in a RV message.
  • In RV deployment mode and "Start on Boot" selected, the hawkagent would not start the applications UNTIL the admin server is up and running.
  • In LOCAL deployment mode, the applications repository information will be stored local to the machine where its deployed. Generally, with LOCAL deployment mode, since the repository information is stored local, the applications do not need to request admin server and can be started even though the admin server is not running.

NOTE: We have a known issue in TRA 5.6.x and prior versions wherein even though LOCAL deployment mode and "Start on Boot" selected the hawkagent still would not start the applications until the admin server is up and running. This issue has been addressed beginning with version TRA 5.7.0 and above. We recommend you use the latest version of TRA.

Issue/Introduction

In Administrator, there is a checkbox to designate (start on boot) of business works apps.What exactly does this mean?