On Thu, Sep 17, 2015, at 18:33, Stefan Heymann wrote: > instsvc is very helpful to install, uninstall, start and stop the > various services for software tests.
So is `sc` or Xxx-Service cmdlets. As a benefit you can use the same commands no matter what you're managing. > On customer machines it's very fast when I want to upgrade Firebird to > the next version (e.g. from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4): > instsvc stop - replace files - instsvc start - Done. So is with PS. The advantage is that if admin sees immediatelly (s)he has option to use standard command line tools, (s)he might feel more familiar. Especially if scripting something from the scratch. > I don't even know what "PowerShell and the New-Service etc. cmdlets" > is. Sounds complicated. I have instsvc, so why should I bother? I was just proposing to keep it more or less fresh and up-to-date. If is *sounds* complicated so be it. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
