Manually updating the Service

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Manually updating the Service(s)

This section describes how to update the EventSentry services manually.

On the Local Machine

Click on Service Options and click the Update Local Service for the appropriate service (event log or heartbeat service). You will be prompted to point to the folder where the new version of the service will be located.

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After you confirm the dialog box with Yes the

•	service will be stopped

•	the service executable will be replaced

•	and the service will be restarted (if it was running before the update)

On Multiple Remote Machines

1.	Make sure that the computer from which you are performing the remote update has the latest version of the service installed or access to the latest service executable

2.	Add all the computers you wish to update into the appropriate group

3.	Right click the group and choose Perform Action

4.	From the drop-down list choose Update Service

5.	The service on the remote machines will be stopped, the service executable updated, and the service restarted. Please note that the service will only be restarted on the those computers where the service was running.