Enabling and disabling platform servers

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Platform servers manage platform tasks such as provisioning services and displaying control panels.

Through the service provider control panel, you can enable or disable control panel (CP) and provisioning engine (PE) servers if more than one of these servers is installed on the system.

Consequences of enabling and disabling platform servers

Before you enable or disable a platform server, be aware that:

Disabling platform servers

To disable a platform server:

  1. On the top navigation bar, click administration.

  2. Click the platform servers tab.

  3. On the platform servers list, select the server you want to disable.

  4. On the action bar, click disable. This option is available only if you have more than one CP or PE server.

  5. Verify the server you want to disable, then click OK.

Enabling platform servers

To enable a platform server:

  1. On the top navigation bar, click administration.

  2. Click the platform servers tab.

  3. On the platform servers list, select the server you want to enable.

  4. On the action bar, click enable. This option is available only if the server is disabled.

  5. Verify the server you want to enable, then click OK.