I25 Server Maintenance

Monitoring and Proper Shutdown

The Server Monitor provides useful information for server administration and also allows you to properly shut down your server.

Running ServerMonitor

Adding the following lines to loadBalanceShardSpecific.cfg under a ServerRole will automatically launch the Server Monitor when you start up your server.

Server
	Command "servermonitor.exe -connect"
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• Additionally you can run it from the bin directory; it can be run with the -connect parameter to automatically connect to a dbserver running on the same machine.

Monitoring Server Performance

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Launchers

Provides information regarding your Launchers, their CPU usage, as well as other statistics

• Each line corresponds to a running Launcher instance; for most smaller and solo servers there will be only one Launcher

Mapservers

Provides detailed information for each individual running Mapserver instance, including memory usage and player population

• Each individual mapserver instance corresponds to a zone in the game world
• Memory usage for any individual mapserver instance cannot exceed 2GB, as it is a 32-bit executable

Stuck/Crash Mapservers

Lists mapserver instances that have stopped responding or crashed entirely

• Mapservers can become stuck or crash from time to time; selecting one and clicking the Kill Process button will end the associated process
• If several mapservers are stuck or crashed, or frequently become so, this is indicative of an issue with your server that you will need to address

Server Applications

Details the status of other running server processes

• Also details individual CPU and Memory usage for each process
• The Kill Process button can be used to end the currently selected service

Shutting Down Your Server

The Server Monitor should be used wherever possible to shut your server down, to prevent database issues.

Clicking Shutdown DbServer in the upper right hand corner of the window will prompt you if you want to shut down the server

• You will also be prompted to enter a shutdown message which will appear to all connected players

SQL Database Backup and Maintenance

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