Services in Snow License Manager
Snow License Manager 9
2024-04-17
List of current Windows Services
The table lists the current Windows Services for Snow License Manager, including their dependencies.
| Service name | Display name | Introduced in version | Ports used | Dependencies |
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| SnowAdobeCCService | Snow Software Adobe CC Service | 9.2.0 | 5001 | SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService; SnowNats |
| SnowArchivingService | Snow Software SLM Archiving Service | 9.8.0 | 2005 | |
| SnowCacheServer | Snow Software SLM Cache Server Service | 9.13.0 | 2006 | SnowMongoDB |
| SnowCleanupMeteringService | Snow License Manager Cleanup Metering Service | 9.17 | ||
| SnowGenericSaaSService | Snow License Manager Generic SaaS Service | 9.6.0 | 5005 | |
| SnowLicenseManagerAdobeCCBFF | Snow License Manager AdobeCC BFF | 9.15.0 | 5011 | SnowAdobeCCService; SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService; SnowNats |
| SnowLicenseManagerCloudImportWeb | Snow License Manager Cloud Import Web | 9.34.0 | 5008 | SnowNats |
| SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService | Snow License Manager Data Access Service | 9.5.0 | 5003 | SnowNats |
| SnowLicenseManagerImportTool | Snow License Manager File Import Service | no ports | ||
| SnowLicenseManagerInventoryService | Snow License Manager Inventory Service | |||
| SnowLicenseManagerMicrosoft365BFF | Snow License Manager Microsoft 365 BFF | 9.14.0 | 5010 | SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService; SnowLicenseManagerOffice365Service; SnowNats |
| SnowLicenseManagerOffice365Service | Snow License Manager Office 365 Service | 9.5.0 (rebuilt version) | 5004 | SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService; SnowNats |
| SnowLicenseManagerOracleVerifiedSolutionService | Snow License Manager Oracle Verified Solution Service | 9.26.0 | 5007 | SnowNats |
| SnowLicenseManagerReportExporter | Snow License Manager Report Exporter | |||
| SnowLicensing | Snow Software Licensing Service | 8522 | SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService; SnowNats | |
| SnowLicensingService | Snow License Manager Activation Service | |||
| SnowMaintenanceService | Snow License Manager Maintenance Service | 9.6.1 | 5015 | SnowNats |
| SnowMongoDB | Snow Software MongoDB Service | 9.13.0 | 27017 | |
| SnowNats | Snow Software Nats Service | 9.2.0 | 4222 | |
| SnowNotificationDeliveryService | Snow License Manager Notification Delivery Service | |||
| SnowOracleManagementOptionService | Snow License Manager Oracle Management Option Service | 9.5.0 | 5002 | SnowNats |
| SnowSlmImportsService | Snow Software Slm Imports Service | 2001 | ||
| SnowUpdateService | Snow Update Service | Inbound: 1433; configurable. Outbound: 443 (to Snow) | ||
| SnowVirtualizationService | Snow License Manager Virtualization ServiceSnow License Manager Virtualization Service | 9.2.0 | 5006 |
List of obsolete Windows Services
The table lists the obsolete Windows Services for Snow License Manager.
| Name | Introduced in version | Removed in version | Ports used |
|---|---|---|---|
| SnowEventWarehouse | 9.6.2 | 9.27.0 | |
| SnowLicenseManagerEventStoreService | 9.14.0 | 1113, 2113 | |
| SnowLicenseManagerSoftwareEnterpriseAgreementsService | 8.3.0 | 9.6.3 | |
| SnowOracleImportService | 9.2.0 | 9.5.0 | 5002 |
| SnowOracleService | 9.0.0 | 9.5.0 | 8137 |
Description of Windows Services
The table describes the Windows Services for Snow License Manager.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| SnowAdobeCCService | This service processes and calculates Adobe Creative Cloud data that is sent from Snow Integration Manager. |
| SnowArchivingService | The service allows users to archive and unarchive computers, agreements, and licenses. This enables users to retain previously created records in the database for reference or history purposes. |
| SnowCacheServer | This service manages the caching of data. |
| SnowCleanupMeteringService | This service executes background processes related to cleaning up old metering data from Snow License Manager. |
| SnowEventWarehouse | Obsolete. This service stores and retrieves events. |
| SnowGenericSaaSService | This service executes Generic SaaS-related background processes. |
| SnowLicenseManagerAdobeCCBFF | This service is a backend-for-frontend service used from AdobeCC controllers for fetching the AdobeCC-related data. |
| SnowLicenseManagerCloudImportWeb | This optional service is an alternative way of importing data to the Snow License Manager database via the Snow Integration Manager connectors, and it accepts data from portals like Microsoft 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, Zoom, and Okta, among others. It is a separate Windows background service which reduces the workload of the Snow License Manager Web. The service requires basic authentication with username and password passed in the authorization header of the request. |
| SnowLicenseManagerDataAccessService | This service gets data from the dbo schema in Snow License Manager, for other database schemas, for example, Microsoft 365. This service exists to introduce proper data separation in Snow License Manager. |
| SnowLicenseManagerEventStoreService | Obsolete. This service provides an API and a database that is designed for services, for example, Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud, to both store and read event data that is used to build entities and change history models. |
| SnowLicenseManagerFileImportService | This service checks folders for files to import. It can be configured via the Web Configurator. |
| SnowLicenseManagerImportTool | This service checks folders for files to import. It can be configured via the Web Configurator. |
| SnowLicenseManagerInventoryService | This service orchestrates REST-based communication between Snow License Manager and Snow Inventory. |
| SnowLicenseManagerMicrosoft365BFF | This service is a backend-for-frontend service used from M365 controllers for fetching the M365-related data. |
| SnowLicenseManagerOffice365Service | This service processes Office 365 data that is received from a Snow Integration Manager connector and performs various calculations. |
| SnowLicenseManagerOracleVerifiedSolutionService | This service manages Oracle Verified Solution data in Snow License Manager. |
| SnowLicenseManagerReportExporter | This service exports reports—as files or via email—by schedule. Settings are configured in Snow License Manager > Reports. |
| SnowLicenseManagerSoftwareEnterpriseAgreementsService | Obsolete. This is the enterprise agreement management service. |
| SnowLicensing | This service calculates license compliance in Snow License Manager. Settings are configured via Snow License Manager > Calculate compliance. |
| SnowLicensingService | This service verifies that the Snow licenses are valid. |
| SnowMaintenanceService | This service executes background processes related to maintenance, computer delete, and other cleanup tasks. |
| SnowMongoDB | This service supports caching of reports. |
| SnowNats | This service is used for the Snow License Manager web interface to communicate with new services, for example, Adobe and Microsoft 365. The Windows service is also used to communicate between services, for example, Microsoft 365 and Snow Licensing Service. |
| SnowNotificationDeliveryService | This service triggers a sending of email if a change occurs for an affected application, license, computer, device, or agreement. |
| SnowOracleImportService | Obsolete. Replaced by SnowOracleManagementOptionService. This service is used to process imported Oracle orders, that is, licenses. |
| SnowOracleManagementOptionService | This service enhances and merges Oracle Service and Oracle Import Service into one new service. This service executes background processing actions that are related to the Oracle Management Option platform. These actions are executed as tasks while being trigged either by system-scheduled events or by user interactions. Tasks that are executed by daily scheduled trigger events:
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| SnowOracleService | Obsolete. Replaced by SnowOracleManagementOptionService. This service executes background services that are related to the Oracle Management Option. It executes different types of actions that are scheduled and grouped as tasks. Tasks that are scheduled for execution:
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| SnowSlmImportsService | This service imports licenses to Snow License Manager. |
| SnowUpdateService | This service enables automatic updates of Snow applications. |
| SnowVirtualizationService | This service executes background processing actions related to fetching virtualization technologies raw data and normalizes it in one common virtualization data model as one unified topology model. |
Stop and start order of the Windows Services
The table shows in which order you stop and start the Windows Services for Snow License Manager, if you need to do it manually.
| To stop the Windows Services manually, stop them in the following order: | To start the Windows Services manually, start them in the following order: |
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