By default, each Secure Agent in an organization runs all microservices that are used for data processing in the organization. You can stop and start the microservices to perform troubleshooting, optimize resources on the agent machine, or make configuration changes. When you stop or start a Secure Agent microservice, other microservices that run on the agent are not affected.
The microservices that you stop and start on a Secure Agent are the Secure Agent services, which are different from the
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services
.
For example, the Data Integration Server runs data integration tasks such as
data loader
tasks and
mapping
tasks.
For more information about Secure Agent services, see
Secure Agent Services
.
You might need to stop and restart a Secure Agent service to troubleshoot issues with a specific Secure Agent service. For example, if a Secure Agent service shows an error state, you can stop the service, troubleshoot the problem, and then restart the service.
Each time you start and restart a service, the Secure Agent creates a new subdirectory for the service-related files. For example, if the Secure Agent uses version 64.0.38 of the Data Integration Server, the Secure Agent installation directory contains the following subdirectory:
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