Informaticans

The Service Manager

The Service Manager runs on each node within a domain and is responsible for starting and running the application services. The Service Manager performs the following functions,

Alerts. Provides notifications of events like shutdowns, restart
Authentication. Authenticates user requests from the Administration Console, PowerCenter Client, Metadata Manager, and Data Analyzer
Domain configuration. Manages configuration details of the domain like machine name, port
Node configuration. Manages configuration details of a node metadata like machine name, port
Licensing. When an application service connects to the domain for the first time the licensing registration is performed and for subsequent connections the licensing information is verified
Logging. Manages the event logs from each service, the messages could be ‘Fatal’, ‘Error’, ‘Warning’, ‘Info’
User management. Manages users, groups, roles, and privileges

Application services:

The services that essentially perform data movement, connect to different data sources and manage data are called Application services, they are namely Repository Service, Integration Service, Web Services Hub, SAPBW Service, Reporting Service and Metadata Manager Service. The application services run on each node based on the way we configure the node and the application service