How to: Start an Instance of Notification Services (SQL Server Configuration Manager)
Each instance of Notification Services has an engine on each server that runs a hosted event provider, generator, or distributor. Unless you are hosting the engine in your own application, the NS$instanceName Windows service runs the Notification Services engine. One way to start a Microsoft Windows service is through the Windows Services Manager.
Note
This procedure does not apply to clusters. On a cluster, you must use Cluster Administrator to start the Generic Service that is configured to run the instance's Windows service. If you start the instance of Notification Services by using Microsoft SQL Server Configuration Manager, the service will not fail over.
Procedure Title
On the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server 2005, point to Configuration Tools, and then click SQL Server Configuration Manager.
In SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server 2005 Services, and then click Notification Services.
In the details pane, right-click the instance of Notification Services and then click Start.
A green arrow on the icon next to the Notification Services instance name and on the toolbar indicates that the service started successfully.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Start a Clustered Instance of Notification Services
Concepts
Starting and Stopping Instances of Notification Services
Other Resources
Managing Services How-to Topics (Notification Services)