Watcher

The Watcher is a service that watches the ITP/Document Processors in ITP/Server. It can restart any ITP/Document Processor, if it shuts down, a given number of times within the set interval. If the ITP/Document Processor keeps shutting down it will stop restarting it to avoid a loop. It can also detect if an operator shuts down a ITP/Document Processor and will not attempt to start that processor.

The delay setting is there to allow the operating system to reclaim resources.

The Watcher is switched off when Restart the ITP/Document Processor when they have shut down is unchecked.

Every server that runs ITP/Document Processors has a Watcher.

The Watcher produces its own log. If problems occur with ITP/Document Processors this log can provide additional information to the log file of the ITP/Document Processors. To view the Watcher's log select the ITP/Server and choose Watcher log from the View menu or right click on the Watcher in the ITP/Document Processor's tab and select View log.