<systemService> Installed Component Targeter

The <systemService> element identifies a particular system service component that is assumed to be installed on the current physical host. If the system service is defined by a plug-in, the service name should be prefixed with the plug-in name, such as pluginName#serviceName.

This element can be used as a targeter for the <checkDependency>, <createDependency>, <call>, <uninstall>, and <addSnapshot> steps.

Use of the <systemService> targeter implicitly retargets to the root physical host of the current host. If you need to target a system service on a different host, a <retarget> step must be used. You cannot otherwise specify a new host within the <systemService> targeter.

Attributes for the <systemService> Targeter

The <systemService> targeter has one required attribute of type systemName, name, which is the name of the system service component. If the system service is defined by a plug-in, the system service name should be prefixed with the plug-in name, such as pluginName#serviceName.