Configuring OLAP Services Agent

What is OLAP Services Agent?

OLAP Services Agent is the back end for the Instance Manager graphical user interface. It actually performs the tasks, such as starting and stopping an OLAP service or changing its configuration settings. It also returns information from the operating system, such as the success or failure of a startup attempt.

Startup parameters for OLAP Services Agent

You can define a system variable named OES_EA_STARTUP and provide settings that alter the information that OLAP Services Agent provides to Instance Manager. OLAP Services Agent runs on the same computer as OLAP Services, so be sure to define OES_EA_STARTUP on that computer. These settings affect the information provided to all instances of Instance Manager, regardless of where they are running or in what mode.

The following table identifies the settings. Separate multiple values with semicolons. For information about defining and setting system variables, refer to the documentation for your operating system.

Setting	Description
-AllServices	Provides access to all Windows NT services, not just OLAP services.
-IORPort=portno	Specifies the port number. The default port is 7051 and can be changed when another process uses this port.
-LogOutput=level	Controls the amount of information provided in the logs to the following levels: PROD. Production DBG. Debugging VDBG. Verbose debugging