Restart Discovery Scout on a Windows system

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated September 12, 2025
  • 1 minute to read

    • Perform manual restart of an agent when the agent configuration file has been refreshed, or if the agent is unstable. You can perform manual restart only on agents installed in a Windows environment and for Linux-based agents that use systemd.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    Procedure

    1. On a windows system, navigate to the host where Discovery Scout is running.
    2. Open the Services dialog in Windows.
    3. Select SNDiscoveryScout.
    4. Select Restart the service.

    Result

    Discovery Scout restarts in the Windows environment.