For Windows only, the rshost utility can be started as a Windows service. Use the SQL Anywhere Service Utility (dbsvc.exe) to manage rshost as a service. The start property in the options section of the relay server configuration file should be set to no. See Options section.

To set up an auto started rshost service named rs:

dbsvc -as -s auto -w rs "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ias_relay_server\server\rshost.exe" -q -qc -f c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ias_relay_server\server\rstest.config -o c:\temp\rs.log

To start the service:

dbsvc.exe -u rs

To stop the service:

dbsvc.exe -x rs

To uninstall the service:

dbsvc.exe -d rs

For other advanced Windows service support through the SQL Anywhere Service Utility, see Service utility (dbsvc) for Windows.