How to: Add an Application to a Deployed Instance of Notification Services (SQL Server Management Studio)

To add an application to an existing instance, you must modify the instance configuration and then update the instance. The following procedure shows what to modify and how to then perform the update using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

Note

The following procedure assumes you are configuring the instance of Notification Services using an instance configuration file (ICF) and application definition files (ADFs). If you are using Notification Services Management Objects (NMO) , use methods of the Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo.Instance class to update the instance of Notification Services.

To add an application to a deployed instance of Notification Services

  1. Create or obtain the ADF for the new application.

  2. In the ICF, do the following:

    • Add an Application node for the application.
    • Add any custom protocols used by the application to the Protocols node and any additional delivery channels to the DeliveryChannels node.
    • Modify the ParameterDefaults node as necessary.
  3. Back up the instance and application databases. For more information, see Backing Up and Recovering Notification Services.

  4. In Object Explorer, expand the Notification Services node.

  5. Right-click the instance of Notification Services that runs the application and select Disable.

  6. Right-click the instance, point to Tasks, and select Update.

  7. In the Update Instance dialog box, click Browse and select the updated instance configuration file.

  8. Enter or update values as necessary for any parameters shown in the Parameters box.

  9. Select the Enable instance after it is updated option to enable the instance at the end of the update process.

  10. If the instance uses argument encryption, click Encryption in the left pane and then enter the encryption key.

  11. Click OK to perform the update.

After the update is complete, reregister the instance to update performance counters. If the instance is scaled-out across multiple servers, reregister the instance on each server on which it is currently registered. If you do not use the performance counters, you do not need to perform this step. For more information, see Updating Registry Information.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Add an Application to a Deployed Instance of Notification Services (Command Prompt)

Concepts

Adding an Application to an Instance

Other Resources

Managing Instances and Applications How-to Topics (Notification Services)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance