Precisely recommends using a local Engine Controller Daemon for managing the execution of Engines. The local SQDAEMON, described in detail in the SQDAEMON, provides enables a number of features including:
- The ability to display the SQDAEMON's inventory, the list of all agents managed by the local daemon and their current operating state.
- The ability to Start and Stop the Engine.
- The ability to Display the detailed status of the Engine including source and target datastore record counts.
- The ability to launch other types of agents including shell and other scripts or even SQDUTIL operations that can perform any desired function such as initiating a Target table refresh.
- The ability to perform all of these activities remotely and securely.
- The local SQDAEMON performs the same NaCL Key validation procedure as the remote daemon does for Engine connection requests.