How To: Schedule restart of Titan Service

Question
Titan memory usage gradually increases over time. How can I restart the service on a scheduled basis?

Reasoning
Over time, a service may gradually consume more memory during continuous operation. Restarting the service on a scheduled basis helps refresh the process and release the used memory without rebooting the server. This can be automated using Windows Task Scheduler with a script that stops and starts the Titan service.

Answer
You can schedule an automatic restart of the Titan service by creating a PowerShell script and configuring Windows Task Scheduler to run the script at a specific time.

Steps

1. Create a PowerShell script

1. Create a file named RestartTitanService.ps1 and add the following content:
   Note: For Titan MFT users, the service name is changed from Titan SFTP Server to Titan MFT Server.

2. Save the script in a directory such as C:\Scripts.

2. Open Task Scheduler

1. Press Windows + R
2. Type taskschd.msc
3. Press Enter

3. Create a new task

1. Click Create Task
2. Under the General tab:
3. Enter a task name (e.g., Restart SFTP Server)
4. Check Run with highest privileges

4. Set the trigger

1. Go to the Triggers tab
2. Click New
3. Choose when the task should run (for example, Daily at 7:00 AM)
4. Click OK
   
   
   

5. Configure the action

1. Go to the Actions tab
2. Click New
3. Select Start a program
4. In Program/script, enter: powershell.exe
   
5. In Add arguments, enter:
   
   -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Scripts\Restart-TitanSFTP.ps1"
   
6. Click OK
   
   
7. 

6. Save and test the task

7. If this appears, you’re all good.