A new instance of Tomcat server is deployed on the Primary and the Auxiliary EPMs. This server hosts the following:

• An SMS service Web application comprising an SMS Processor and an SMS Browser

• An Email service web application comprising Email Processor and Email Browser.

This new server is another instance of Tomcat and is different from the coresident application server. The coresident application server is yet another instance of Tomcat server. The multimedia server hosts the SMS and email services.

The Tomcat multimedia server is installed in the $MMSSERVER_HOME folder and runs as a Linux service as mmsserver.

mmsserver service supports the following commands:

• service mmsserver status: for checking the status of the mmserver service

• service mmsserver start: for starting the mmsserver service

• service mmsserver stop : for stopping the mmsserver service

• service mmsserver restart: for restarting the mmsserver service

The multimedia service is a part of the EPM server and the commands issued to the EPM server through the EPM Manager web pages are also issued to the multimedia service.