Tableau Server Administration Controller
The Administration Controller process hosts the TSM REST API for configuring and managing your Tableau Server deployment. There can only be a single instance of the Administration Controller in the entire cluster.
This process will be automatically configured on the initial node of the cluster during installation – no explicit configuration is required.
The Administration Controller is also referred to as the TSM Controllerand the TSM Administration Controller.
| Process | |
| Status | Status of the |
| Logging | Logs generated by the |
What happens when the Administration Controller process fails?
If the Administration Controller fails, the Tableau Server cluster should continue to function; however, TSM commands and the TSM web UI will be unavailable. You will not be able to make any changes or updates to the configuration or topology until the Administration Controller is back up and running. Like other TSM services, Administration Controller is automatically restarted if it is stopped or has failed.
If the Administration Controller doesn’t start up on the node, you can try to start the service manually by running the following command:
sc start tabadmincontroller_0
Moving the Administration Controller
If the initial node fails, you need to move the Administration Controller and the Licensing Service to a different node so that Tableau Server can continue to function. For details on how to do this, see Recover from an Initial Node Failure.
Restarting the Administration Controller
Restart the TSM Administration Controller:
net stop tabadmincontroller_0
net start tabadmincontroller_0
Note: You must run these commands as an administrator from a command prompt. Depending on how your computer is configured, you may need to run them in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
Note: It may take a few minutes for tabadmincontroller to restart. If you attempt to apply pending changes in the next step before the controller has fully restarted, TSM will not be able to connect to the controller. You can verify that the controller is running by using the tsm status -v command. Tableau Server Administration Controller should be listed as "is running".