Installing NDB Cluster on Windows Now you should be able to start or stop the service using the name you have specified, like this: C:\>  SC START mgmd1 C:\>  SC STOP mgmd1 To remove the management node service, use  SC DELETE  service_name : C:\>  SC DELETE mgmd1 Alternatively, invoke  ndb_mgmd.exe  with the  --remove  option, as shown here: If you installed the service using a service name other than the default, pass the service name as the value of the  ndb_mgmd.exe --remove  option, like this: Installation of an NDB Cluster data node process as a Windows service can be done in a similar fashion, using the  --install  option for  ndbd.exe  (or  ndbmtd.exe ), as shown here: Now you can start or stop the data node as shown in the following example: C:\>  SC START ndbd C:\>  SC STOP ndbd To remove the data node service, use  SC DELETE  service_name : C:\>  SC DELETE ndbd Alternatively, invoke  ndbd.exe  with the  --remove  option, as shown here: As with  ndb_mgmd.exe  (and  mysqld.exe ), when installing  ndbd.exe  as a Windows service, you can also specify a name for the service as the value of  --install , and then use it when starting or stopping the service, like this: 3995 C:\>  C:\mysql\bin
db_mgmd.exe --install=mgmd1 Installing service ’NDB Cluster Management Server’ as ’"C:\mysql\bin
db_mgmd.exe" "--service=mgmd1"’ Service successfully installed. C:\>  C:\mysql\bin
db_mgmd.exe --remove Removing service ’NDB Cluster Management Server’ Service successfully removed. C:\>  C:\mysql\bin
db_mgmd.exe --remove=mgmd1 Removing service ’mgmd1’ Service successfully removed. C:\>  C:\mysql\bin
dbd.exe --install Installing service ’NDB Cluster Data Node Daemon’ as ’"C:\mysql\bin
dbd.exe" "--service=ndbd"’ Service successfully installed. C:\>  C:\mysql\bin
dbd.exe --remove Removing service ’NDB Cluster Data Node Daemon’ Service successfully removed. C:\>  C:\mysql\bin
dbd.exe --install=dnode1 Installing service ’dnode1’ as ’"C:\mysql\bin
dbd.exe" "--service=dnode1"’ Service successfully installed. C:\>  SC START dnode1 C:\>  SC STOP dnode1