Starting the global search services by using a script

Applies to:

You can start the global search services by running a script from a command line.

Before you begin

On the Windows operating system, disable the Microsoft Windows service that is called IBM OpenPages GRC - Global Search, if it is enabled. Otherwise, the StartSearchServers.cmd script interferes with the Windows services.

Make sure that the database server is reachable and is running. Otherwise, the search services will not connect and will not start.

Procedure

Start the search services:
- For Windows, at a command prompt enter the following commands:
```
cd <SEARCH_HOME>\opsearchtools\
StartSearchServers.cmd
```
- For Linux®, at a command line, enter the following commands:
```
cd <SEARCH_HOME>/opsearchtools/
./StartSearchServers.sh
```
Open a browser and point to your search server at ports 8983 and 8985. Make sure that the Solr search platform can be reached.
For example, http://<search-server>:8983/ and http://<search-server>:8985/.

If the verification fails, repeat the preceding step.
Log on to IBM OpenPages® as an administrator.
Click Open Administration menu > System Configuration > Global Search and click Enable.