Stopping and restarting the client acceptor

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If you change the configuration of your solution, you must restart the client acceptor on all client nodes where a backup-archive client is installed.

About this task

In some cases, you can resolve client scheduling problems by stopping and restarting the client acceptor. The client acceptor must be running to ensure that scheduled operations can occur on the client. For example, if you change the IP address or domain name of the server, you must restart the client acceptor.

Procedure

Follow the instructions for the operating system that is installed on the client node:

AIX and Oracle Solaris

To stop the client acceptor, complete the following steps:
1. Determine the process ID for the client acceptor by issuing the following command on the command line:
```
ps -ef | grep dsmcad
```
  Review the output. In the following sample output, 6764 is the process ID for the client acceptor:
```
root  6764     1   0 16:26:35 ?           0:00 /usr/bin/dsmcad
```
2. Issue the following command on the command line:
```
kill -9 PID
```
  where PID specifies the process ID for the client acceptor.
To start the client acceptor, issue the following command on the command line:
```
/usr/bin/dsmcad
```

Linux

To stop the client acceptor (and not restart it), issue the following command:
```
# service dsmcad stop
```
To stop and restart the client acceptor, issue the following command:
```
# service dsmcad restart
```

MAC OS X

Click Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

To stop the client acceptor, issue the following command:
```
/bin/launchctl unload -w com.ibm.tivoli.dsmcad
```
To start the client acceptor, issue the following command:
```
/bin/launchctl load -w com.ibm.tivoli.dsmcad
```

Windows

To stop the client acceptor service, complete the following steps:
1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Services.
2. Double-click the client acceptor service.
3. Click Stop and OK.
To restart the client acceptor service, complete the following steps:
1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Services.
2. Double-click the client acceptor service.
3. Click Start and OK.