ctgasi command syntax

The ctgasi command manually starts, stops or refreshes the CTGRRMS services used for XA support.

ctgasi [[-refresh|-shutdown [-force]]|[-tracedump]][-verbose]
ctgasi [[-r|-s [-f]]|[-td]] [-v]
ctgasi [-?]

Issue the command without parameters to start an address space if one is not already running. The meaning of the optional parameters is as follows:

-refresh | -r: Stops the CTGRRMS services and then starts a new instance.
-shutdown | -s: Stops the CTGRRMS services, but does not start a new instance.
-force | -f: Forces the command to run even if active instances of the CICS® Transaction Gateway are detected. Used with the -refresh or -shutdown parameters.
-tracedump | -td: Dumps a formatted initialization trace.
-verbose | -v: Displays extended messages while ctgasi is running.
-?: Displays help on the command.