Starting the Copy Services Manager authentication server

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The commands that are required to manually start the Copy Services Manager authentication server depend on the operating system.

Before you begin

The Copy Services Manager authentication server is started by default after the application is installed. A service is created that automatically restarts when the server is restarted. The start and stop features can be done manually, but that is not typically necessary.

Starting theCopy Services Manager authentication server on Windows

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To start the Copy Services Manager authentication server, issue the following command from the command prompt:

Program Files\IBM\CSM\startAuth.bat

Where the variable Program Files\IBM\CSM is the installation directory. The default directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\CSM.

Starting theCopy Services Manager authentication server on AIX® or Linux®

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To start the Copy Services Manager authentication server, issue the following command from the command line:

/CSM_install_directory/startAuth.sh

Where CSM_install_directory is the installation directory. The default directory is /opt/IBM/CSM.

Starting the Copy Services Manager authentication server on z/OS

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To start the Copy Services Manager authentication server, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Ensure that the Copy Services Manager HFS is mounted on the UNIX System Services.
The root production directory is path_prefix/opt/IBM/CSM.
Issue the command from the IBM® z/OS® System Display and Search Facility (SDSF) panel to start the Copy Services Manager authentication server, as shown in the following example. The address spaces that are shown might be different in your environment.
```
/START IWNAUTH
```
The initiator is IWNAUTH and the job name is IWNAUTH. For information about the IWNAUTH job, see the IBM Copy Services Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.