Starting the Copy Services Manager server

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

Before you begin

The Copy Services Manager 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 the Copy Services Manager server on Windows

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

Program Files\IBM\CSM\startCSM.bat

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

Starting the Copy Services Manager server on AIX® or Linux®

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

/CSM_install_directory/startCSM.sh

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

Starting the Copy Services Manager server on z/OS

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To start theCopy Services Manager 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 server, as shown in the following example. The address spaces that are shown might be different in your environment.
```
/START IWNSRV
```
The initiator is IWNSRV and the job name is IWNSRV. For information about the IWNSRV job, see the IBM Copy Services Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.