The z/OS agent can be started from ISPF as a started task or from the z/OS UNIX command
line. To start an agent from ISPF as a started task refer to Starting agents. To start
the z/OS agent from the z/OS UNIX command line, follow this procedure.
Make sure that the server is running. Also, if the agent runs through an agent relay, make
sure that the relay is started.
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Login to the z/OS UNIX shell using the TSO OMVS command or by using a TELNET client.
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Go to the agent_install_dir/bin directory.
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Run the following script:
./agent start
To stop the agent, run the following script from the same
directory:
./agent.stop
When the agent is started from the command line, the current login user ID is used as the
agent user ID.