Starting the AppWatcher process and all its managed processes

On Unix and Linux, you can use the DSAppWatcher.sh script to start the AppWatcher process and all its managed processes.

About this task

On Unix and Linux, run DSAppWatcher.sh from the /InformationServer/Server/DSODB/bin directory.

On Windows, start the AppWatcher process as described in Starting and stopping the AppWatcher process.

Procedure

Issue this command to start the AppWatcher process and all its managed processes. 
DSAppWatcher.sh -start
The command shows the list of processes it attempts to start. For example:
AppWatcher:STARTED
EngMonApp:STARTING
ODBQueryApp:STARTING
ResMonApp:STARTING
The command returns one of these codes:
0
The AppWatcher process started, but the data collection processes might not have started, or might not still be running.
>0
An error occurred:
  • 1 – the AppWatcher process was already running
  • 3 – the AppWatcher process was not started because monitoring is turned off
Parent topic: Managing the data collection processes using the DSAppWatcher.sh script