Starting and stopping quick reference

Start and stop servers in your application serving environment, referring to this quick guide to the administrative clients and several other tools that are provided with this product.

• Use commands to start and stop servers.

  Table 1. Commands to start and stop servers. Run a start or stop command that is appropriate for the target server.

  Command
  Quick reference: Issuing commands to start and stop servers These examples are for starting and stopping the default profile on a server. Otherwise, you might need to specify -profileName profile_name when invoking the command.
  Application server Run the following command. See startServer command for details and variations startServer server where server is the application server that you want to start.
  Stopping the servers Use the same command as to start, except substitute stop for start. For example, to stop an application server, issue the command: stopServer server

• Use administrative clients and tools.

  Table 2. Opening the administrative console. Point a Web browser at the console.

  Command
  Quick reference: Opening the administrative console
  To open the console using the default port, enter this web address in your web browser: http://your_fully_qualified_server_name:9060/ibm/console Depending on your configuration, your web address might differ. Other factors can affect your ability to access the console. See Starting and logging off the administrative console for details, as needed.

  • To launch a scripting client, see Starting the wsadmin scripting client using wsadmin scripting.
  • To learn about all available administrative clients, see Using the administrative clients.
  • For performance monitoring, see Monitoring performance with Tivoli Performance Viewer.

  See the administrator commands that are listed in the Reference section of the documentation.

• Use troubleshooting tools.

  See Working with troubleshooting tools.