Starting Optimize on a UNIX System

About this task

To start Optimize, you must start each Analytic Engine, the IBM My webMethods Server, and each Web Service Data Collector.

To start each Analytic Engine on a UNIX system

Log on to the Analytic Engine host system as the webmbam user.
From a command line navigate to the Optimize_directory/analysis/bin directory and enter:
```
./startup.sh
```

To start IBM My webMethods Server on a UNIX system

Log on to the IBM My webMethods Server host system as the webmbam user.
From a command line, navigate to the MWS/server/default/bin directory and enter:
```
./startup.sh
```

To start each Web Service Data Collector on a UNIX system

Log on to the Web Service Data Collector host system as the webmbam user.
If you have not already done so, run the dataCollector_rc_deploy.sh script (for instructions, see Installing IBM webMethods Products).
From a command line, navigate to the Optimize_directory/dataCollector/bin directory and enter:
```
./startup.sh
```
After you have started the Analytic Engine, the IBM My webMethods Server, and the Web Service Data Collectors, log in to Optimize through the My webMethods user interface. For more information about My webMethods, see Working with IBM My webMethods.