Starting and stopping CIMOM

You can start or stop a CIMOM job from IBM® Navigator for i, or from a command-line interface; you can also configure the CIM server as an auto-start service.

Manual starting and stopping CIM Server

Note: During the start-up procedure, the CIM server starts a repository and configuration migration process and then creates the symbolic links. During this process, the CIM server is not available to process CIM requests. After that the CIM Server loads the repository and starts up with the configuration. If error found in migrated repository or configuration file, the CIM server will not start.
To start or stop a CIMOM job from IBM Navigator for i, follow these steps:
  • Log on to your system.
  • Click IBM i Management > Network > Servers > User-Defined Servers.
  • On the User-Defined Servers page, you can work with CIMOM.
To start or stop a CIMOM job from a command-line interface, use the following commands:
  • To start the CIMOM job, use the STRTCPSVR *CIMOM command.
  • To end the CIMOM job, use the ENDTCPSVR *CIMOM command.

Auto-start CIM Server

Following significant updates are introduced in 5770-UME V1R4M0.

5770-UME V1R4M0 CIM server is configured as an auto-start service when doing scratch install of IBM i 7.2, which means the CIM server can be started without any manual setup, as long as licensed program 5770-UME V1R4M0 is successfully installed. Successfully installation of licensed program 5770-UME V1R4M0 indicates all pre-requirements are met, so CIM server can run correctly. As a result of this, 5770-UME V1R4M0 CIM server will be automatically started along with every system start, such as IPL.

For systems which do not have licensed program 5770-UME V1R4M0 pre-installed, no matter whether it has been removed or not, CIM server does not start automatically after installation or re-installation of licensed program 5770-UME V1R4M0. It can only be started by running command STRTCPSVR *CIMOM manually, or starts along with restarting of the IBM i system.

Note: You can use IBM Navigator for i to configure the auto-start behavior of the CIM server by the following steps:
  • From IBM Navigator for i, select Network > Servers > User-Defined Servers.
  • Right click CIMOM, then select Properties (on the popup menu), enable/disable the auto-start feature by check/uncheck the item Start when TCP/IP is started.