startengine

Starts the CPU and operating system on one or more storage engines.

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>>-startengine--+--------+--+---engine_name-+-+----------------><
                +- -?----+  '- - -------------'
                +- -h----+
                '- -help-'

Parameters

–? | –h | –help
Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command options are ignored.
engine_name
Specifies the name of one or more storage engines to start.
Specifies that in single-shot command mode you want this command to receive from the input stream (stdin) the names of one or more storage engines to start.

Prerequisites

You must have Operator or Administrator privileges to use the command.

Description

You can stop and restart the local engine, but you cannot start a local engine that is stopped.

Example

Start an engine The following example starts engine ST1:
sfscli> startengine ST1
A start request has been sent to Engine ST1.
Tip: Run the lsengine command for current Engine status.

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related tasks
Powering on the engine

Related reference
lsengine
restartengine
statengine
stopengine

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