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6.6.3.3.1: Starting application servers with the Web console

6.6.3.3.1: Starting application servers with the Web console

During this task, you will start a new server process based on the current server configuration's process definition settings.

  1. Select the Configuration menu listed at the top of the right side of the console.
  2. Select configuration file of the server that you want to stop.
  3. In the tree on the left side of the console, click Nodes -> hostname -> Application Servers to display the application servers view.
  4. Select the application server that you want to start.
  5. Click the Start button to launch a new server process based on the current server configuration's process definition settings.

You can view logs to check whether the server has started.

Variations -- starting the server for tracing and debugging

To start the server with standard Java debugger:

  1. In the tree on the left side of the console, click Nodes -> hostname -> Application Servers -> application_server_name -> Process Definition -> JVM Settings to view the JVM settings.
  2. In the JVM settings, check Debug mode to enable the standard Java debugger. Set the debug arguments if needed.
  3. Save the changes to a configuration file.
  4. Stop the server.
  5. Start the server again (see above).

To start the server with IBM Distributed debugger or Object Level Trace:

  1. In the tree on the left side of the console, click Nodes -> hostname -> Application Servers -> application_server_name -> IBM Debug and OLT.
  2. In IBM Debug and OLT settings, enable IBM Distributed debugger, enable Object Level Trace, or both.

    In order to use Distributed Debugger, you must enable both.

  3. Save the changes to a configuration file.
  4. Stop the server.
  5. Start the server again (see above).
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