startServer command

The startServer command reads the configuration file for the specified application server and starts the server.

[Windows] If you are using the Windows platform and the you have the application server running as a Windows service, the startServer command will start the associated Windows service and it will be responsible for starting the application server.

You do not have to use a user name and password with the startServer command because this command launches a server process but does not invoke an MBean method.

Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: You can use the administrative console to change the Java virtual machine Classpath setting or the environment entries settings for a server. However, before making these changes you should understand the following consequences of making these changes: gotcha

For more information about where to run this command, see the Using command line tools article.

Syntax

The command syntax is as follows:
startServer <server> [options]
where server is the name of the application server to start.

[AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS] This argument is required.

[iSeries] This argument is optional. If this argument is not specified, a server is assigned based your profile name. If you use the profile named default, the <server> argument is set to server1. If the profile name is not default, the <server> argument is set to the profile name.

Parameters

The following options are available for the startServer command:

-?
Prints a usage statement.
-curlib <product_library> [iSeries]
Specifies the current library to use for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-cpyenvvar [iSeries]
Tells the startServer command to set the environment variables that are currently defined for the application server process. The default is to not set the currently defined environment variables.
-help
Prints a usage statement.
-inllibl <library_list> [iSeries]
Specifies the initial library list to use for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-inlaspgrp <ASP_group> [iSeries]
Specifies the initial ASP group for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-jobd <product_library/job_description> [iSeries]
Specifies the job description for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-jobq <product_library/job_queue> [iSeries]
Specifies the job queue for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-logfile <fileName> [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS]
Specifies the location of the log file to which trace information is written. By default, the log file is named startServer.log and is created in your logs directory.
-nowait [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [iSeries]
Tells the startServer command not to wait for successful initialization of the launched server process.
-outq <product_library/output_queue> [iSeries]
Specifies the output queue for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-profileName [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [iSeries]
Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multi-profile installation. The -profileName option is not required for running in a single profile environment. The default for this option is the default profile.
-quiet [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS]
Suppresses the progress information that the startServer command prints in normal mode.
-replacelog [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS]
Replaces the log file instead of appending to the current log.
-recovery
Specifies that the server will start in recovery mode, perform a transactional recovery, and shut down. The server will not accept any new transactions while it is in recovery mode. When you start the server again, resources that were unavailable due to questionable transactions will be available.

Use this option if a server fails and you do not want to accept new transactions during the recovery process.

[z/OS] Important: If you are migrating from a previous version of the product, make sure that the ENV parameter included on the JCL procedure statement for the controller includes either the REC=N or the REC=Y element. If the ENV parameter does not include either the REC=N or the REC=Y element, the server will not restart in recovery mode even if you specify the -recovery option.

[z/OS] If the ENV parameter includes the REC=N element, the setting is automatically changed to REC=Y if you specify -recovery when you restart the server. The REC=N element is automatically included on the ENV parameter if you did not migrate from a previous version of the product. Following is an example of what your updated PROC statement might look like:

//BBO6ACR  PROC ENV=,PARMS=' ',REC=N,Z=BBO6ACRZ       
[iSeries] When you invoke the startServer command with the -recovery parameter and the recovery process is unsuccessful, the following error message occurs in the SystemErr.log and SystemOut.log files:
CWNATV03I: Application server xxxxxx in profile xxxxxx has completed recovery. Server stopped.
The message does not indicate that the recovery process was unsuccessful. If you use the -recovery parameter, check the SystemErr.log and SystemOut.log files for the server that you are starting to determine if the recovery process was successful.
-sbs <product_library/subsystem_description> [iSeries]
Specifies the subsystem to use for the underlying Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.
-statusport <portNumber> [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS]
An optional parameter that allows an administrator to set the port number for server status callback. The tool opens this port and waits for status callback from the server indicating that the server has started. If the parameter is not set, an unused port is automatically allocated.
-script [<script fileName>] -background [AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS]
Generates a launch script with the startServer command instead of launching the server process directly. The launch script name is an optional argument. If you do not supply the launch script name, the default script file name is start_<server> based on the <server> name passed as the first argument to the startServer command. The -background parameter is an optional parameter that specifies that the generated script will run in the background when you execute it.
Note: The startserver.sh script launches a new process from the app_server_root directory to initialize the application server. The start_server1.sh script launches the application server from the directory in which the script is located. Because of this, the directory for the process launched using the startserver.sh script is the app_server_root directory and the directory for the process launched using the start_server1.sh script is the app_server_root/bin directory. Any system properties that are dependant on the process directory such as user.dir, might be different for processes launched using the startserver.sh and start_server1.sh scripts.
-trace
[AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] [z/OS] Generates trace information to the log file for debugging purposes.
[iSeries] Enables tracing of the native process code that starts the application server. The trace output is written to the was_jobname-jobuser-jobnum.log file which is located in the profile_root/logs directory.
-timeout <seconds>
Specifies the waiting time before server initialization times out and returns an error.
-usejobd [iSeries]
Specifies to use the job description from the Submit Job (SBMJOB) process for the server when switching to the Run-As user ID.
Note: This command does not affect the USER field of the current job description.

Usage scenario

[AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows] The following examples demonstrate correct syntax:
startServer server1

startServer server1 -script (produces the start_server1.sh or .bat files)

startServer server1 -trace (produces the startserver.log file)
[z/OS] The following examples demonstrate correct syntax:
startServer server1

startServer server1 -script (produces the start_server1.sh file)

startServer server1 -trace (produces the startserver.log file)
[iSeries] The following examples demonstrate correct syntax:
startServer server1 (starts the server1 server for the default profile)

startServer server1 -trace (starts the server1 server for
the default profile and produces trace files under the
profile_root/logs directory)

startServer -profileName mytest (starts server mytest 
configured under profile mytest)



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