Starting and stopping an application server on Windows

To start an application server, do the following:

  1. Log on using Windows user ID with Administrator authority.
  2. Start a command prompt session.
  3. Issue the following commands:
    cd WAS_installdir\bin
    startServer server_name

    where:

    WAS_installdir
    is the installation directory for WebSphere Application Server.
    server_name
    is the name of the application you want to start. This parameter is case-sensitive - ensure that you have the correct case in the spelling of the application server name.

    The names of application servers are as follows:

    Application Application server name
    WebSphere CommerceWC_commerce_instance_name
    WebSphere Commerce Paymentspayments_instance_name_Commerce_Payments_Server

    where commerce_instance_name is the name of the WebSphere Commerce instance and payments_instance_name is the name of the WebSphere Commerce Payments instance.

    The default name of the WebSphere Commerce instance is demo, so the name of the default WebSphere Commerce application server is WC_demo.

    The default name of the WebSphere Commerce Payments instance is wpm, so the name of the default WebSphere Commerce Payments application server is wpm_Commerce_Payments_Server.

    The application server started successfully when the following message is displayed:

    Server server_name open for e-business

  4. Check the application server log files to ensure that the application server and the applications running inside the application server started without errors.

To stop an application server, do the following:

  1. Log on using Windows user ID with Administrator authority.
  2. Start a command prompt session.
  3. Issue the following commands:

    cdWAS_installdir\bin
    stopServerserver_name

    where:

    WAS_installdir
    is the installation directory for WebSphere Application Server.
    server_name
    is the name of the application server you want to stop. This parameter is case-sensitive - ensure that you have the correct case in the spelling of the application server name.

    The names of application servers are as follows:

    Application Application server name
    WebSphere CommerceWC_commerce_instance_name
    WebSphere Commerce Paymentspayments_instance_name_Commerce_Payments_Server

    where commerce_instance_name is the name of the WebSphere Commerce instance and payments_instance_name is the name of the WebSphere Commerce Payments instance.

    The default name of the WebSphere Commerce instance is demo, so the name of the default WebSphere Commerce application server is WC_demo.

    The default name of the WebSphere Commerce Payments instance is wpm, so the name of the default WebSphere Commerce Payments application server is wpm_Commerce_Payments_Server.

    The application server stopped successfully when the following message is displayed:

    Server server_name stop completed

  4. Check the application server log files to ensure that the application server and the applications running inside the application server stopped without errors.