When starting the Business Integration Express for Item Sync system, the order you must follow is to start WebSphere MQ Listener (if it is not already running as a service), then start InterChange Server, then System Manager.
When shutting down an instance of InterChange Server Express, you have two choices. You can shut down the system gracefully or immediately. A graceful shutdown allows the system to complete work that is in progress before shutting down, whereas an immediate shutdown stops the system without allowing pending events to process.
Before you can start the system, make sure all of the necessary third-party software is running, including the database on which the repository resides.
When you start up the system, all connectors and collaborations come up in the state they were in at the time they were last shut down. For example, if a collaboration was paused at shutdown, it is paused when the system is started again.