Process definition settings
Use this page to configure a process definition. A process definition includes the command line information necessary to start or initialize a process. To view this console page, click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name. Then, in the Server Infrastructure section, click Java and process management > Process definition.
(zos) On z/OS you must then click Control, Servant, or Adjunct.
(zos) For z/OS, this page provides command-line information for starting, initializing, or stopping a process. Each of the commands for which information is provided can be used for the control process. Only the Start command and Start command arguments properties apply for the servant process. Specify the commands for the control process on one process definition panel and the commands for the servant process on another process definition panel. Do not specify the commands for the two different processes on the same panel.
Executable name
This command line information specifies the executable name that is invoked to start the process.
For example, if you are using a perl script as a generic server, enter the path to the perl.exe module in the Executable name field, and then enter the name of the perl script, along with any arguments, in the Executable arguments field.
(zos) This field is not available for the z/OS control process.
Information Value Data type String
Executable arguments
This command line information specifies the arguments that are passed to the executable when starting the process.
We can enter multiple arguments in this field, but they must be separated by carriage returns. Use the Enter key on the keyboard to create these carriage returns. The following example illustrates how a perl script application that requires two arguments should appear in this field:
perl_application.pl arg1 arg2(zos) This field is not available for the z/OS control process.
Information Value Data type String Units Command-line arguments
Start command (startCommand)
This command line information specifies the platform-specific command to launch the server process. (zos)
- z/OS control process
Information Value Data type String Format START control_JCL_procedure_name Example START BBO6ACR
- z/OS servant process
For the z/OS servant process, the value on the start command specifies the procedure name that workload manager (WLM) uses to start the servant process. WLM only uses this value if the WLM dynamic application environment feature is installed.
type, Format, and Example. The following table describes
Information Value Data type String Format servant_JCL_procedure_name Example BBO6ASR
Start command arguments (startCommandArgs)
This command line information specifies any additional arguments required by the start command.
If we have two or more arguments that need to be passed for process definition settings, then specify the arguments on separate lines. For example, if you are specifying port 8089 and a configuration file (location and file name) as command arguments, you would specify:
<startCommandArgs>8089<startCommandArgs> <startCommandArgs>/opt/payexpert/conf/PCPILogServer.properties<startCommandArgs>In the console, specified this by entering each argument on a new line.Do not separate the command arguments with just a space. (zos)
- z/OS control process
Example. The following table describes the data type,
Information Value Data type String Format JOBNAME=server_short_name, ENV=cell_short_name.node_short_name.server_short_name Example JOBNAME=BBOS001,ENV=SY1.SY1.BBOS001
- z/OS servant process
Example. The following table describes the data type,
Information Value Data type String Format JOBNAME=server_short_nameS, ENV=cell_short_name.node_short_name.server_short_name Example JOBNAME=BBOS001S,ENV=SY1.SY1.BBOS001
(zos) Avoid trouble: For z/OS, the server short name (JOBNAME) contains 7 characters by default, but we can lengthen the short name to 8 characters.gotcha
Stop command (stopCommand)
This command line information specifies the platform-specific command to stop the server process
(zos) For z/OS, if this field is left blank, then the MVS STOP command is used to stop the generic server.
two commands in the field, one for the Stop command, and one for the
Information Value Data type String Format STOP server_short_name;CANCEL server_short_name z/OS example STOP BBOS001;CANCEL BBOS001
Stop command arguments (stopCommandArgs)
This command line information specifies any additional arguments required by the stop command.
Information Value Data type String Format stop command arg string;immediate stop command arg string z/OS example ;ARMRESTART In this example, Stop has no arguments. Immediate Stop has the argument ARMRESTART. A semicolon precedes ARMRESTART.
Terminate command (terminateCommand)
This command line information specifies the platform-specific command to terminate the server process.
Information Value Data type String Format FORCE server_short_name z/OS example FORCE BBOS001
Terminate command arguments (terminateCommandArgs)
This command line information specifies any additional arguments required by the terminate command.
The default is an empty string.
Format, Example. Specify additional arguments for the
Information Value Data type String Format terminate command arg string z/OS example ARMRESTART
Work directory
File system directory that the process uses as its current working directory. This setting only applies for IBM i and distributed platforms. The process uses this directory to determine the locations of input and output files with relative path names.
(zos) This field does not display for the z/OS control process.
(zos) Avoid trouble: On z/OS, the working directory is always the UNIX System Services directory defined using the OMVS setting of the RACF user profile for the user that starts the servant. Therefore, even if specified a directory in this field, the UNIX System Services directory is used as the working directory. To provide compatibility between applications that run on a z/OS platform and on a distributed platform, set the UNIX System Services directory to the same value specified for the Working directory field on the distributed platform system.gotcha
Information Value Data type String
Executable target type
Whether the executable target is a Java class or an executable JAR file.
Information Value Data type String
Executable target
Name of the executable target. If the target type is a Java class name, this field contains the main() method. If the target type is an executable JAR file, this field contains the name of that JAR file.
Information Value Data type String
Subtopics
- Process execution settings
Use this page to view or change the process execution settings for a server process.
- Process logs settings
Use this page to view or change settings for specifying the files to which standard out and standard error streams write.
- Monitoring policy settings
Use this page to view or change settings that control how the node agent monitors and restarts a process.
- (zos) Process definition type settings
Use this page to view or change settings for a process definition type. This page only displays if you are running the product on z/OS.
Related tasks
Define application server processes (zos) Converting a 7-character server short name to 8 characters
Java virtual machine settings (iseries)(dist) Process logs settings
Custom property collection Monitor policy settings (zos) Process definition type settings