Start and stop an application server on i5/OS

Starting an application server starts both the application server and any applications that run inside the application server.

Your user profile must have *JOBCTL authority to start or stop an application server.

To start an application server on i5/OS:

1. Ensure the WAS subsystem is started by doing the following:

   1. Start a command session.

   2. Issue the following command:

      WRKSBS
      
      
      

   3. Ensure that the following subsystem appears in the list of running subsystems displayed:

      QWAS6
      
      
      

2. Start a QShell session by entering the following from an i5/OS command line:

   STRQSH
   
   
   

3. Do one of the following:
   

   These commands are case sensitive.

   • To start an application server

     WC_profiledir/bin/startServer -servername
     
     
     

   • To stop an application server

     WC_profiledir/bin/stopServer -servername
     
     
     

   • To start an application server under WAS Network Deployment

     WAS_ND_profiledir/bin/startServer -profileName WAS_ND_profile
     
     
     

   • To stop an application server under WAS Network Deployment

     WAS_ND_profiledir/bin/stopServer
     
     
     

 

Related Concepts

Application server log files

 

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