The startManager script

The startManager script starts the deployment manager process for a Network Deployment instance.

Product

The startManager script is available with WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment only.

Authority

To run this script, your user profile must have *ALLOBJ authority. For information on setting explicit authorities for a user profile that does not have *ALLOBJ authority, see Set explicit authorities for the startServer and stopServer scripts.

Syntax

The syntax of the startManager script is:

startManager [ server ] [ -instance instance ]
 [ -nowait ] [ -timeout seconds ] [ -trace ] [ -help | -? ]

Parameters

The parameters of the startManager script are:

• server
  Optional that specifies the name of the deployment manager that you want to start.

  • If server is not specified and -instance is not specified or has a value of default, the default value for server is dmgr.
  • If server is not specified and a non-default instance is specified for the -instance parameter, the deployment manager name defaults to the value specified for the -instance parameter.

  This value is case sensitive.

• -instance
  Optional. The value instance specifies the name of the Network Deployment instance associated with the deployment manager that you want to start. The default value for this parameter is default.

• -nowait
  Optional. If you specify this parameter, the script returns control to the user without waiting for successful initialization of the server. The default is to wait for successful initialization.

• -timeout
  Optional. The value seconds specifies the amount of time in seconds to wait for successful initialization of the server. The script returns control to the user at the end of the timeout value. The default is to wait until the server initialization is complete.

• -trace
  Optional. If you specify this parameter, the trace function is turned on. The trace output is written to the JOBNAME.JOBUSER.JOBNUMBER file in the /QIBM/UserData/WebAS5/service/trace directory, where JOBNAME, JOBUSER, and JOBNUMBER are taken from the application server job. The job name is output when the job is submitted by the script.

• -help or -?
  This optional paramter prints the usage statement for the script.

Examples

startManager

This example starts the default deployment manager for the default instance.

startManager server1

This example starts the server1 deployment manager in the default instance.

startManager -instance myinst

This example starts the myinst deployment manager in the myinst instance.

startManager test -instance devinst -nowait

This example starts the test deployment manager in the devinst instance and returns control immediately to the user.