The startNode script

The startNode script starts the node agent process for a node that is part of a Network Deployment cell.

Product

The startNode script is available in the WebSphere Application Server product only.

Authority

To run this script, your user profile must have *ALLOBJ and *JOBCTL 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 startNode script is:

startNode [ -instance instance ] [ -nowait ]
 [ -timeout seconds ] [ -trace ] [ -help | ? ]

Parameters

The parameters of the startNode script are:

Examples

These examples demonstrate correct syntax:

startNode

This example starts the node agent for the default instance.

startNode -instance devinst

This example starts the node agent for the devinst instance.

startNode -nowait

Starts the node agent for the default instance. The script returns control to the user immediately, without waiting for the node agent server to successfully initialize.