Start and stop the deployment manager

A deployment manager is another name for a WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment instance. The deployment manager is an administration application which runs in a special application server, which is created when you install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment or create a new Network Deployment instance. The deployment manager allows you to adminster multiple WebSphere Application Server nodes. This topic describes how you start and stop the application server for the deployment manager.

Start a deployment manager

Use one of these methods to start the application server for a deployment manager:

• Use the startServer Qshell script
  The startServer Qshell script allows you to start the application server for the deployment manager. For information on how to start an application server using the startServer script, see The startServer script.

• Use the startManager Qshell script
  The startManager Qshell script allows you to start the application server for the deployment manager. For information on how to start a deployment manager application server using the startManager script, see The startManager script.

• Use the Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command
  You can run this CL command from an OS/400 command line:

  SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(QEJBAS5/QEJBSTRSVR) PARM('-instance'
    '/QIBM/UserData/WebAS5/ND/instance' '-server' 'server')) JOB(server)
    JOBD(QEJBAS5/QEJBJOBD) JOBQ(QEJBAS5/QEJBJOBQ) USER(QEJBSVR) LANGID(*USRPRF)
    CNTRYID(*USRPRF) CCSID(*USRPRF)

  where instance is the name of the instance that you want to start and server is the name of the server in that instance.

Stop a deployment manager

Use one of these methods to stop the application server for a deployment manager:

• Use the stopServer Qshell script
  The stopServer script allows you to stop the application server for a deployment manager. For information on how to stop the deployment manager using the stopServer script, see The stopServer script.

• Use the stopManager Qshell script
  The stopManager Qshell script allows you to stop the application server for a deployment manager. For information on how to stop the deployment manager using the stopManager script, see The stopManager script.

• Use the End Job (ENDJOB) CL command
  To use the ENDJOB CL command to end an application server, enter this command on an OS/400 command line:

  ENDJOB JOB(jobNumber/QEJBSVR/jobName) OPTION(*CNTRLD) DELAY(delayTime)

  where jobNumber is the job number, jobName is the name of the application server job for the deployment manager, and delayTime is the amount of time to wait for the job to end in seconds. It is recommended that delayTime be 600 seconds initially.

• Use the Network Deployment deployment manager administrative console
  To stop the deployment manager from the administrative console for the deployment manager:

  1. Start the administrative console. For more information, see the Start the deployment manager administrative console topic in Installation.
  2. Expand System Administration and click Deployment Manager.
  3. Click Stop located in the upper left corner of the Configuration sheet (just above General Properties heading).