Starting, stopping, and restarting CM Server

This topic describes how you can start, stop, and restart CM Server.
About this task
CM Server is usually started at boot time. If you need to stop or restart CM Server (for example, to force it to read a changed configuration file) follow these steps:
  • On Windows®:

    You can start, shutdown, or restart these services by clicking Start > Control Panel > Services. From here, you can access the following services:

    • IBM® HTTP Server 6.1
    • IBM WebSphere® Application Server Version 6.1 - cmprofile
  • On UNIX and the Linux system:
    Navigate to the CM/bin directory and run one of the following three scripts. These scripts start and stop both IBM HTTP Server and WebSphere Application Server components of CM Server:
    • cmserver_startup starts CM Server if it is not running.
    • cmserver_shutdown stops CM Server.
    • cmserver_restart runs the cmserver_shutdown and cmserver_startup commands, in that order, to restart CM Server.
You can also manually start and stop CM Server by running the commands contained in the scripts. The following examples stop and start the default profile:
  • On Windows:
    %was_bin%\stopServer server1
    %was_bin%\startServer server1
  • On the UNIX® system and Linux®:
    $WAS_BIN/stopServer server1
    $WAS_BIN/startServer server1
If you have more than one profile in use (for example, one for CM Server and another for RequisitePro® Web), you must also specify the profile on the command. For example:
  • On Windows:
    %was_bin%\stopServer server1 -profileName cmprofile
    %was_bin%\startServer server1 -profileName cmprofile 
  • On the UNIX system and Linux:
    $WAS_BIN/stopServer server1 -profileName cmprofile
    $WAS_BIN/startServer server1 -profileName cmprofile 

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