Start and stopping a node

Operating Systems: i5/OS
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This topic applies only on the i5/OS operating system.

Start and stopping a node

This topic describes how you can start and stop a node. Starting and stopping a node is applicable only if your profile, also known as a node, is added to a WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment domain or cell. Before you can start and stop a node, federate the node into a cell.

Overview

Start or stop a node as need in administering your Network Deployment environment. Before your environment can service requests, have the deployment manager and node started, and typically an HTTP server.

Procedure

Start a node. Use one of these methods to start a node:
- Use the startNode Qshell script.
  For information on this script, see the startNode command.
- Use the Submit Job (SBMJOB) CL command.You can run this CL command from an i5/OS command line:
```
SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(product_library/QWASSTRSVR) PARM('-profilePath'
  'profile_root' '-server' 'node agent')) JOB(server)
  JOBD(QWAS61/QWASJOBD) JOBQ(QWAS61/QWASJOBQ) USER(QEJBSVR) LANGID(*USRPRF)
  CNTRYID(*USRPRF) CCSID(*USRPRF) OUTQ(QWAS61/QWASOUTQ) ALWMLTTHD(*YES)
```
  where
  - profile_root is the profile root of the node agent.
  - node agent is the name of the node agent server that you want to start.
Stop a node. Use one of these methods to stop a node:
- Use the stopNode Qshell script.
  You can use the stopNode script to stop a node from the Qshell command line of the iSeries server hosting the node. For more information about using this script, see the stopNode command.
- Use the deployment manager administrative console.To use the deployment manager administrative console to stop a node:
  1. Start the Network Deployment profile that manages your node.
  2. Start the administrative console for the deployment manager. For more information, see Starting the administrative console for the deployment manager.
  3. Expand System Administration and click Node Agents.
  4. Select the checkbox for the node that you want to stop.
  5. Click Stop.
- Use the End Job (ENDJOB) CL command To use the ENDJOB CL command to end an application server, enter this command on an i5/OS 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. Set the value to 600 seconds initially. To find out what the appropriate delayTime value is, see Shutting down the WebSphere Application Server subsystem.

Results

You have started and stopped a node.

What to do next

You can do a variety of things, such as deploy applications, create a cluster, and generally administer your Network Deployment environment.

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Starting and stopping the deployment manager