weblogic.Admin Command-Line Reference

WebLogic Server Command Reference

STARTCLUSTER

Starts all of the servers that are in a cluster have been configured to use a Node Manager.

This command requires the following environment:

The domain's Administration Server must be running.
The Node Manager must be running on the Managed Server's host machine.
The Managed Server must be configured to communicate with a Node Manager. For more information, refer to "Configuring a Machine" in the Administration Console Online Help.

The Startup Mode field in the Administration Console determines whether a Managed Server starts in the RUNNING state or STANDBY state. See "Server Life Cycle" in Configuring and Managing WebLogic Server.

Syntax

java [ SSL Arguments ] weblogic.Admin 
     [-url URL]
     [ User Credentials Arguments ]
   STARTCLUSTER -clusterName clusterName

Argument	Definition
{-url [`protocol://`]`listen-address:listen-port}`	Specify the listen address and listen port of the Administration Server. If you specify a secure listen port, you must also specify a secure protocol. If you do not specify a value, the command assumes `t3://localhost:7001`. For more information, refer to the -url entry in Table 1-3 on page 11 and Protocol Support.
`-clusterName` `clusterName`	The name of the cluster as specified in the domain's configuration file (`config.xml`).

Argument

Definition

{-url [protocol://]listen-address:listen-port}

Specify the listen address and listen port of the Administration Server.

If you specify a secure listen port, you must also specify a secure protocol.

If you do not specify a value, the command assumes t3://localhost:7001.

For more information, refer to the -url entry in Table 1-3 on page 11 and Protocol Support.

-clusterName clusterName

The name of the cluster as specified in the domain's configuration file (config.xml).

Example

The following example starts a cluster:

java weblogic.Admin -url AdminHost:7001 
  -username weblogic -password weblogic 
  STARTCLUSTER -clustername MedRecCluster

For more information about the environment in which this example runs, refer to Example Environment.

If the command succeeds, it returns output similar to the following:

Starting servers in cluster MedRecCluster: MedRecMS2,MedRecMS1
All servers in the cluster "MedRecCluster" started successfully.