Starting Components Using es-start (Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide)

Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide

Starting Components Using `es-start`

The es-start command-line script enables you to start specific Sun Management Center components. The syntax of the es-start command is as follows:

es-start -achlAS [-y instance-name] [ -- args... ]

The following table describes the es-start command parameters.

Table 8–1 es-start Options


Option	Modifying Options	Definition
`-a`		Start the agent
`-c`		Start the console
`-c`	`--- -XmxNNm`	Start the console with a heap size of `NN` Mbytes
`-c`	`--- -p port-number`	Start the console and override the default port with `port-number`
`-h`		List the options for `es-start`
`-l`		Start the platform agent
`-y`	`instance-name`	Start a new instance of the platform agent where `instance-name` is the name of the platform instance you provide
`-A`		Start all components except the console
`-S`		Start the server and all the server subcomponents
`-S`	`--- -XmxNNm`	Start the server and all server subcomponents with a heap size of `NN` Mbytes

The following examples show how to use es-start and its parameters.

To start all Sun Management Center processes, type:

# /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -A

To start the console, the server, and the agent, type:

# /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -Ac

To specify the maximum console heap size when starting the console, use the es-start -c and -X parameters.

# /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -c -- -Xmx100m

To specify a specific port when starting the console, use the es-start -c and -p parameters.

# /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -c -- -p 2090

To specify the maximum server heap size when starting the server, use the es-start -s and -X parameters.

# es-start -S -- -Xmx100m