Starting, Stopping, and Restarting a Directory Server Instance

You can use the following commands at the command line:

To start a Directory Server instance: dsadm start
To stop a Directory Server instance: dsadm stop
To restart a Directory Server instance: dsadm restart

These commands must be run by the same UID and GID that created the Directory Server, or run by root. For example, if Directory Server runs as user1 , you should run the start, stop, and restart utilities as user1.

Note - When using these commands, also note the following:

When you stop and restart a Directory Server instance with a large cache in memory configured to hold entries, the cache takes some time to refill. While the cache fills again, the instance responds more slowly.
Directory Server may need some time to start depending upon the cache size or on the need to recover from the database transaction log. In such an event, the dsadm start command may exit on error or timeout. If you anticipate this problem, the timeout may be changed using the dsadm set-flags dsadm-startup-timeout command. In the same way, the shutdown timeout may be changed using the dsadm set-flags dsadm-shutdown-timeout command.
On Solaris, role-based access control allows you to run Directory Server as a user other than root.

To Start, Stop, and Restart Directory Server

You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help. However, this does not apply to the step for enabling and disabling service management. Enabling and disabling service management must be done at the command line when starting and stopping Directory Server.

For more information about dsadm subcommands and options used below, see dsadm(1M).

To start, stop, or restart Directory Server, do one of the following:
- To start the server, type:
```
$ dsadm start instance-path
```
  For example, to start a server with the instance path /local/dsInst, use this command:
```
$ dsadm start /local/dsInst
```
  If the start operation fails after a configuration change, use the --safe option as shown in the following command:
```
$ dsadm start --safe /local/dsInst
```
- To stop the server, type:
```
$ dsadm stop [--force] instance-path 
```
  For example:
```
$ dsadm stop --force /local/dsInst
```
- To restart the server, type:
```
$ dsadm restart instance-path
```
  For example:
```
$ dsadm restart /local/dsInst
```

To List All the Running Instances

List the running instances on a host using the following command:
```
dsadm list-running-instances [--all]
```
The –all option lists the running instances from any installation path.

To Stop the Running Instances

Stop the running instances on a host using the following command:
```
dsadm stop-running-instances [-i] [--force]
```

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