6 Starting and Stopping Servers

This chapter describes post-installation tasks necessary to configure a working Oracle Communications Converged Application Server deployment.

Start and Stop the Converged Application Server Domain

To start the Converged Application Server domain, first start the Administration Server, then start individual Managed Servers to connect to the Administration Server. The sections that follow provide server startup instructions.

If you wish to start and stop servers remotely, for example by using the Administration Console, you must set up Node Manager on each server. For information on setting up and configuring the Node Manager on other platforms, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Node Manager Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Starting and Stopping the Administration Server

WebLogic Server provides several ways to start and stop server instances. The method that you choose depends on whether you prefer using the Administration Console or a command-line interface. See the WebLogic Server documentation for more information.

The following sections describe the most common methods of starting and stopping the Converged Application Server deployment's Administration Server.

Starting and Stopping the Administration Server on Windows

When you create an Administration Server on a Windows computer, the Configuration Wizard creates a shortcut on the Start menu for starting the server. The command that the Configuration Wizard adds to the Start menu opens a command window and calls a startup script.

Note:

You can also start and stop the Administration Server on the Windows operating system by executing the startweblogic.cmd and stopweblogic.cmd scripts located in the directory:

MW_home/user_projects/domains/domain_name/bin

To start the Administration Server:

From the Start menu, select All Programs, select Oracle Communications Converged Application Server, select User Projects, select Administration_Server_Name (this is the name you specified for the Administration Server during installation), then select Start Admin Server for Weblogic Server Domain.

When the server has successfully completed its startup process, it writes the following message to standard output (which, by default, is the command window):

<Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server started in RUNNING mode>

To stop the Administration Server:

From the Start menu, select All Programs, select Oracle Communications Converged Application Server, select User Projects, select BasicAdminSrv, then select Stop Admin Server.

Starting and Stopping the Administration Server on UNIX

To start the Administration Server:

Log in to the Administration Server machine.
Go to the directory: MW_home/user_projects/domains/domain_name/bin

Where MW_home is the directory in which the Converged Application Server software is installed (the installation program refers to this as Middleware Home), and domain_name is the name of the domain whose Administration Server you want to start.
Execute the startWebLogic.sh script to start the Administration Server.

To stop the Administration Server:

Log in to the Administration Server machine.
Go to the directory: MW_home/user_projects/domains/domain_name/bin/

Where MW_home is the directory in which the Converged Application Server software is installed (the installation program refers to this as Middleware Home), and domain_name is the name of the domain you want to start.
Execute the stopWebLogic.sh script to stop the Administration Server.

Starting and Stopping Managed Servers

Note:

Converged Application Server start scripts use default values for many JVM parameters that affect performance. For example, JVM garbage collection and heap size parameters may be omitted, or may use values that are acceptable only for evaluation or development purposes. In a production system, you must rigorously profile your applications with different heap size and garbage collection settings in order to realize adequate performance. See “Tuning JVM Garbage Collection for Production Deployments” in Converged Application Server Administrator's Guide for suggestions about maximizing JVM performance in a production domain.

To start the Managed Servers in the Converged Application Server domain:

If you have not already done so, start the domain's Administration Server.
Access one of the Managed Server machines. Always start the data tier servers first and then engine tire servers.
In a shell (command prompt) on the computer that hosts the Managed Server, change to the directory that contains the startManagedWebLogic script. By default, this directory is: MW_home/user_projects/domains/domain_name/bin/

Where MW_home is the directory in which the Converged Application Server software is installed (the installation program refers to this as Middleware Home), and domain_name is the name of the domain you want to start.
Execute the startManagedWebLogic.sh script.
```
startManagedWebLogic.sh managed_server_name admin_url
```
where:
- managed_server_name specifies the name of the Managed Server.
- admin_url specifies the listen address (host name, IP address, or DNS name) and port number of the domain's Administration Server.
For example:
```
startManagedWebLogic.sh ManagedServer5 http://127.0.0.1:7001
```
For each Managed Server that you want to start, open a separate command shell and follow steps 3 through 5. If you are starting Managed Servers on another machine, log in to that machine (remotely or locally) and then follow steps 3 through 5.

Where to Go From Here

Converged Application Server is based on the Oracle WebLogic Server 11g. Many configuration tasks are the same for both products. To learn about system administration and configuration tasks associated with Oracle WebLogic Server, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Getting Started With Installation for Oracle WebLogic Server.

For configuration and administrative tasks specific to Converged Application Server, refer to the appropriate document in the Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 5.1 documentation set:

Oracle Communications Converged Application Server Release Notes
Oracle Communications Converged Application Server Concepts
Oracle Communications Converged Application Server Administrator's Guide

To learn how to configure Diameter client nodes or relays in a Converged Application Server domain, see Oracle Communications Converged Application Server Administrator's Guide.

To learn how to configure the Converged Load Balancer, see the related information in Oracle Communications Converged Application Server Administrator's Guide.