Starting the WebSphere Application Server

Note: By default, WebSphere Application Server 7.0 creates and configures a default server named server1 during installation. If you named your server something other than the default value, then substitute that name for server1 in the following steps.

To start the WebSphere Application Server:

1. Start a command prompt.

2. Navigate to the <websphere_install_dir>\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\binWebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin directory. For example:

   cd Z:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\bin

   cd /u01/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/bin

3. Issue the command startServer followed by the Application Server name. For example:

   Z:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\bin > startServer server1

   ./startServer.sh server1

This command is case sensitive.

Tip: The Application Server can also be started through the Windows Services Applet. Each profile that you configured will have a corresponding service that is automatically created when you created the profile.

Note: Starting with Tools Release 8.97, you can use the Server Manager to start the WebSphere process.