start service

Starts specific services.

Syntax

start service [-gdspool gdspool_name]
               -service service_name
             [{-database db_name | 
                 -override [-pwd password] -connect connect_identifier}]

Options

Table 2-103 GDSCTL start service Options

Option	Description
`-database db_name`	Specify the name of the database on which you want to start the service. If you do not specify this option, then GDSCTL starts the services on all preferred databases.
`-connect connect_identifier`	Specify an Oracle Net connect descriptor or net service name that resolves to a connect descriptor.
`-gdspool gdspool_name`	Specify the name of the database pool in which the services that you want to start are located. If not specified and there is only one `gdspool` with access granted to the user, it is used as the default `gdspool`.
`-override`	This option causes the command to run without updating the global service manager catalog. You can use this option when the catalog database is unavailable. During normal operation, you should not use this option.
`-pwd password`	Specify the password of the GSMUSER in the specified database.
`-service service_name`	Specify a comma-delimited list of global service names. If you do not use this option, then GDSCTL starts all the services in the database pool.

Usage Notes

You must connect to the catalog database as a user with the pool administrator privileges, using the command connect before running this command.

Before starting services which run on administrator-managed databases, they must be modified for those databases to stipulate which instances should run the service. Please refer to the -modify_instances parameter of the modify service command.

Example

Start the service SALES_REPORT, located in the READERFARM database pool.

GDSCTL> start service -gdspool readerfarm -service sales_report