Detailed Description of Target Control Operations

Start/Stop

As mentioned earlier, start/stop allows operators to startup/shutdown a target. In a way, it also confirms that the environment is properly installed by checking that the configuration files contain all the values necessary to bring up/down the environment. These are available on the target home pages for the batch server target types.

These buttons open a dialog in which the administrator enters the credentials to connect to the server for the purpose of either starting or stopping the target. For the web application and web services, we need to use the “Application Deployment” targets discovered using the Oracle Fusion middleware/weblogic domain plugin.

Figure 1. Credentials Input
The Start or Stop menu item opens the Credentials Input dialog, which enables the administrator to configure the credentials to connect to the host environment and Oracle Utilities Application Framework.

The types of credentials that can be selected are:

  • Credentials to connect to the host on which environment is running (e.g., cissys or oracle)
  • Credentials that were used to configure the environment (e.g., cissys)

You can either enter these values or select a saved credential.

When credentials are entered, clicking OK executes the selected command (Start server or Stop server). Clicking Cancel or closing the dialog exits without starting (or stopping) the server.

Note: The Start/Stop buttons submit jobs that perform the same function provided by the spl.sh/spl.cmd start/stop command-line utility. Thus, the environment in which you are working must be set up so that these utilities are available and properly functioning.