3.6 Starting and Stopping Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Components

You can start up and shut down an instance of Oracle Enterprise Scheduler from Fusion Middleware Control.

The following components can be started and stopped:

  • Oracle Enterprise Scheduler instance.

  • Job request processor and dispatcher.

Note:

Stopping an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler instance or component is not recommended. Shutting down an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler component does not stop job requests from accumulating in the queue.

This section contains the following topics:

3.6.1 Starting and Stopping an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Service Instance

The Control menu for the scheduling service allows you to start an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler instance and consequently begin managing scheduled job requests.

Note:

Stopping an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler instance or component is not recommended.

To start up an instance of Oracle Enterprise Scheduler:

  1. From the Scheduling Service menu, select Control.

  2. Select Start Up.

To shut down an instance of Oracle Enterprise Scheduler:

  1. From the Scheduling Service menu, select Control.
  2. Select Shut Down.

3.6.2 Starting and Stopping a Request Processor or Dispatcher

You can start or stop a configured request processor or dispatcher from the Scheduling Service menu.

Note:

Stopping an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler instance or component is not recommended.

To start or stop a request processor or dispatcher:

  1. From the navigation pane, expand the Scheduling Services folder and select the Oracle Enterprise Scheduler application.
  2. Start the request processor or request dispatcher as follows.

    • From the Scheduling Services menu, select Request Processor and then select Start OR on the Home page, select a request processor in the Scheduler Components area and click on the Start button.

    • From the Scheduling Services menu, select Request Dispatcher and then select Start OR on the Home page, select a request dispatcher in the Scheduler Components area and click on the Start button.

  3. Stop the request processor or request dispatcher as follows.

    • From the Scheduling Services menu, select Request Processor and then select Stop OR on the Home page, select a request processor in the Scheduler Components area and click on the Stop button.

    • From the Scheduling Services menu, select Request Dispatcher and then select Stop OR on the Home page, select a request dispatcher in the Scheduler Components area and click on the Stop button.

  4. When prompted as to whether or not to stop the processor or dispatcher, click OK.