Starting and terminating generic application servers

This topic describes how to start and terminate generic servers.

About this task

[AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows]For the WebSphere® Application Server (base) product, you cannot use the administrative console to create a generic application server definition or use the administrative console to start, stop or, in any way, control or manage that application server. The Base product administrative console can only be used to create server definitions and, if necessary, adjust the server definitions that it creates. To manage Base generic application servers, you need to use the command prompt environment, such as startServer <genericServerName> or stopServer <genericServerName> or serverStatus <genericServerName>. The wsadmin tool has no functional role in the Base application server environment.

Procedure

  1. Start a generic application server.

    Use the launchProcess operation of the wsadmin tool to start a generic application server.

    1. View the Status value and any messages or logs to see whether the generic server starts.
  2. Terminate generic servers.

    Use the MBean terminate launchProcess operation of the wsadmin tool to terminate a generic server.

    1. In the administrative console, click Servers > Server Types > Generic servers.
    2. Select the check box for the name of the generic server, and then click Terminate.
    3. View the Status value and any messages or logs to see whether the generic server terminates.