Starting and stopping the job manager (deprecated)

In your flexible management environment, you can start the job manager by using the startServer command. You can stop the job manager by using the stopServer command.

Before you begin

Before you can start or stop the job manager, you must first install the product.

About this task

Start the job manager so that you can administer jobs for large numbers of unfederated application servers and deployment managers. Stop the job manager as needed, such as when migrating to a new version of the product, when uninstalling the product, and so on.

Procedure

Start the job manager.
Use one of these methods to start the job manager:
- Use the startServer command:
```
startServer <job_manager>
```
  where job_manager is name of the job manager that you want to start.
- Use the START command to start the job manager:
```
START job_manager_proc_name,JOBNAME=server_short_name,
      ENV=cell_short_name.node_short_name.server_short_name
```
Stop the job manager.
Use one of these methods to stop the job manager:
- Use the Job manager administrative console.
  1. Click System Administration > Job manager.
  2. Click Stop on the Configuration tab.
- Use the stopServer command:
```
stopServer <job_manager>
```
  where job_manager is name of the job manager that you want to stop.

Results

You have started the job manager and have optionally stopped it.

What to do next

Administer jobs using the job manager. You can do such tasks as submit jobs, check the status of jobs, view nodes and node resources, or administer node groups.