START and STOP commands on z/OS

These examples use an integration node called integrationNodeName. Start and stop the integration node using the MVS™ START (S) and STOP (P) commands. If you want to pass information to the integration node while it is running, use the MVS MODIFY command (F) to issue commands. For example:

F integrationNodeName,rt

The MVS command START (S) starts an integration node on MVS. This initiates the control address space, plus other address spaces as needed, to run that component.

If you have problems starting the integration node, use the command:

  S <integration node name>,STRTP=MAN

This command starts the administration task but not the integration servers.

The MVS command STOP (P) stops a server component completely, including its control address space.

For administration purposes you can bring the server component into another state, where the control address space is still running, but all other components are stopped.

For example, this is needed in order to change integration node startup parameters, see mqsichangebroker command. You can do this by using the MODIFY (/F) command on the started component, and using the startcomponent (SC) or stopcomponent (PC) options. See mqsistart command and mqsistop command for more information.