Other IBM i Start Up Options

In this section:

You can use the following methods to start and manage the server environment using either native IBM i CALL syntax or QSH syntax. The directory and library names shown are examples; the actual names you use may differ.

If the -start or -sstart option is:

You can view the spool file by means of WRKSBMJOB Option 8 (Work with spooled files) of the PGM-QZSHSH task (start using QSH shell scripts) or of the PGM-TSCOM300 task (start using TSCOM300) task.

You can issue other combinations of standard server control parameters by replacing the option in one of the examples above with another edastart option, such as -stop, -show, -traceon, and -traceoff.


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CL and CMD Programs

The process of installing a server will also create and compile CL and CMD sources so that server functions, such as start, stop, show and tracing may be activated on the IBM i menu command line. The start command starts the server as a batch job issued to a specified job queue, and is particularly useful for automatically starting a server at boot time or with minimal effort.

The CL and CMD sources are created in a configuration bin directory, then copied into QTEMP and compiled into the user CURLIB (for example, the IADMIN library). The core EDASTART program is generic for any installation and is driven by the defaults within the command files. If you want to have more than one configuration, use separate libraries or rename the programs to prevent overwriting.

Note: Releases prior to Version 7.6.3 allowed *CRTDFT QGPL as a CURLIB and, if so configured, the CL and CMD files would have been placed into QGPL. These QGPL copies should be deleted and, if there are any site-created CLs that use them, they should be adjusted for the new location.

The basic commands and functions are listed in the following table.

Command

Function

ISTART

edastart

ISTOP

edastart -stop

ISHOW

edastart -show

ISHOWLOG

edastart -showlog

ITRCON

edastart -traceon

ITRCOFF

edastart -traceoff

ICLEAR

edastart -clear

ICLRDIR

edastart -cleardir

ISAVEDIA

edastart -savediag

To use any of the commands, type the command at the IBM i menu command line. You may also point to other EDACONF directories using the IBM i F4 Prompt mode.

The CL and CMD script may be further customized, or the defaults may be changed, by manually copying the desired file to a library and then changing and recompiling it. Detailed instructions for all steps are contained within the EDASTART CL source. Configuration of a particular language on the Web Console does not currently change the defaults with the file sources. These must be changed manually.


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