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Starting and stopping a Process Router

Use the Process Task Manager to start or stop a Process Router.

TIP On a Windows-based web server (FileNet Web Services Client or Open Client only), you can start and stop a Process Router from Process Service Administrator; via this tool, you can configure a router to start automatically when you start Windows. Whichever method you choose to start a router, you must use the same method to stop the router; for example, to stop a router you started in Process Task Manager, you must again use Process Task Manager. (For the purposes of this discussion, Process Task Manager and the command line option are considered to be the same method.)

NOTE On a Content Engine or Content Services server, you must use the Process Service Administrator to start and stop the router.

You can start a router process before or after you have started the PPM on the Process Engine, although the Process Task Manager displays a warning if PPM is not started. If the router fails to connect to a PPM process or receives a connection error while running, the router tries to reconnect to the PPM the next time the router is accessed.

NOTE If a remote HTTP server is deployed, for each Process Router running on the Application Engine or web server, you must start a Process Router on the remote HTTP server using the same router name and port number. See "Start the Process Router" in the FileNet P8 Installation Guide or Process Installation Guide for FileNet Image Manager for further information.

To start a router

  1. Select the Routers node in the feature pane.
  2. If necessary, add a new router.
  3. In the feature pane, select the router you want to start and click Start on the toolbar.

To stop a router

  1. In the feature pane, select the router you want to stop.
  2. Click Stop on the toolbar.
  3. If desired, you can delete the router from the feature pane by selecting Delete from the Action menu.