Process Engine startup and shutdown

This topic includes detailed instructions for starting up and shutting down the Process Engine software. Process Engine consists of the Process Engine software and the workflow database.

The IBM FileNet P8 Platform components are interdependent. See IBM FileNet P8 component relationships to determine the optimum order for starting up and shutting down your system components.

The tables below contain detailed startup and shutdown instructions. Each step is listed in the first column. The columns to the right contain the detailed instructions or commands necessary to accomplish the step. The first table describes startup and shutdown procedures using the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) available in the component or operating system software. The second table lists the equivalent command line instructions. You can execute the command-line instructions directly from a command prompt, or incorporate them into a script.

GUI procedures

GUI startup

You can configure a variety of options for automatic startup. In order to provide you with all of the steps required to start this component, the procedure below assumes that no automatic startup options have been configured. Where automatic startup is configured, the related step becomes unnecessary.

TIP Click Automatic startup tip for instructions on enabling automatic startup for a step.

Start the database software.

Use the startup procedures specified by your database software vendor. Make sure the database is completely up before proceeding.

On each Process Engine server, start the required Process Engine service (Windows). Automatic startup tip

NOTE  This automatically starts any Process Engine features which you have enabled for automatic startup.

Windows

Use the Windows Services console to start the Process Engine Services Manager service.

UNIX

Process Engine on UNIX does not have a corresponding daemon that must be started. However, if you have enabled any Process Engine features for automatic startup, you can start them at this time by entering the following at the command prompt:

vwtaskman -autostart

Start all Process Engine servers. Automatic startup tip
  1. If it is not already open, open Process Task Manager.
  2. Select each server in the Servers node and click Start on the toolbar.
GUI shutdown

On each Process Engine server, stop all Process-related features.

Windows

Use the Windows Services console to stop the Process Engine Services Manager service.

UNIX

Using Process Task Manager, select the Process Service node and click Stop on the toolbar.

Stop the database software.

Use the shutdown procedures specified by your database software vendor.

Command-line procedures

Command-line startup

Start the database software.

Use the startup procedures specified by your database software vendor.

On each Process Engine server, start the required Process Engine service (Windows), and automatically start those Process Engine features which you have enabled for automatic startup.

This step assumes that all processes have been enabled for automatic startup. Refer to the manual steps above for instructions for those processes which do not start automatically, and for more information on enabling automatic startup.

Windows

net start "IMSService"
net start "VWServicesPE"

NOTE  You can enable automatic startup for these Windows services — the command-line syntax has been included here for your reference.

UNIX

vwtaskman -autostart

Command-line shutdown
On each Process Engine server, stop all Process Engine processes. Windows

net stop "VWServicesPE"
net stop "IMSService"

UNIX

vwtaskman -autostop

Stop the database software.

Use the shutdown procedures specified by your database software vendor.