Using the Windows® Service to start wsinstance nodes
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
WebSphere® Application Server V5.0 does not have nanny processes monitoring the application servers. You can use the Windows Services panel to monitor the application server. The WASService.exe file is used to create these services for V5.0. When you create a new node with the wsinstance service, the WASService.exe file creates a service for these application servers, but they do not work.
 
Cause
The Windows Service created for a wsinstance node fails because the WASService.exe file does not contain the necessary information about the wsinstance node.
 
Resolving the problem
Apply PQ75427 to the WebSphere Application Server V5.0 (Versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2) to fix the WASService.exe executable. This fix adds the wsinstance information to the Windows Service. The following information contains the usage details and an example command for a wsinstance server:
Usage: WASService.exe (with no arguments starts the service)
|| -add <service name>
-serverName <Server>
[-wasHome <WebSphere Installation Directory>]
[-configRoot <Configuration Repository Directory>]
[-startArgs <additional start arguments>]
[-stopArgs <additional stop arguments>]
[-userid <execution id> -password <password>]
[-logFile <service log file>]
[-logRoot <server log directory>]
[-userScript <setupCmdLine script file>]
[-restart <true | false>]
|| -remove <service name>
|| -start <service name>
|| -stop <service name>
|| -status <service name>

When trying to create a wsinstance service, you need the following parameters: -wasHome, -configRoot, -logRoot, and -userScript.

Here is an example command to create the wsinstance service:

C:\WebSphere50\AppServer\bin>WASService -add newserver -serverName server1 -wasHome C:\WebSphere50\AppServer -configRoot C:\WebSphere50\test -logRoot C:\WebSphere50\test\logs\server1 -logFile C:\WebSphere50\test\logs\server1_instance.log -userScript C:\WebSphere50\test\bin\setupCmdLine.bat

where the wsinstance node is located in the C:\WebSphere50\test directory.
 
 
Cross Reference information
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Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 5.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1142417
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jan 27, 2004