WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

startNode command

The startNode command reads the configuration file for the node agent process and constructs a launch command. Depending on the options that you specify, the startNode command creates a new Java virtual machine (JVM) API to run the agent process, or writes the launch command data to a file. For more information about where to run this command, see the Using command tools article.

If you are using the Windows platform and the you have the node agent running as a Windows service, the startNode command will start the associated Windows service and it will be responsible for starting the node agent.

Syntax

The command syntax is as follows:
startNode [options]

Parameters

The following options are available for the startNode command:

-nowait
Tells the startNode command not to wait for successful initialization of the node agent process.
-quiet
Suppresses the progress information that the startNode command prints in normal mode.
-logfile <fileName>
Specifies the location of the log file to which information gets written.
-profileName
Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multi-profile installation. The -profileName option is not required for running in a single profile environment. The default for this option is the default profile.
-replacelog
Replaces the log file instead of appending to the current log.
-trace
Generates trace information into a file for debugging purposes.
-timeout <seconds>
Specifies the waiting time before node agent initialization times out and returns an error.
-statusport <portNumber>
Specifies that an administrator can set the port number for node agent status callback.
-script [<script fileName>] -background
Generates a launch script with the startNode command instead of launching the node agent process directly. The launch script name is an optional argument. If you do not provide the launch script name, the default script file name is start_<nodeName>, based on the name of the node. The -background parameter is an optional parameter that specifies that the generated script will run in the background when you execute it.
-J-<java_option>
Specifies options to pass through to the Java interpreter.
-help
Prints a usage statement.
-?
Prints a usage statement.

Usage scenario

The following examples demonstrate correct syntax:
startNode 

startNode -script (produces the start_node.bat or .sh file)

startNode -trace (produces the startnode.log file)
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