A connector must be explicitly started using its connector start-up script. The startup script should reside in the connector's runtime directory. For example, for Windows use:
ProductDir\connectors\connName
where connName identifies the connector. The name of
the startup script depends on the operating-system platform, as Table 7 shows.
Table 7. Startup scripts for a connector
Operating system | Startup script |
---|---|
Windows | start_connName.bat |
OS/400 | start_connName.sh |
Linux | Before executing the start-up script, you must set environmental variables. Use this command to set the variables and start the connector: connector_manager -start connName [-cConfigFile] . |
For more information on how to start a connector, including the command line start-up options, refer to the System Administration Guide.
On Windows platforms, you can invoke the connector start-up script in the following ways:
You can load, activate, deactivate, pause, shutdown or delete a connector using this tool.
By default, the program name is "IBM WebSphere Business Integration
Express." However, it can be customized. Alternatively, you can
create a desktop shortcut to your connector.
start_connName connName icsName [-cconfigFile ]
On OS/400 platforms, you can invoke the connector start-up script in the following ways:
Where the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Console is installed, select Programs>IBM WebSphere Business Integration Console >Console. Then, specifiy the OS/400 system name or IP address and a user profile and password that has *JOBCTL special authority.Select the connName adapter from the list of adapters and select the Start Adapter button.
You need to run CL Command QSH, and from the QSHELL environment run /QIBM/ProdData/WBIServer43/bin/submit_adapter.sh script with the following parameters in order: connName WebSphereICSName pathToConnNameStartScript jobDescriptionName
where connName is the connector name, WebSphereICSName is the Interchange Server Express name, pathToConnNameStartScript is the full path to the connector start script, jobDescriptionName is the name of the job description to use in the QWBISVR43 library.
You need to run CL command QSH and from the QSHELL environment. Run
/QIBM/UserData/WBIServer43/WebSphereICSName/connectors/connName/ start_connName.sh connName WebSphereICSName [-cConfigFile]
where WebSphereICSName is the name of the Interchange Server Express instance and connName is the name of your connector.
You can load, activate, deactivate, pause, shutdown or delete a connector using this tool.
On Linux platforms, you can invoke the connector start-up script in the following way:
connector_manager -start connName WebSphereICSNAME [-cConfigFile]
where connName is the name of the connector and WebSphereICSName is the name of the Interchange Server Express instance.