Starting InterChange Server

Note:
To start up InterChange Server, you must be the WebSphere business integration administrator (admin by default). If you are not already the WebSphere business integration administrator, use the su command to become this administrator, or log in again as the WebSphere business integration administrator.
Important:
If you are using DB2 Server, set EXTSHM=ON before starting InterChange Server. See Installation information for the location of this setting.

To start InterChange Server:

  1. Run the ics_manager script with the following command:
    ics_manager -start
    

    Note:
    InterChange Server will start up in production mode. If you want to start InterChange Server in design mode, append the -design argument to the end of the command line. For example:
    ics_manager -start -design
    
    Note:
    The Integrated Test Environment (ITE) is now accessed by appending the -test argument to the end of the command line. For example:
    ics_manager -start -test
    

    More details on the use of the ITE can be found in the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange Server.

    The first time you start the server, InterChange Server creates the repository schema in the database and launches InterChange Server. To populate the schema with data, you must load the repository, as described in "Loading the repository".

    Important:
    If you are using InterChange Server in an internationalized environment and are using SQL Server for your repository, confirm that all columns of the repository schema that hold string data use the following internationalized data types: nchar (for char), nvarchar (for varchar), and ntext (for text).
  2. Change to the directory that contains the InterchangeSystem.log file and check the log file to ensure that the repository schema were created successfully and that InterChange Server is ready.

    By default, the InterChange Server log file is ProductDir/InterchangeSystem.log. If you changed the Log File parameter on the InterChange Server tab of the InterChange Server Configuration GUI, the messages are logged to that location.

    You can use the following command to see the default log file in real time:

    tail -f log_file_name 
    

    where log_file_name is the path and name of the InterChange Server log file.

    The following message indicates that the server is running:

    InterChange Server server_name is ready
    

    where server_name is the name of InterChange Server which you specified.

    When you register InterChange Server (later in these instructions), you will use that server_name.

The log file for the startup script, ics_manager.log, is also located in the ProductDir/logs directory. This file logs:

You can also use the ics_manager script to perform the following tasks:

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