To start InterChange Server:
ics_manager -start
ics_manager -start -design
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".
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: