1.7 Starting the Director
The Director is automatically started during system startup. Under normal operation, you should not need to manually start the Director. However, if circumstances require it, you can manually start the Director by following the instructions for your operating system.
/usr/sbin/desta startOn TruClusters, you can run the /usr/sbin/webes_install_update program and choose the Start WEBES Director option to start the Director on either all the nodes in the cluster or a selected group of nodes that you choose.
/usr/sbin/desta start
/usr/sbin/desta startAt the OpenVMS command line prompt, enter:
desta startOn OpenVMS clusters, you can uses the SYSMAN utility to issue the command do desta start on either all the nodes in the cluster or a specific group of nodes that you choose.
To start the WEBES Director, start the DESTA_Service using one of the following methods:
- Select Programs > Hewlett-Packard Service Tools > Web-Based Enterprise Service > Start Director from the Start menu.
- In a Command Prompt window, enter:
net start DESTA_ServiceUsing the desta start command on a Windows system is unsupported and not recommended. While the command may start the Director, it will also generate error messages. Starting the director this way is not recommended because:
- Closing the command prompt window used to issue the command or logging out of the Windows session, will forcibly but incompletely kill the Director, leaving running processes behind (see the WEBES Release Notes if this situation occurs). In addition, open files may not be saved correctly, resulting in data corruption.
- Text log output from the Director process will only be displayed on the screen and will eventually scroll past the buffer.
On Windows, the desta start/stop functionality is only intended to be used as a tool for investigating WEBES operational problems. If the Director is started with desta start, it must be stopped with desta stop.