Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

> ## Starting and managing an AppServer with the management utilities

> You can use the command-line management utilities in Windows or UNIX platforms to start local AppServer instances and remote AppServer instances running on any platform.

> | To start an AppServer instance:

> 1. If your AppServer requires NameServer support, use the `NSMAN` utility to start each NameServer that you need to support your AppServer instance. For more information, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration .

> 2. Start each OpenEdge database or DataServer that your application requires. For more information on starting databases and DataServers, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration .

> 3. Use the `ASBMAN` utility to start the AppServer instance.

> ##### Using the ASBMAN utility

> The `ASBMAN` utility runs on both Windows and UNIX platforms. It allows you to invoke the following management functions on a local or remote AppServer instance:

> - Start an AppServer.

> - Check and manage the operational status of the AppServer. Management options allow you to reduce (trim) and increase (add) the number of running AppServer agents for this AppServer. For more information on the effects of these options, see the "Specifying the server pool parameters" section. For more information on AppServer status indicators, see the "Checking AppServer status" section.

> - Stop the AppServer.

> Unlike the Progress Explorer, the `ASBMAN` utility has no mechanism for viewing log files or deleting configured AppServer instances. If you want to set the AppServer log file or delete the AppServer instance, you must do it manually using operating system commands. To delete the AppServer, you must remove the entry for this AppServer instance in the AppServer properties file or use the Progress Explorer. For more information on managing log files, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration . For more information on accessing the AppServer properties file, see the "Editing the properties file" section.

> Note: Before you can delete an AppServer instance, you must stop the AppServer.

> This is the syntax to invoke the `ASBMAN` utility:

> Syntax
>     asbman {
>       { -name AppServer-name
>         { -kill | -start | -stop | -query |
>           -addservers number-to-start |
>           -trimservers number-to-trim }
>         [ -host host-name -user user-name | -user user-name ]
>         [ -port port-number ]
>       } | -help }

> For more information on the `ASBMAN` utility, see the "ASBMAN" section.

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