Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
DataServer for Microsoft SQL Server

NSMAN utility

Use the NSMAN utility to control the operation of a configured NameServer. The utility allows you to start a NameServer, query its status, and shut down a NameServer. Unlike the Progress Explorer, the NSMAN utility does not support a means to view log files or delete configured NameServer instances.

Syntax

Operating system	Syntax
Windows	nsman { { -name name-server { -kill | -start | -stop | -query } [ -host host-name -user user-name | -user user-name ] [ -port port-number ] } | -help }

Parameters

-name name–server

Specifies the name of the NameServer. This parameter is required.

-kill

Stops and removes the NameServer from memory, no matter what it is doing.

-start

Starts the NameServer.

-stop

Tells the NameServer to stop itself.

-query

Queries the NameServer for its status.

-host host–name

Specifies the name of the machine where the AdminService is running. If a host name is not specified, it defaults to the local host name.

-user user–name

Specifies a user name and prompts for a password. A user name and password are required only when you use the -host parameter and specify a remote host name. If you specify a remote host name with the -host parameter, but do not specify a user name with the -user parameter, you receive a prompt for a user–name and password.

-port port–number

Specifies the port number of the machine on which the AdminService is running. If a port number is not specified, it defaults to 20931.

-help

Displays command line help.

Notes

A single NameServer can simultaneously support all of the AppServer, WebSpeed and DataServer products.
When you specify a user name with the -user parameter, Windows supports three different formats:
A user name as a simple text string, such as “mary,” implies a local user whose user account is defined on the local Windows server machine, which is the same machine that runs the AdminService.
A user name as an explicit local user name, in which the user account is defined on the same machine that runs the AdminService except the user name explicitly references the local machine domain, for example “.\mary”.
A user name as a user account on a specific Windows domain. The general format is Domain\User, in which the User is a valid user account defined within the domain and the Domain is any valid Windows Server, including the one where the AdminService is running.