Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

PROADSV

Supports various activities including starting up, shutting down, and querying the status of the current installation of an AdminServer.

Operating system	Syntax
UNIX	proadsv        { { { -start { [ -adminport port-number ] }           | stop | -query } [-port port-number] }           | -help }

-start

Starts the AdminServer.

-admingroup groups

Identifies a list of group names separated by a colon.

-adminport port-number

Specifies the port number used by the AdminServer for database broker communication. If a port number is not specified, the adminport defaults to port 7838.

-f pluginsFile

Points to an AdminServerPlugins.properties file by default. If a file is not defined for the -f, then this default is used.

-propertyfile filename

Database configuration information. The default value is <OpenEdge-Install-Dir>/properties/conmgr.properties.

-requireusername

Indicates that at least one user ID is required to be resolved for each AdminServer operation before each operation can be executed.

-stop

Stops the AdminServer.

-query

Displays the AdminServer status.

-port port-number

Specifies the listening port number. If a port number is not specified, the port defaults to 20931.

-user username

User who has been assigned AdminServer process privileges. The default is the current user.

-password password

The password associated with the -user.

-help

Displays the command-line help.

Table C–2 shows several options that you can use with proadsv to accomplish the corresponding tasks. Note that the examples use the port number 9999.

Table C–2: proadsv command-line options

AdminServer task	Commands	Examples
Start.	-start	proadsv -start
Specify the listening port.	-port port-number	proadsv -port 9999 -start
Specify the database broker port.	-adminport port-number	proadsv -adminport 9998
Stop.	-stop	proadsv -stop
Query.	-query	proadsv -query
Help.	-help	proadsv -help

Notes: The port numbers specified with the -port and -adminport options must be different.

If you are running multiple AdminServers, you must override both the default port and the default adminport settings.