IBM SG24-6526-00 manual Starting, Restoring the vendor.connect IFS objects

Under normal circumstances, the application (for example, VennConn) continues to run in WebSphere when the admin job QEJBADMIN is stopped. This means that to stop the system overnight, the easiest way is to end QEJBSBS by using the following command:

ENDSBS SBS(QEJBSBS) OPTION(*IMMED)

This is a standard, tested iSeries command. This has the advantage of ending the Trigger Handler, AIF controller jobs, and any extra WebSphere instances. Users who want to end the subsystem more gently, may want to use *CNTRLD end with a time limit. If you do not specify a time limit, the subsystem will never end, because the Trigger Handler and AIF controller jobs keep running.

As an alternative for stopping and starting jobs, use XMLConfig as in a WebSphere configuration. However, keep in mind that this method has not yet been fully tested by Geac.

4.4.3 Starting

To start vendor.connect assuming the VennConn, VSSync, and Receiving applications are still running, you must follow the steps to start WebSphere using either a default instance or other instances as explained in the following sections.

Starting WebSphere (default instance)

With a default instance, you simply start QEJBSBS by using the following command:

STRSBS SBSD(QEJB/QEJBSBS)

This starts QEJBADMIN, QEJBMNTR, and the VennConn, VCSync, and Receiving applications. It requires some time, possibly several minutes, to start.

Starting WebSphere (other instances)

If you need to start more than one instance of WebSphere, you may use the STRWSSVR command. The following example starts an instance called VC:

CALL PGM(OSLOMD3/STRWSSVR) PARM(VC)

Note: You may start other instances while the default instance is still starting.

Starting the trigger handler and AIF controller

You may start the trigger handler and AIF controller with the following commands:

CALL PGM(OSLVCD3/TRGRHNDLR)

CALL PGM(OSLVCD3/AIFCNTRLR)

It is possible to run these jobs in Auto Day Start and Auto Day End under Machine Manager in System21 or in some other automated scheduled way on the iSeries. If you do this, you must allow sufficient time between starting WebSphere and starting the AIF controller. We recommend that you wait at least 10 minutes. You can do this by submitting the commands through a CL program and inserting the Delay Job (DLYJOB) command in between them.

4.4.4 Restoring the vendor.connect IFS objects

If for any reason you need to restore the IFS objects for vendor.connect, use the following commands. In this example, only the AEF and VendorConnect folders are restored. You may extend the command to restore other folders.

RST DEV('/qsys.lib/tap01.devd') OBJ(('/AEF')('/VendorConnect'))

This assumes that the system is backed up in a similar way.

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