start

Starts HCL Workload Automation production processes, except for the event monitoring engine and WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base (see startappserver and startmon to learn about the commands that start these processes).

Note: Make sure conman start is not issued while either JnextPlan or stageman runs.

You must have start access to the workstation.

Syntax

start [domain!][folder/]workstation
     [;mgr]
     [;noask]
     [;demgr]

Arguments

domain
Specifies the name of the domain in which workstations are started. Wildcard characters are permitted.
This argument is useful when starting more than one workstation in a domain. For example, to start all the agents in domain stlouis, use the following command:
start stlouis!@

If domain is omitted, and workstation contains wildcard characters, the default domain is the one in which conman is running.

[folder/]workstation
Specifies the name of the workstation to be started. Wildcard characters are permitted.

This command is not supported on remote engine workstations.

mgr
This can be entered only on the workstation on which conman is running. It starts the local workstation as the domain manager. The workstation becomes the new domain manager and the current domain manager becomes a fault-tolerant agent. This form of the command usually follows a stop command.
Note: The preferred method of switching a domain manager is to use a switchmgr command. See switchmgr for more information.
noask
Specifies not to prompt for confirmation before taking action on each qualifying workstation.
demgr
This option prevents the opening of external connections during the transition time between when an agent starts as an old domain manager, and when the switchmgr command is run, depriving the agent of the domain manager function. This option is run automatically, but until the old domain manager has processed the switchmgr event (in the case, for example, of delayed restart or restart after repairing a damaged agent), the demgr option must be used to start the old domain manager from the local command line.

Comments

The start command is used at the start of each production period to restart HCL Workload Automation following preproduction processing. At that time it causes the autolinked fault-tolerant agents and standard agents to be initialized and started automatically. Agents that are not autolinked are initialized and started when you run a link command.

Assuming the user has start access to the workstations being started, the following rules apply:
  • A user running conman on the master domain manager can start any workstation in the network.
  • A user running conman on a domain manager other than the master can start any workstation in that domain and subordinate domains. The user cannot start workstations in peer domains.
  • A user running conman on an agent can start workstations that are hosted by that agent.

Examples

Example network and Started workstations below show the workstations started by start commands run by users in various locations in the network.

DMn are domain managers and Ann are agents.
Figure 1. Example network

The diagram shows the domain managers and agents started by start commands run by users in various locations in the network.

Table 1. Started workstations
Command Started by User1 Started by User2 Started by User3
start @!@ All workstations are started

DM2
A21
A22
DM4
A41
A42

A21

start @

DM1
A11
A12

DM2
A21
A22

A21

start DOMAIN3!@

DM3
A31
A32

Not allowed Not allowed
start DOMAIN4!@

DM4
A41
A42

DM4
A41
A42

Not allowed
start DM2 DM2 DM2 Not allowed
start A42 A42 A42 Not allowed
start A31 A31 Not allowed Not allowed

See also

From the Dynamic Workload Console you can perform the same task as follows:
  1. In Object Type, select Workstation.
  2. From the Query drop-down list, select a query to monitor workstations.
  3. From the table containing the list of workstations, select a workstation and click Start.