Starting services (Windows)

Follow this procedure to start the IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server services and IBM WebSphere® Application Server services in a Microsoft Windows installation.

Before you begin

Make sure that the database is operational before you do this procedure.

About this task

The paths in this task assume that WebSphere Application Server and InfoSphere Information Server are installed in the default location. Your paths and profile names are different if you installed these products in a different location.

Procedure

  1. Start WebSphere Application Server.
  2. When WebSphere Application Server is fully started, log in to each computer that hosts an engine tier.
  3. On each computer, start the following services: ASB Agent, DSRPC Service, DataStage® AppWatcher Service,IBM InfoSphere DataStage Telnet Service, and InfoSphere DataStage Engine Resource Service.
    You can use the Services Administrative Tool or the sc command-line tool to start the services.
    Start these services in the order shown in the following table.
    Table 1. Order in which services must be started
    Service full name Service short name
    ASB Agent ASBAgent
    DSRPC Service dsrpc
    InfoSphere DataStage Engine Resource Service DSEngine
    InfoSphere DataStage Telnet Service dstelnet
    Optional:DataStage AppWatcher Service
    Note: It is only necessary to start this service if you have configured it. Otherwise, you may see an error when starting the service.
    DSAppWatcher