Running the server on UNIX
By default, the server runs as a daemon process. The asm_srv command starts a server that listens to incoming commands on the specified port. You can assign a port number by the p parameter. If this number is omitted, the server uses the default port 7250. With the h, or ? argument, you can display Help information.
You can specify these parameters in the asm_srv command on UNIX:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| -inherit | Enable inherit of the system environment variables that were set when the ASM server was started. |
| -k | Stop server process (on UNIX) |
| -d | Debug info (verbose output) for daemon asm_srv to stdout. |
| -p <port number> | Override default TCP/IP listening port. |
| -home <home directory> | Set program home directory for Application Service Manager Server. This option is mandatory. |
| -r <time in seconds> | Refresh interval for which Application Service Manager scans the existence of the process for instances with Running status. Default refresh time is 10 seconds. |
| -? or -h[elp] | Display help/usage information |
| -v | Version information |
Starting a server that uses the default port 7250 run this command:
# asm_srv -home <home directory>
Or use the rc.startasm script in the directory <home directory>/etc
To start an Application Service Manager Server that listens on port 7252 and inheriting environment variables of current process run:
# asm_svr -home <home directory> -p 7252 -inherit
Or use the rc.stopasm script in the directory <home directory>/etc
To stop the server, you can stop the daemon. Do not forget to add the port number parameter if the server does not use the default port:
# asm_srv -home <home directory> -p 7252 -k
Ensure that you start the server with the correct installation directory, provided in the argument -home <home directory> .
The first time you start the Application Service Manager Server:
# ./asm_srv -home <home directory>
This message is displayed:
asm_srv: ASM daemon failed to read/open/parse configuration files. Please refer to previous messages.
You can ignore this message. To verify if the server is running, use this command:
# ps -ef | grep asm_srv
root 10598 1 0 Jan 7 ? 0:00 /home/bw/root/asm/bin/asm_srv -home /home/bw/root/asm -p 7250
root 13944 1 0 Jan 2 ? 0:00 /home/root/bin/asm_srv -home /home/root -d
root 26663 1 0 11:26:27 ? 0:00 ./asm_srv -home <home directory> -p 7252