How do I start/stop OS services?

Introduction

To start/stop OS services or to run commands from the server device itself

To start/stop OS services from the OS Services dashlet

Introduction:

You can start or stop OS services via the right-click context menu of the server device itself, or from the OS Services dashlet.

From Entuity v23.0 P01 upwards, you can start or stop IBM i OS Services (subsystems). The user must be assigned the *JOBCTL special authority in order to do so. For information about configuring an IBM i user account to monitor the IBM i OS, see this article.

To start/stop OS services or run commands from the server device itself:

Starting and stopping OS services and running commands are configuration management tasks. You can access these from the Configuration Management submenu of the right-click Context Menu from the device itself.

• Run Command (Windows or Linux) - runs a given Powershell (if Windows) or Bash (if Linux) command. A warning will display before running. The script will be run with the permissions of the given credentials. You can check the output details of any commands run from the Details form of the task subjob history (Device Configuration Management page > History tab > select task > Details > select subjob > Details).
• Start Service (Windows, Linux, Solaris, or IBM i)
• Stop Service (Windows, Linux, Solaris, or IBM i)

To start/stop OS services from the OS Services dashlet:

1. Navigate to the OS Services dashboard or the custom dashboard containing an OS Services dashlet.
2. From the OS Services dashlet, select the dashlet that you want to start/stop.
3. Click Start Service or Stop Service at the top of the dashlet (or from the Overflow Menu or right-click Context Menu).