How to Stop and Start the DCA

The following sections describe how you can stop and start the DCA on Windows and Solaris.

To Stop and Start the DCA for

Windows

Solaris

Stop and Start the DCA for Windows Platform

To Stop the DCA

Stop the DCA on a Windows server by stopping the IIS Admin and WWW Publishing Services:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > Admin Tools > Services.

  2. Right-click IIS Admin Service.

  3. From the popup menu, select Stop.

  4. A dialog opens listing dependant services that will also be shut down. This list should include the WWW Publishing Service. Click OK.

To Start the DCA

Start the DCA on a Windows server by starting the IIS WWW Publishing Services:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > Admin Tools > Services.

  2. Right-click WWW Publishing service.

  3. From the popup menu, select Start.

Note: Services whose Startup Type is set to Automatic will also restart automatically when you reboot the server.

Stop and Start the DCA for Solaris Platform

You can stop and start the DCA either from the Web Server Administration Console or from the Solaris Command Line.

To Stop the DCA

From the Web Server Administration Console, stop the DCA on a Solaris server by stopping the iPlanet (Sun ONE) instance:

  1. Using your web browser, go to the administration page at http://<DCA Server>:8888, where <DCA Server> is the name of the server on which you installed DCA.

  2. Select the DCA server instance you want to stop. Click ‘Manage’.

Note: The default server instance that is selected is the first server instance that was created when Sun ONE was installed.

  1. In the Server On/Off Page, click the Server Off button. This will Shut the server down and stop all the running processes.  

To Start the DCA

From the Web Server Administration Console, start the DCA on a Solaris server by stopping the iPlanet (Sun ONE) instance:

  1. Using your web browser, go to the administration page at http://<DCA Server>:8888, where <DCA Server> is the name of the server on which you installed DCA.

  2. Select the DCA server instance you want to stop. Click ‘Manage’.

Note: The default server instance that is selected is the first server instance that was created when Sun ONE was installed.

  1. The Server On/Off Page shows whether the server is ON or OFF. If the server isn’t already OFF, click ‘Server Off’. This shuts the server down and stops all the running processes. After you start the server, it may take a few seconds for the server to start all the process and for the status to change to ‘ON’.

Starting And Stopping DCA Using the Command Line

DCA can be started and stopped from the command line by using the commands below. To stop the DCA we need to stop the Sun ONE server.

Command

Description

/usr/iplanet/servers/https-<DCAhost>/start

Starts the Sun ONE Server

/usr/iplanet/servers/https-<servername>/stop

Stops the Sun ONE Server

Note: This may depend on the specific location for where Sun ONE is installed.