Display the status of your application server with the serverStatus script

Use the serverStatus script in Qshell to obtain the status of an application server instance. For information on running Qshell scripts, see Configure Qshell to run WebSphere Application Server - Express scripts.

Authority

No special authority is required to run this script.

1. On the CL command line, run the STRQSH (Start Qshell) command.

2. Run the cd command to change to the directory that contains the script:

   cd /QIBM/ProdData/WebASE/ASE5/bin

3. Run the serverStatus script:

   serverStatus server

   where server is the name of your application server.

Syntax

The syntax of the serverStatus script is:

serverStatus server | -all -instance instance
 [ -logfile filename ] [ -replacelog ] [ -trace ] [ -username username ]
 [ -password password ] [ -help | -? ]

Parameters

The parameters of the serverStatus script are:

• server
  The value server is name of the server for which you want to display status. You must specify either a server name or the -all parameter. This value is case sensitive.

• -all
  If you specify this parameter, the script displays the status of all of the servers in the instance. You must specify either the -all parameter or a server name.

• -instance
  This is a required parameter. The value instance specifies the name of the instance that contains the server or servers for which you want to display status.

• -logfile
  This is an optional parameter. The value filename specifies the location and name of the log file for the script. The default value is /QIBM/UserData/WebASE/ASE5/instance/logs/serverStatus.log where instance is the name of the instance that contains to which the server for which you want to display status.

• -replacelog
  This is an optional parameter. If you specify this parameter, the script replaces the log file if it exists. By default the script appends to the log file if it exists.

• -trace
  This is an optional parameter. If you specify this parameter, the script outputs additional trace information to the log file for the script. You should only specify this parameter if errors occur when you try to display server status. The default is to not log additional trace information.

• -username
  This parameter is required if security is enabled for the server. The value username specifies the user name for authentication.

• -password
  This parameter is required if security is enabled for the server. The value password specifies the password for authentication.

• -help or -?
  This optional paramter prints the usage statement for the script.

Example

serverStatus myAppSvr

This example displays the status for the myAppSvr instance.