OK, this is what I thought -- and agree with...
Now I have to really grumble at IBM... Am I missing something or isn't
that missing what should be a key part of the product? Is it really
reasonable that every single shop has to write their own init.d
script???? Every shop expected to reinvent that wheel? Surely they
might anticipate that at least some shops might want to start Websphere
at system startup time...
Add to that the fact that many of the Linux installations on the
mainframe don't have someone who speaks bash (at least not when they're
getting started). (We don't recall any option during the install to
have it autostart - at least this level from this CD.)
So to the MVS sysprog I have three choices to offer them:
a. Follow IBM's advice and do it manually
b. Quick, in your "spare" time go learn bash scripts and write your
own init.d script for /etc/init.d
c. Stuff it in /etc/inittab
As much as b. is the "right" choice, I suspect c. will win almost
everytime....
IBM WAS and DB2 and MQ people -- are you listening?
</rant>
Lee
Adam Thornton wrote:
On May 3, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Lee Stewart wrote:
Hi...
What are people doing to automatically start things like WAS, DB2, MQ
etc.? Stuffing it at the end of /etc/inittab? Writing your own
start/stop script for /etc/init.d? What's the "best" place to
stick it?
One of our clients was told "have someone logon and issue..." -- by
someone at IBM (aka: It's Better Manually). Sigh...
I gave a talk on this (it's really David's talk) at WAVV, and you can
get it from the sinenomine.net web site.
The short answer is: yes, write your own init.d script. That
directory will contain plenty of models for how to do it. DON'T put
it in /etc/inittab. And DON'T start it manually--you have automation
of production systems for a reason.
Adam
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