Starting and stopping Zowe

The following article describes how to start and stop Zowe.

Zowe consists of three main started tasks:

• ZWESISTC
  Zowe cross memory server

• ZWESASTC
  Zowe cross memory auxiliary server

• ZWESLSTC
  Zowe main started task

Starting and stopping the cross memory server ZWESISTC on z/OS

The cross memory server is run as a started task from the JCL in the PROCLIB member ZWESISTC, and supports reusable address spaces. This task can be started through with the operator start command with the REUSASID=YES keyword:

S ZWESISTC,REUSASID=YES

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If using SDSF to start the cross memory server, enter / before S.

The ZWESISTC task starts and stops the ZWESASTC task as needed. Do not start the ZWESASTC task manually.

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Starting and stopping of the ZWESLSTC started task for the main Zowe servers is independent of the ZWESISTC cross memory server, which is an angel process. If you are running more than one ZWESLSTC instance on the same LPAR, the instances share the same ZWESISTC cross memory server. Stopping ZWESISTC affects the behavior of all Zowe servers on the same LPAR that use the same cross-memory server name, for example ZWESIS_STD. The Zowe cross memory server is designed to be a long-lived address space. There is no requirement to recycle regularly. When the cross memory server is started with a new version of its load module, the cross memory server abandons its current load module instance in LPA and loads the updated version.

To end the Zowe cross memory server process, issue the operator stop command:

P ZWESISTC

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If using SDSF to stop the cross memory server, enter / before P.

Starting and stopping the cross memory auxiliary server ZWESASTC on z/OS

Starting and stopping the cross memory auxiliary server ZWESASTC on z/OS is handled automatically by Zowe cross memory server. It is not necessary to manually start or stop this started task.

Starting and stopping Zowe main server ZWESLSTC on z/OS with zwe server command

Zowe ships zwe start and zwe stop commands to help you start and stop the Zowe main server.

To start Zowe, run the following command:

zwe start --config /path/to/my/zowe.yaml

This command issues the S command to Zowe ZWESLSTC.

Example:

#>zwe start --config /path/to/my/zowe.yaml
===============================================================================
>> STARTING ZOWE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Job ZWE1SV is started successfully.

#>

Job name ZWE1SV can be customized with zowe.job.name in your Zowe configuration file.

You can use zwe start command to start a Zowe high availability instance defined on other LPAR within the Sysplex.

Example:

zwe start --config /path/to/my/zowe.yaml --ha-instance hainst2

The following information must be defined in the Zowe configuration file:

haInstances:
  hainst2:
    hostname: lpar2-domain.com
    sysname: LPAR2

The zwe start command uses the ROUTE command to send the S ZWESLSTC command to the LPAR2 system.

To stop Zowe, run the following command:

zwe stop --config /path/to/my/zowe.yaml

This command issues the P command to the Zowe job.

Example:

#>zwe stop --config /path/to/my/zowe.yaml
===============================================================================
>> STOPPING ZOWE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Job ZWE1SV is stopped successfully.

#>

Starting and stopping Zowe main server ZWESLSTC on z/OS manually

To start Zowe main server, you can issue the S ZWESLSTC command. Similar to the the MVS system command, you can customize the JOBNAME.

Example:

S ZWESLSTC,JOBNAME=ZWE1SV

If you have a Zowe high availability instance defined and want to start a specific HA instance, for example myinst1, you can pass with the HAINST parameter.

Example:

S ZWESLSTC,HAINST=myinst1,JOBNAME=ZWE1SV1

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The Zowe high availability instance name is case insensitive. HAINST=myinst1 and HAINST=MYINST1 are equivalent.

If you are starting a Zowe high availability instance for another LPAR in the Sysplex, you can use the ROUTE command to route the S command to the target system.

Example: To start an HA instance myinst2 on LPAR2 when working on SYSNAME LPAR1, issue the following command:

RO LPAR2,S ZWESLSTC,HAINST=myinst2,JOBNAME=ZWE1SV2

To stop the Zowe main server, issue the P <jobname> command.

With Zowe version 1, you can issue C command to stop Zowe main server. This command is no longer supported in version 2. The P command is now required to ensure that the Zowe components shut down properly.

Stopping and starting a Zowe component without restarting Zowe main server

You can restart a Zowe component with the MVS system command without restarting the whole Zowe main server. Before issuing the modify command consider the following points:

• By default, your Zowe main server job name is configured as ZWE1SV. You can find your customized value by checking the zowe.job.name defined in the Zowe configuration file.
• Determine the component name you want to stop or start. You can find a full list of installed components by listing the <RUNTIME>/components directory and the Zowe extension directory.

To stop a running Zowe component, issue the following command:

F <zowe-job>,APPL=STOP(<component-name>)

Example:

To stop app-server, issue the following command:

F ZWE1SV,APPL=STOP(app-server)

To start a stopped Zowe component, issue the following command:

F <zowe-job>,APPL=START(<component-name>)

Example:

To start app-server, issue the following command:

F ZWE1SV,APPL=START(app-server)

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Not all components can be restarted with this method. Some components may rely on other components. It may be necessary to restart affected components.