Starting and Stopping Collectors

The installation process for the BlueStripe Collector includes configuring the system to start the Collector at boot time. On UNIX-based systems the Collector is started as part of the installation process. The Windows Collector will be started automatically after a reboot.

Should it be necessary to start or stop the Collector manually, this section describes how to start and stop it according to each supported platform.

Starting and Stopping the Collector on Windows

From the command line, execute the following command to start the BlueStripe Collector:

net start bluestripecollector

To stop the Collector, execute:

net stop bluestripecollector

To check the status of the process in the Task Manager, look for the process BlueStripeCollector.exe.

Starting and Stopping the Collector on Linux

To start, stop, or restart the BlueStripe Collector, pass the argument start, stop, or restart to the initialization script root privileges required):

/etc/init.d/bluestripe-collector start
/etc/init.d/bluestripe-collector stop
/etc/init.d/bluestripe-collector restart

To check the status of the process:

ps -ef | grep BlueStripeCollector

Starting and Stopping the Collector on Solaris

Start or stop the BlueStripe Collector from the command line on Solaris:

svcadm enable bluestripe-collector
svcadm disable bluestripe-collector

To check the status of the process:

svcs bluestripe-collector

Starting and Stopping the Collector on AIX

Use one of the following to start or stop the BlueStripe Collector on AIX:

startsrc -s bluestripe.collector
stopsrc -s bluestripe.collector

To check the status of the process:

lssrc -s bluestripe.collector