This note documents how to check the status of Platform RTM services and how to start those services the in Linux operating environment. It also lists the order for stopping and restarting the services.

The main services that need to run with Platform RTM are advocate and lsfpollerd. The following system services are related, and they should be run as well:

• http
• crond
• mysqld

Checking the Status

To check the status of the Platform RTM services, run the following commands from a command prompt on the Platform RTM client:

# service advocate status
# service lsfpollerd status
# service httpd status
# service crond status
# service mysqld status

Starting the Services

To start Platform RTM services:

• Restart the IBM PLatform LSF job-collection poller by submitting the following command:
  
  # service lsfpollerd start
• Restart the advocate server (the grid-commands execution daemon) by submitting the following command:
  
  # service advocate start
• Restart the Cacti poller (the poller for updating graphs) by submitting the following command:
  
  # service crond start
• Restart the Apache web server (a Platform RTM GUI service) by submitting the following command:
  
  # service httpd start
• Restart the database server (the Platform RTM database for grid data) by submitting the following command:
  
  # service mysqld start

Stopping and Restarting Platform RTM Services

1. the RTM pollers
2. the RTM advocate
3. the Apache web server
4. the MySQL database

When you restart the services, the order is as follows:

1. the MySQL database
2. the Apache web server
3. the RTM pollers
4. the RTM advocate

Note: The order starting the advocate and the pollers does not matter.

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