Starting And Stopping The Application Server

The previous section mentioned that the Application Server can be started and stopped as a Windows service. In most environments, this is the preferred method for starting/stopping the Application Server program. You can also start and stop it manually through the Application Server Shell program (accessible through the Start menu of the Windows Server operating system).

To start/stop the Application Server as a service:

1. Select Administrative Tools:Services in Control Panel. This will open a Microsoft Management Console listing the services running on your computer.

1. Right-click the MetaCommunications Application Server entry in the list of services, and select Start/Stop from the popup menu to start/stop the Application Server program.

To start/stop the Application Server in the shell program:

1. Select Programs:MetaCommunications:Application Server Shell from the Start menu. This will launch the Application Server Shell program.
2. Select Start/Stop from the Server menu to start/stop the Application Server program.

At this point, the Application Server has been started and is running on your Windows server computer, making it available to the client applications, or has been stopped, making it unavailable to all clients.