Using the Solaris btadmin Utility  
 
 

The btadmin utility takes several different forms:

  • For starting and stopping daemons
  • For enabling or disabling Bright Tiger options
  • For configuring Bright Tiger options
  • For showing and resetting options, and for getting online help
 
 
  Stopping and starting daemons with btadmin  
 
 
btadmin [start/stop/restart daemon] 
    [configure option]

You can start and stop the following daemons with btadmin.

Starting and Stopping daemons with btadmin
Daemon
Description
appmgr
Application manager daemon.
failover
Failover daemon.
ns-httpd
HTTP daemon.

 
 
  Examples  
 
btadmin start appmgr
btadmin stop failover
btadmin restart ns-httpd
 
 
  Enabling and Disabling options with btadmin  
 
 

btadmin [enable/disable option]

You can enable or disable the following Bright Tiger options with btadmin.

Enabling and Disabling options with btadmin
Option
Description
btcats
Bright Tiger ClusterCATS server
failover
Server failover (ipaliasd)
ns-httpd
HTTP daemon

 
 
  Examples  
 
btadmin enable btcats
btadmin disable failover
 
 
  Configuring Bright Tiger options with btadmin  
 
 
btadmin [configure option]

Use btadmin with the configure option to configure the following Bright Tiger options.

Configuring Bright Tiger options with btadmin
Option
Description
btcats
Bright Tiger ClusterCATS server
failover
Server failover (ipaliasd)
load
Load Balancing preference
nsroot
Configure new Netscape Server root directory (used when Netscape Server is moved).

 
 
  Examples  
 
btadmin configure btcats
 
 
  Resetting the cluster with btadmin  
 
 

You can reinitialize your ClusterCATS cluster configuration on the current server using the following form of the btadmin utility:

btadmin reset
 
 
  Showing the current ClusterCATS Server configuration  
 
 

You can display the ClusterCATS Server settings on the current server using the following form of the btadmin utility:

btadmin show
 
 
  Getting help for btadmin  
 
 

To get help for the btadmin utility, use the help option:

btadmin help


 
 
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