Start and Stop of FOXMAN‑UN
Introduction
This chapter describes how to start and stop a FOXMAN‑UN system.
Please note:
Only a FOXMAN‑UN administrator can start and stop the FOXMAN‑UN system or its processes, respectively.
The FOXMAN‑UN core services are not started automatically after the installation. This has to be done manually.
For setups without standby server configured, when the workstation is rebooted the base / core services are also started during the boot sequence. Hence the FOXMAN‑UN administrator has to start and/or stop the FOXMAN‑UN system only if there is a particular reason for it, e.g. for maintenance purposes or when encountering problems that might be solved with a restart.
For main/standby setups, the base / core services need to be started manually as described in the “Main/Standby” user manual.
A watchdog process has been implemented to check that the key processes continue to run. If it detects that one of these processes has terminated abnormally, it will try to restart it. The watchdog process itself is checked by the Linux init daemon, which will re-spawn the watchdog daemon when it terminates.
The agents are supervised by the agent daemon. It will try to restart them if they should terminate abnormally. These events are recorded in the “Activity List”.
Unlike some other database systems, the FOXMAN‑UN database does not have to be explicitly stopped before shutting down or rebooting the workstation. This means that no special precautions are necessary, i.e. FOXMAN‑UN does not have to be explicitly stopped, and you may shut down or reboot your workstation in the standard manner.