Start the PMDF Job Controller and the PMDF Service Dispatcher.

Syntax

pmdf startup [component]

Command Qualifiers	Defaults
None.	None.

restrictions

On UNIX, must have superuser privileges in order to use this utility.

Parameters

component

Optional parameter which specifies a specific PMDF component to be started: job_controller or dispatcher or circuit_check. If no component name is given, then all active components will be started. Alternatively, post may be specified to cause the PMDF periodic delivery job to be executed immediately, or return may be specified to cause the PMDF periodic return job to be executed immediately.

Description

The pmdf startup utility starts up detached PMDF processes. If no component parameter is specified, then the PMDF Job Controller and PMDF Service Dispatcher are started. Note that starting the Service Dispatcher starts all services the Service Dispatcher is configured to handle, which may include, for instance, SMTP, POP3, POP_SERVER, IMAP_SERVER, IMAP, and HTTP servers. If a component parameter is specified, then only detached process associated with that component will be started. The standard component names are

Component	Description
circuit_check	Detached loopback message monitor process.
dispatcher	Multithreaded Service Dispatcher.
job_controller	Job Controller handling PMDF processing jobs
post	Run the PMDF periodic delivery job
return	Run the PMDF periodic return job

Note the services handled by the PMDF multithreaded Service Dispatcher must be started by starting the PMDF Service Dispatcher; only services not being handled by the PMDF Service Dispatcher can be individually started via the pmdf startup utility. The Service Dispatcher may be configured to handle various services, e.g., the multithreaded SMTP, POP3, POP_SERVER, IMAP, IMAP_SERVER, and HTTP servers. See Chapter 11 for details.

EXAMPLES

# pmdf startup
      

The above UNIX command starts the PMDF Job Controller and PMDF Service Dispatcher.

C:\> pmdf startup
      

The above NT command starts the PMDF Job Controller and PMDF Service Dispatcher.