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Managing Server Startup and Shutdown

# Introduction and Roadmap

The following sections describe the contents and organization of this guide—Managing Server Startup and Shutdown.

- Document Scope and Audience
- Guide to This Document
- Related Documentation
- New and Changed Features for Managing Server Life Cycle

# Document Scope and Audience

This document describes how you manage BEA WebLogic Server® startup, shutdown, and server life cycle. It also describes WebLogic features that you help prevent and recover from server failure.

This document is a resource for system administrators and operators responsible for monitoring and managing a WebLogic Server installation. It is relevant to all phases of a software project, from development through test and production phases.

It is assumed that the reader is familiar with J2EE and Web technologies, object-oriented programming techniques, and the Java programming language.

# Guide to This Document

The document is organized as follows:

- This chapter, Introduction and Roadmap, describes the scope of the guide and lists related documentation.
- Starting and Stopping Servers, describes several ways to start and stop server instances.
- Using Node Manager to Control Servers, describes using Node Manager for the remote control of Administration and Managed Server instances.
- Avoiding and Recovering From Server Failure, describes failover procedures for WebLogic Server instances.
- Understanding Server Life Cycle, describes the operational phases of a WebLogic Server instance, from start up to shut down.
- Starting and Stopping Servers: Quick Reference, provides simple procedures for starting and stopping WebLogic Server instances.

# Related Documentation

- Creating WebLogic Domains Using the Configuration Wizard
- Understanding Domain Configuration
- Administration Console Online Help

# New and Changed Features for Managing Server Life Cycle

Many new Server Life Cycle features were introduced in WebLogic Server 9.0. For information on these features, see:

- New and Changed Features for Managing Server Life Cycle in the 9.0 version of this manual.
- The What's New in WebLogic Server 9.0 section in the 9.0 version of the WebLogic Server Release Notes.