Configuring services for IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Operations Console to automatically start after reboot

Configuring services for IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Operations Console to automatically start after reboot

On Windows, by default the "DataStage AppWatcher Service" is configured to automatically start when the system is started. The configuration can be altered by modifying the service settings in the control panel.

On Unix and Linux, configure the system to automatically call the DSAppWatcher.sh script upon startup. This can be achieved in a variety of different ways, the simplest of which is to modify the DataStage Engine startup script.

As the root user, edit the file InformationServerRoot/Server/DSEngine/sample/ds.rc and insert the following lines (you might have to make the file read/write before it can be changed):

1) After the block commented "#start PX JobMonApp" add the call to start the DSAppWatcher script:
        #start px JobMonApp:
        if [ "${PXHOME}" != "" ]
        then
           ...
        fi
        echo "Starting DSAppWatcher"
        su dsadm -c "${DSHOME}/../DSODB/bin/DSAppWatcher.sh -start"

In some cases it may be necessary to delay the call to start the DSAppWatcher script until other dependent processes have been started. For example, if the database being used by the monitoring services (specified in InformationServerRoot/Server/DSODB/DSODBConnect.cfg) is located on the same system as the engine, the database will need to be up and running before the DSAppWatcher script is started. Similarly on some systems it is necessary to add a delay in order to ensure system services like networking are up and running. A delay can be added by using the following:
        echo "Starting DSAppWatcher"
        su dsadm -c "sleep 120; ${DSHOME}/../DSODB/bin/DSAppWatcher.sh -start" > /dev/null 2>&1 &

2) Optionally, after the block commented "#stop PX JobMonApp" add the call to stop the DSAppWatcher script:
        #stop PX JobMonApp
        if [ -n "${PXHOME}" ]
        then
           ...
        fi
        echo "Stopping DSAppWatcher"
        su dsadm -c "${DSHOME}/../DSODB/bin/DSAppWatcher.sh -stop"

Note these changes start the DSAppWatcher services as the DataStage administrator user (dsadm by default). If your system has been configured with a user other than dsadm, change the user specified above accordingly.

With these changes, the DSAppWatcher services are now be included when starting (or stopping) the DSEngine services, either through a reboot or a manual restart using uv -admin commands.