How to schedule a particular server to restart in BOE XI 3.1?

Many times there is a need to restart a particular service (server) to clean the cache / temporary data on file system / release memory. Please find below steps on how to achieve it on Windows and Unix.

WINDOWS

Workaround 1:

Create a different node either through CCM or CMC and add only those particular servers in this node which you would like to restart on a regular basis. For Ex. we'll name as CRPROC

Go to Start >> Run >> services.msc

Look for Server Intelligence Agent (CRPROC) >> right click and go to properties of this service.

On the General tab, look for Service Name. In this case, it should be BOE120SIACRPROC.

Open up notepad and copy-paste the below lines in it.

sc stop BOE120SIACRPROC

sc start BOE120SIACRPROC

Save this notepad as Restart_CRPROC.bat

Now you can use the Windows Task Scheduler or BO's Program Job Server service to start / stop these particular servers. If you are going for BO's Program Job Server service, you'll need to upload this program object (Restart_CRPROC.bat) to Enterprise and set a recurring schedule.

Note: You can create two different files if you just want to stop / start a particular service.

Workaround 2:

Open a notepad and add the following lines to it:

"<PATH TO CCM.EXE>\ccm.exe" -managedstop/managedstart SIANAME.SERVERNAME -cms CMSNAME:PORT -username <Admin user> -password <PASSWORD> -authentication <Authentication being used>

Eg.

To Stop:

"C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ccm.exe" -managedstop SIA.WebIntelligenceProcessingServer -cms servername:6400 -username Administrator -password password123 -authentication secEnterprise

To start:

"C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ccm.exe" -managedstart SIA.WebIntelligenceProcessingServer -cms servername:6400 -username Administrator -password password123 -authentication secEnterprise

UNIX:

Create a .sh file as below.

To Stop:

/apps/boxi31/bobje/ccm.sh -managedstop SIA.WebIntelligenceProcessingServer -cms servername:6400 -username Administrator -password password123 -authentication secEnterprise

To start:

/apps/boxi31/bobje/ccm.sh -managedstart SIA.WebIntelligenceProcessingServer -cms servername:6400 -username Administrator -password password123 -authentication secEnterprise

You can save this .sh file as Restart_WEBIPROC.sh

You can create a daemon service for this Restart_WEBIPROC.sh file and use it for scheduling the restart for selected services.

Note: You can create two different files if you just want to stop / start a particular service.

Hope this helps!!

You may refer to CCM help or SAP KB Article # 1286926 - How to start/stop or enable/disable individual XI3.x servers from command line

~The One

Why can't we disable CMS Server?

Central Management Server (CMS) is the heart of Business Objects. We cannot disable CMS by any means. However, we can stop it.

In a standalone environment, if we disable CMS [it's not possible though :)], we'll not be able to login to the system to enable it again, either through CCM / CMC.

If we stop the CMS server in a clustered system, all the sessions will be redirected / transferred to another CMS. Once we stop the CMS, it will not accept any new request even if it is enabled. It also serves as a name server with which all other servers / services in the cluster register.

We can disable every other server in BO but CMS.