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Running Windchill RV&S Agent from the CLI
To start the Windchill RV&S Agent from the CLI, use the (mksagent in Linux) file with the start subcommand. The file also provides additional administrative functionality for running the Windchill RV&S Agent.
The file is located in the following directory:
installdir/bin/mksagent[.bat]
where installdir is the Windchill RV&S Agent installation directory.
The command syntax is as follows:
mksagent subcommand
where subcommand is one of the following:
console starts the Windchill RV&S Agent in console mode as an application only without the service, as specified in:
installdir/config/mksagent.conf
install installs the Windchill RV&S Agent as a Windows NT service.
remove removes the Windchill RV&S Agent Windows NT Service.
restart restarts the Windchill RV&S Agent service.
start launches the Windchill RV&S Agent service (Windows) or daemon (Linux).
stop stops the Windchill RV&S Agent service (Windows) or daemon (Linux).
To run Windchill RV&S Agent from Windows
To run the Windchill RV&S Agent on Linux
To restart or stop the Windchill RV&S Agent
To set up the Windchill RV&S server as a Linux service