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Start Agent Technology

Agent Technology does not depend on any other CA Common Service. Once installed, it can be started any time after UNIX System Services (USS) and TCP/IP have started. None of the z/OS-based agents can be started until Agent Technology for z/OS has started, and all of its services have properly initialized.

Use the CCS CNSMPROC library member AWSTART to start the Agent Technology services or you can use online commands (shell scripts) to perform the same tasks. AWSTART can be run as a batch job or started task. Run it as a started task in production.

Note: Agent Technology services usually take 1-2 minutes (after the AWSTART job or task ends) to initialize.

Note: Starting the Agent Technology Services under z/OS only starts the services and not the agents themselves. Each of the agent instances must be individually started and stopped in z/OS. This action usually occurs within the application being monitored, or through an MVS console command.

To stop the AT services, use the CCS AW0PROC library member AWSTOP.