Checking and controlling the Spectrum Control service

At any time, you can check whether the IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition service runs properly on the Linux host. You can also stop and then start the service if needed.

Procedure

Log on to the Linux command prompt environment as a root user.
Important: Only root users can complete service operations.
Enter the following command: service ibm_spectrum_control status. The status of the Celery and Django services is displayed.
```
[root@ibmsc]# service ibm_spectrum_control status
Celery services are running...
Django service is running...
```

What to do next

If you want to stop the Spectrum Control service, use the stop command:

[root@ibmsc]# service ibm_spectrum_control stop
Stopping Celery services, this may take several minutes ... [OK]
Stopping Django service ... [OK]

To start the service again, use the start command:

[root@ibmsc]# service ibm_spectrum_control start
Starting Celery services ... [  OK  ]
Starting Django service ... [  OK  ]

If you want to stop and then start the Spectrum Control service in one command, use the restart command:

[root@ibmsc]# service ibm_spectrum_control restart
Stopping Celery services, this may take several minutes ... [OK]
Stopping Django service ... [OK]
Starting Celery services ... [OK]
Starting Django service ... [OK]