Summary: A script to start, stop, backup and restore your AIX websphere environment.
Date: Around 2011
Refactor: 1 May 2025: Checked links and formatting.

This script can start, stop, backup and restore your WebSphere environment, and has been tested on AIX

#!/bin/ksh
#
# Set you environment here [ACC,FOP,PRD]
ENV=FOP
 
# Set your company name here
COMP=GETSHIFTING
 
#
# APP_HOME setting
APP_HOME=/opt/sft/${COMP}-${ENV}
 
# Change here the WAS userid, WAS group and sid if necessary
WAS_USER=wasuser
WAS_GROUP=wasgroup
WAS_PROCESSES="dmgr nodeagent Front_Server Security_Server APP_Server JMS_Server"
 
WAS_CELL="${COMP}-${ENV}.cell"
WAS_NODE_EB="${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv.node"
WAS_NODE_FE="${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv.node"
 
# Change the location of the directory in this variable of the WAS :
WAS_HOME=/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
WAS_BASE_HOME=/opt/sft/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv
WAS_BASE_DATA=/var/data/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS
WAS_BASE_LOG=/var/log/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS
WAS_BASE_DUMP=/var/dump/ibm/websphere/6.1/BASE
 
# Change the location of the directory in this variable of the WAS_ND :
WAS_ND_HOME=/opt/sft/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.dmgr
WAS_ND_DATA=/var/data/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS_ND
WAS_ND_LOG=/var/log/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS_ND
WAS_ND_DUMP=/var/dump/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS_ND
 
# Essential Homes
WAS_UPDATE_INSTALLER_HOME=/opt/IBM/UpdateInstaller
WAS_IHS_HOME=/opt/IBM/HTTPServer
 
BACKUPFILEND=${WAS_ND_DUMP}/wasbck_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.zip
BACKUPFILEBASE=${WAS_BASE_DUMP}/wasbck_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.zip
 
case "$1" in
 
start )
  echo "Starting the Network Deployment Manager"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_ND_HOME/bin/startManager.sh
 
  echo "Starting the Node"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_BASE_HOME/bin/startNode.sh
 
  for server in Front Security APP JMS; do
    echo "Starting server $server"
    su - $WAS_USER ${ALLSHARE_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/startServer.sh ${server}_Server
  done
  su - $WAS_USER ${ALLSHARE_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/startServer.sh Monitoring_server
 ;;
 
stop )
  echo "Stopping the Network Deployment Manager"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_ND_HOME/bin/stopManager.sh
 
  echo "Stopping the Node"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_BASE_HOME/bin/stopNode.sh -stopservers
  su - $WAS_USER ${ALLSHARE_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/stopServer.sh Monitoring_server
 ;;
 
start-node )
  echo "Starting the Node"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_BASE_HOME/bin/startNode.sh
 ;;
 
stop-node )
  echo "Stopping the Node"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_BASE_HOME/bin/stopNode.sh -stopservers
  su - $WAS_USER ${APP_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/stopServer.sh Monitoring_server
 ;;
 
start-dmgr )
  echo "Starting the Network Deployment Manager"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_ND_HOME/bin/startManager.sh
 ;;
 
stop-dmgr )
  echo "Stopping the Network Deployment Manager"
  su - $WAS_USER $WAS_ND_HOME/bin/stopManager.sh
 ;;
 
start-all )
  for server in JMS APP Security Front; do
    echo "Starting server $server"
    su - $WAS_USER ${APP_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/startServer.sh ${server}_Server
  done
  su - $WAS_USER ${APP_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/startServer.sh Monitoring_server
;;
 
stop-all )
  for server in Front Security APP JMS; do
    echo "Stopping server $server"
    su - $WAS_USER ${APP_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.AppSrv/bin/stopServer.sh ${server}_Server
  done
;;
 
backup )
  for profile in dmgr AppSrv; do
    su - $WAS_USER ${APP_HOME}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.${profile}/bin/backupConfig.sh \
      /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-${profile}-`date +%Y%m%d`.zip \
      -nostop \
      -logfile /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-${profile}-`date +%Y%m%d`.log \
      -profileName ${COMP}-${ENV}.${profile}
done
;;
 
restore )
  if [ -f /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-dmgr-${2}.zip -a -f /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-AppSrv-${2}.zip ]; then
    for profile in dmgr AppSrv; do
      su - $WAS_USER /opt/sft/${COMP}-${ENV}/WAS_Profiles/${COMP}-${ENV}.${profile}/bin/restoreConfig.sh \
        /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-${profile}-`date +%Y%m%d`.zip \
        -logfile /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-${profile}-`date +%Y%m%d`.log \
        -profileName ${COMP}-${ENV}.${profile}
    done
  else
     if [ ! "$2" = "" ]; then
       echo "Cannot find or read (all) backup files, searching for:"
       echo /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-dmgr-${2}.zip
       echo /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-AppSrv-${2}.zip
       echo
     else
       echo "Please specify the date (YYYYMMDD) to restore as argument"
       echo "Available dates currently under backup:"
       ls -1 /var/backup/${COMP}-${ENV}/was/was-config-*.zip | awk -F - '{ print $5 }' | \
       sed 's/.zip//g' | sort | uniq
       echo
     fi
    exit 1
  fi
;;
 
status )
for i in $WAS_PROCESSES; do
    unset pid
    pid=`ps -ef|grep $i| grep $i|grep -v grep|awk '{ print $2 }'`
    if [[ "$pid" = "" ]] then
      echo "WAS subprocess $i is stopped..."
      echo
      exit 0
    else
      echo "WAS subprocess $i is running using processed $pid"
    fi
  done
  echo
  exit 1
;;
 
info )
  # WAS instance information, version, etc...
  echo "Information of the Deployment Manager"
  su - $WAS_USER ${WAS_ND_HOME}/bin/versionInfo.sh
 
  echo
  echo "Information of AppSrv Node"
  su - $WAS_USER ${WAS_BASE_HOME}/bin/versionInfo.sh
 
  echo
  echo "Information of Dmgr Node"
  su - $WAS_USER ${WAS_ND_HOME}/bin/versionInfo.sh
 
  echo
  echo "Information of Update Installer"
  su - $WAS_USER ${WAS_UPDATE_INSTALLER_HOME}/bin/versionInfo.sh
;;
 
plugin )
 echo "Regenerating the plugin for the HTTP Server"
        su - $WAS_USER ${WAS_HOME}/bin/GenPluginCfg.sh -cell.name $WAS_CELL -node.name $WAS_NODE_FE
;;
 
env )
 $0 status
 if [[ "$?" = "1" ]] then
   for i in $WAS_PROCESSES; do
      echo "********* $i *********"
      pid=`ps -ef|grep $i|grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`
      ps ewww $pid | tr ' ' '\012' | grep = | sort
      echo
      echo
   done
  else
   echo "WAS not available, exiting.."
   exit 1
 fi
;;
 
* )
 echo
 echo "Usage: $0 COMMAND"
 echo "---------------------------"
 echo "start         - Start dmgr, node-agent and the application servers"
 echo "stop          - Stops dmgr, node-agent and the application servers"
 echo
 echo "start-dmgr    - Starts the Deployment Manager"
 echo "stop-dmgr     - Stops the Deployment Manager"
 echo
 echo "start-node    - Starts the local node-agent"
 echo "stop-node     - Stops the local node-agent and all appservers"
 echo
 echo "start-all     - starts all application servers"
 echo "stop-all      - stops all application servers"
 echo
 echo "backup        - Creates online backup of complete cell"
 echo "restore       - Restores offline backup of complete cell using date YYYYMMDD"
 echo
 echo "status        - Server stopped/started state"
 echo "plugin        - regenerate webserver plugin"
 echo "info          - Show server configuration"
 echo "env           - Shows environment variables set for WebSphere configuration"
 echo
 exit 1
esac