The ArcMC Daemon (arcmcd)

arcmcd is available only for the software form factor of ArcMC.

The arcmcd utility enables a number of management and control tasks for the ArcMC software process, including starting, stopping and restarting. The syntax to run arcmcd is as follows:

<install_dir>/current/arcsight/arcmc/bin/arcmcd <command>

Where <install_dir> is the installation directory of ArcMC, and <command> is a command listed below.

If ArcMC is installed to run as a system service, you can use arcmcd to manage a specific process.

arcmcd Commands

Command

Description

 
start

Starts aps, apache, postgresql, and web processes. 

stop

Stops aps, apache, postgresql, and web processes. 

restart

Restarts aps, apache, postgresql, and web processes.

 
status

Displays the current status of all processes.

 
quit

Stops aps, apache, postgresql, and web processes, as well as the ArcMC application. 

start <process_name>

Starts the named process. For example, start apache.

 
stop <process_name>

Stops the named process. For example, stop apache.

 
restart <process_name>

Restarts the named process. For example, restart apache.