16.5 Starting, Restarting, or Stopping the Connector Service

The PlateSpin Migrate Connector service starts automatically when you power on the Transformation Manager Appliance. You can start, restart, or stop the PlateSpin Migrate Connector service using the rcps_migrate_connector command on any Connector host server.

On the Appliance or on your Connector host server:

  1. Log in to the Connector host server with a local root user account.

    On the Appliance, ensure that SSH is enabled. See Enabling or Disabling the SSH Service in the PTM 2 Appliance Guide.

  2. Launch a terminal console.

  3. Enter the appropriate command to start, stop, or restart the process:

    rcps_migrate_connector [start | stop | restart]
  4. (Optional) View the log file at /var/opt/microfocus/migrate_connector/logs/migrate-connector.log.

The Appliance Management Console supports these functions for the Connector service instance on the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance.

On the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance:

  1. Log in to the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance Management Console as the vaadmin user.

  2. Click System Services.

  3. In the list of Available System Services, select PlateSpin Migrate Connector for PTM.

  4. Click Action, then select Stop, Start, or Restart as appropriate.

  5. (Optional) To make the startup of the Connector service Automatic or Manual, click Options, then select either Set as Automatic or Set as Manual.

  6. (Optional) In the Log Files column, click the download link for the Connector service, and download the files to your management machine.

  7. Click Close to exit System Services.

  8. Exit the Appliance Management Console.