There is a command line utility included with Sentinel is useful for managing and configuring many lower level functions of the system. The utility is located in <sentinel_installation_path>/opt/novell/sentinel/bin/.
The utility has the following options to manage the Sentinel services:
server.sh start: Starts the Sentinel service.
server.sh stop: Stops the Sentinel service.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
server.sh status: Displays the status of the Sentinel service.
server.sh restart: Restarts the Sentinel service.
server.sh try-restart: Restarts the Sentinel service if the Sentinel service is running.
server.sh force-reload: Forces the Sentinel service to reload the Sentinel configuration.
server.sh startdb: Starts the PostgreSQL database.
server.sh stopdb: Stops the PostgreSQL database.
server.sh force_stopdb: Forces the PostgreSQL database to stop.
server.sh startSIdb: Starts the Security Intelligence database.
server.sh stopSIdb: Stops the Security Intelligence database.
server.sh version: Displays the version of the Sentinel service.
server.sh -p, --priority=<integer>: Specifies the process priority.
server.sh -h, --help: Displays all options.
server.sh -l, --log-file=FILE: Sends log messages to a file.
server.sh -q, --quiet: Displays fewer messages.
server.sh -v, --verbose: Displays more messages.