Starting a Component in an Application
bwdmin Command Line
To start a component in an application, run the
startcomponent command or click the
Stop icon in the Admin UI.
When an application is started, the default action starts all the components of the application on each AppNode, defined in the AppSpace. However, a component can be stopped using the
stopcomponent command. The
startcomponent command can then be used with the
-appnode option to start a component of an application on a specific AppNode.
- Procedure
- Start the AppSpace.
- Run the
startcomponentcommand for the component of an application. For example:BW_HOME\bin>bwadmin startcomponent -d MyDomain -a MyAppSpace -n MyAppNode MycomponentName tibco.bw.sample.MyApp.application 1.0Note: To enable auto start of a component with process starter activity, useenablecomponentautostartcommand. For example:BW_HOME\bin>bwadmin enablecomponentautostart -d MyDomain -a MyAppSpace -n MyAppNode ComponentReceiver jmsSenderReceiver.application 1.0This functionality is applicable at AppSpace level and not at AppNode level.
Admin UI
When an application is started, the default action starts all the components of the application on each AppNode defined in the AppSpace. Click the
Components
tab to view the components in the application. Click the
Start icon
to start all the components in the AppNodes. If all the components are running, the
Status changes to started. The status bar displays the number of components running on the AppNodes. On hovering over the status bar, you can see the number of running components. To start a component on a specific AppNode, click the
icon on the left to view the list of AppNodes the component is running on. Click the
Start icon
against the component you want to start.
Note: The
icon to collapse the list of AppNodes the component is running on, is enabled only after the application has started.
Note: Starting the top level
Start icon
starts all the components with auto start toggle button on for all the AppNodes.

To enable auto start of a component:
- Procedure
- Select Application Level 2 page and select the Component tab.
- Use the toggle button in the
Auto Start column for each component process to decide whether to enable auto start of a component process or not during execution.

- Restart an application for the changes to take effect.