Most tasks will be handled by the Portus Control Centre, which presents a cordinated grapical view of the server. Tasks that are not possible from the Control Centre are documented here.
The Portus server runs from within the Apache webserver. You may see a new icon in the system tray
If not, start the program by clicking Start -> Portus vN -> Apache -> Monitor Apache Servers
Clicking on this symbol will give you the option to choose your Portus Server and the options Start, Stop, and Restart. or will be greyed out depending on the status of Portus.
It is strongly recommended to use and to cycle Portus, not
The green arrow above indicates that Portus is up and running.
If Portus is not running the icon looks like this
Portus can be stopped by issusing "/p jobname" at the terminal.
To start Portus, re-submit the ASGSTRT job.
Bring up the Attention Routine prompt for the Portus partition by issuing the AR command MSG <ASG_partition_ID>
Shut down the server with the command <ASG_partition_reply_id> EOJ
As Portus runs within Apache, bring down Apache to stop the
Portus. Use the apachectl command, which will
be located in the [INSTALL_HOME]/apache2/bin directory of
your Portus installation. To start the server, issue the same command
again with start as the first parameter.
If the Portus license has expired, please follow these steps to upgrade your license.
Linux/Solaris/HP/AIX : Replace the existing RisarisLicense.xml in [INSTALL_HOME]/config
Windows : Replace the existing RisarisLicense.xml [INSTALL_HOME]/configuration
z/OS : Replace existing INSTALL.HOME.CONF( ASGLIC ) and submit INSTALL.HOME.JCL( SOAGINS4 ).
