Restarting WebSphere applications using the wsadmin tool feels much faster than through the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console.

If you've already invoked wsadmin to update a configuration then this is especially true. No navigating through menus to find the right item, just a "simple" command line and the application quickly restarts.

Here's how...

Invoke wsadmin:

cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Dmgr01/bin

./wsadmin.sh -lang jython -user icadmin -password PASSWORD_HERE

If you can't remember the name of your applications, list the applications installed.

AdminApp.list()

This returns a somewhat unattractive string:

'Activities\nBlogs\nCommon\nCommunities\nConnectionsProxy\nDefaultApplication\nDogear\nEditLiveForConnections\nExtensions\nFileNetEngine\nFiles\nForums\nHelp\nHomepage\nMetrics\nMobile\nMobile Administration\nModeration\nNews\nProfiles\nPushNotification\nSearch\nWebSphereOauth20SP\nWidgetContainer\nWikis\nnavigator\noEmbed'

It's better formatted:

Activities

Blogs

Common

Communities

ConnectionsProxy

DefaultApplication

Dogear

EditLiveForConnections

Extensions

FileNetEngine

Files

Forums

Help

Homepage

Metrics

Mobile

Mobile Administration

Moderation

News

Profiles

PushNotification

Search

WebSphereOauth20SP

WidgetContainer

Wikis

navigator

oEmbed

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If you've recently changed any configurations, you may want to update the IBM Connections configuration and synchronise nodes at this point:

execfile("connectionsConfig.py")

LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("/tmp","connectionsCell01")

LCConfigService.updateConfig("versionStamp","")

LCConfigService.checkInConfig("/tmp","connectionsCell01")

synchAllNodes()

Choose one of the applications, for example Communities, then stop and start the application:

appManager=AdminControl.queryNames("cell=connectionsCell01,node=connectionsNode01,type=ApplicationManager,process=IC_server1,*")

AdminControl.invoke(appManager, "stopApplication", "Communities")

AdminControl.invoke(appManager, "startApplication", "Communities")

This is pretty quick. Often no more than 30 seconds.