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The information contained in this section applies to WebSphere Commerce Version 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in a newer section.WebSphere Commerce is a single, unified e-commerce platform that offers the ability to do business directly with consumers (B2C), directly with businesses (B2B), and indirectly through channel partners (indirect business models). WebSphere Commerce is designed to be a customizable, scalable, and high availability solution that is built to leverage open standards. It provides easy-to-use tools for business users to centrally manage a cross-channel strategy. Business users can create and manage precision marketing campaigns, promotions, catalog, and merchandising across all sales channels.
Administering
Overview of administering a WebSphere Commerce site
In WebSphere Commerce the person who performs administrative tasks is called a Site Administrator. The Site Administrator installs, configures, and maintains WebSphere Commerce and the associated software and hardware. The administrator responds to system warnings, alerts, and errors, and diagnoses and resolves system problems. Typically, this person controls access and authorization (creating and assigning members to the appropriate role), manages the Web site, monitors performance, and manages load balancing tasks. The Site Administrator might be responsible for establishing and maintaining several server configurations for different stages of development such as testing, staging, and production. The Site Administrator also handles critical system backups and resolves performance problems.
Common installation and administration tasks
The following tasks are common tasks that you need to perform, often repeatedly, as part of WebSphere Commerce installation and administration duties.
WebSphere Commerce administration tasks
The tasks that are listed on this page provide instructions for common WebSphere Commerce tasks that you might need to complete while administering WebSphere Commerce.
Starting and stopping WebSphere Commerce and its components
Review the following topics for information about how to start and stop WebSphere Commerce and its components.
Starting and stopping WebSphere Commerce
The WebSphere Commerce instance is created and administered within a WebSphere Application Server profile. To start or stop a WebSphere Commerce instance you must start or stop the associated WebSphere Application Server profile.
... on IBM i
Starting an application server starts both the application server and any applications that run inside the application server.

For IBM i OS operating system

Starting and stopping an application server on IBM i

Starting an application server starts both the application server and any applications that run inside the application server.

About this task

Your user profile must have *JOBCTL authority to start or stop an application server.

Procedure

Ensure the WebSphere Application Server subsystem is started by doing the following:
1. Start a command session.
2. Issue the following command:
```
WRKSBS
```
3. Ensure that the following subsystem appears in the list of running subsystems displayed:
```
QWAS85
```
Start a Qshell session by entering the following from a command line:
```
STRQSH
```
Do one of the following:
Note: These commands are case sensitive.
- To start an application server:
```
WC_profiledir/bin/startServer server_name
```
- To stop an application server:
```
WC_profiledir/bin/stopServer server_name
```
- To start an application server under WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment:
```
WAS_ND_profiledir/bin/startServer server_name
```
- To stop an application server under WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment:
```
WAS_ND_profiledir/bin/stopServer server_name
```
  where:
  server_name is the name of your server for example, server1.
Starting and stopping quick reference. Select the appropriate link from the left pane based on your version of WebSphere Application Server.
Start the IBM Knowledge Center.
The IBM Knowledge Center can be used to provide help when using the WebSphere Commerce tools such as WebSphere Commerce Administration Console.