The GroupWise Admin Service interacts with your web browser to provide the GroupWise Administration Console. For background information about the GroupWise Admin Service, see Administration Service Architecture
in the GroupWise 18 Installation Guide.
There are a variety of ways to start and stop the GroupWise Admin Service on the command line. Information about Admin Service functioning is found in the Admin Service log file.
Use the following rcgrpwise commands to start and stop the GroupWise Admin Service:
rcgrpwise start gwadminservice rcgrpwise restart gwadminservice rcgrpwise stop gwadminservice
When you use the following rcgrpwise commands, the GroupWise Admin Service starts and stops along with the GroupWise agents on the server:
rcgrpwise start rcgrpwise restartall rcgrpwise stop
Using rcgrpwise restart restarts the GroupWise agents, but not the GroupWise Admin Service
Use the following gwadminutil commands to start and stop the GroupWise Admin Service:
gwadminutil services -start gwadminservice gwadminutil services -stop gwadminservice
Use the following gwsc commands as shortcuts for the gwadminutil commands to start and stop and GroupWise Admin Service:
gwsc -start gwadminservice gwsc -stop gwadminservice
In general, the GroupWise Admin Service runs smoothly. If something unusual happens, you can check the GroupWise Admin Service log file for more information. The GroupWise Admin Service log file is located in the following folder:
/var/log/Novell/groupwise/gwadmin
There are a variety of ways to start and stop the GroupWise Admin Service on the command line. Information about Admin Service functioning is found in the Admin Service log file.
The GroupWise Admin Service can be managed just like any other Windows service.
On the Windows Control Panel, click Administrative Tools > Services.
Scroll down the GroupWise Administration Service.
Right-click GroupWise Administration Service, and then click an administrative task.
Use the following gwadminutil commands to start and stop the GroupWise Admin Service:
gwadminutil services -start gwadminservice gwadminutil services -stop gwadminservice
Use the following gwsc commands as shortcuts for the gwadminutil commands to start and stop and GroupWise Admin Service:
gwsc -start gwadminservice gwsc -stop gwadminservice
In general, the GroupWise Admin Service runs smoothly. If something unusual happens, you can check the GroupWise Admin Service log file for more information. The GroupWise Admin Service log file is located in the following folder:
c:\ProgramData\Novell\GroupWise\gwadmin
NOTE:On some versions of Windows Server, the ProgramData folder is not visible by default. To display it in File Explorer, click View, and then select Hidden items.