Configuring the automatic startup/shutdown procedure for Control-M/Server on UNIX

This procedure describes how to configure the automatic startup procedure for Control-M/Server on RedHat 7, Oracle Linux 7, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.

To configure the automatic startup procedure for Control-M/Server:

1. Log in as root.
2. Navigate to the following to location:

   /etc/systemd/system/

3. Create a new unit service file with 644 permissions.

   The extension must be .service.

   EXAMPLE: CtmServer.service

4. Open the file and type the following:

   [Unit]

   Description=Control-M Server

   After=systemd-user-sessions.service multi-user.target network.target

   [Service]

   ExecStart=/bin/sh -c [server_home_dir]/ctm_server/data/rc.<account name>

   Type=forking

   RemainAfterExit=yes

   ExecStop=/usr/bin/su - <account name> -c '[server_home_dir]/ctm_server/scripts/shut_ca ; [server_home_dir]/ctm_server/scripts/shut_ctm -CA; sleep 10 ; [server_home_dir]/ctm_server/scripts/shutdb;'

   [Install]

   WantedBy=multi-user.target

5. Save the file.
6. From a command line, run the following commands:
   • systemctl daemon-reload
   • systemctl enable [unit service file].service
7. Restart the Control-M/Server computer.