PROADSV
- Last Updated: February 11, 2026
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- OpenEdge
- Version 13.0
- Documentation
A cross-platform command-line tool that manages the AdminServer. It supports various activities, including starting, stopping, and querying the status of the AdminServer. To run this utility, open the proenv command prompt with administrative privileges.
| Operating system | Syntax |
|---|---|
| Windows and Linux |
|
- -start
- Starts the AdminServer.
- -admingroup groups
- Identifies a list of group names separated by a colon.
- -adminport port-number
-
Specifies the port number used by the AdminServer for database broker communication. If you do not specify a port number, the adminport defaults to port 7844.
- -f pluginsFile
- Points to an
AdminServerPlugins.properties file by default. If
you do not define a file for
-f, then this default is used. - -propertyfile filename
- Database configuration information, where the default value is OpenEdge-install-dir/properties/conmgr.properties.
- -requireusername
- Indicates that at least one user ID is required to be resolved for each AdminServer operation before each operation can be executed.
- -stop
- Stops the AdminServer.
- -query
- Displays the AdminServer status.
- -all
- Displays additional information about the servers that the AdminServer has started. These additional servers include NameServer, OpenEdge DataServer for Oracle, and OpenEdge DataServer for MS SQL Server. It also lists any running databases that it started.
- -keepservers
- Allows the AdminServer to shutdown itself, while the servers it started continue running.
- -port port-number
- Specifies the listening port number. If you do not specify a port number, it defaults to 20931.
- -user username
- User who has been assigned AdminServer process privileges. The default is the current user.
- -password password
- The password associated with the
-user. - -help
- Displays the command-line help.
You can use the following options with proadsv to accomplish corresponding tasks. Note that the examples use the port number 9999.
| AdminServer task | Commands | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Start |
-start
|
proadsv -start
|
| Specify the listening port |
-port port-number
|
proadsv -port 9999 -start
|
| Specify the database broker port |
-adminport port-number
|
proadsv -adminport 9998
|
| Stop |
-stop
|
proadsv -stop
|
| Query |
-query
|
proadsv -query
|
| Help |
-help
|
proadsv -help
|
Note: You must specify different port
numbers with -port and -adminport options. If you are running multiple
AdminServers, you must override both the default
port and the default adminport
settings.