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
proadsv 
    {{{ -start {[ -adminport port-number ]}
       | stop | -query }[-all][-keepservers][-port port-number]} 
       | -help }
-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.

Table 1. proadsv command-line options
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.