Bigstart command
From NetworkCommands
A command available on F5 Networks BigIP platforms; used to modify and display the status of LTM related services on the device.
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Usage Syntax
bigstart action [service]
If no service is specified, the action is performed on all services in the default service group.
Common actions include:
- list - display a list of all services, their description, whether they are set to start on system boot and whether they are in the default service group
- start and startup - start the specified service
- restart - restart the specified service
- stop and shutdown - stop the specified service
- status - display status information for the specified service
- memstat - display memory status information for the specified service
Usage Examples
bigstart list - display a list of all available services
bigstart restart - restart all services
Usage Notes
Use this command to disable LTM functions while maintaining access to the system by using syntax: bigstart stop. Note however that SCP/SFTP doesn't seem to work with LTM down.
Typical Output
BigIP 1500 platform, v9.3.0 software; bigstart status
alertd run (pid 1075) 17 hours bcm56xxd run (pid 1137) 17 hours big3d run (pid 1115) 17 hours bigd run (pid 1100) 17 hours bigdbd run (pid 1131) 17 hours chmand run (pid 1111) 17 hours cssd run (pid 1063) 17 hours eventd run (pid 1154) 17 hours fpdd run (pid 1113) 17 hours gtmd down 17 hours lacpd run (pid 1142) 17 hours mcpd run (pid 1057) 17 hours named run (pid 1150) 17 hours nokiasnmpd down 17 hours radvd down 17 hours rmonsnmpd run (pid 1906) 17 hours, 1 restart snmpd run (pid 1071) 17 hours sod run (pid 1143) 17 hours statsd run (pid 1135) 17 hours stpd run (pid 1124) 17 hours subsnmpd run (pid 1093) 17 hours syscalld run (pid 1146) 17 hours tamd run (pid 1128) 17 hours tmm run (pid 1079) 17 hours tmrouted run (pid 1148) 17 hours tomcat4 run (pid 14037) 7 hours, 1 start zebosd down 17 hours zrd down 17 hours
BigIP 1500 platform, v9.3.1 software; bigstart list
Service Boot Default anacron off no bigstart on no cavium on no crond on no dhcpd off no dhcrelay off no f5_update_checker off no functions off no gpm on no halt on no halt.nosound off no httpd on no iptables on no killall on no netfs on no network on no ntpd on no portmap off no postfix off no random on no rawdevices on no sccp-ntpd on no sccp_bridge_mode on no single on no sshd on no subdomain on no syslog off no syslog-ng on no alertd on yes bcm56xxd on yes big3d on yes bigd on yes bigdbd on yes chmand on yes cssd on yes eventd on yes fpdd on yes gtmd on yes lacpd on yes mcpd on yes named on yes nokiasnmpd on yes radvd on yes rmonsnmpd on yes snmpd on yes snmpd.finish off no sod on yes statsd on yes statsd.finish off no stpd on yes subsnmpd on yes syscalld on yes tamd on yes tmm on yes tmm.finish off no tmrouted on yes tomcat4 on yes zebosd on yes zrd on yes
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Use the shutdown or less flexible reboot command to shutdown and/or reboot the entire system.
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