Starts all servers in WebLogic domain including Admin Server except for those in the FDWLS_START_SERVER_EXCLUDE_LIST. Admin Server is started first, then servers with WLS_WSM in name (WLS_WSM1, WLS_WSM2 etc.) are started prior to starting the rest of the managed servers. This is done as various Fusion Middleware products are dependent on WSM servers and starting it first helps avoid issues in startup of other managed servers.

Managed servers on various machines are started in parallel. You can control what percentage of servers are started on each machine by using FDWLS_INP_MAX_PERCENT_SIMULTANEOUS. This is done to control CPU utilization on each machine by controlling how many servers are started on each machine. This value defaults to 20 percent.

This operation can also be used to start servers on specific machine by providing value for FDWLS_INP_MACHINE_NAME input.

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Environment/Instance Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description
Oracle Weblogic Home (WL_HOME)	`FDWLS_WEBLOGIC_HOME`	Yes	WebLogic Home Directory. (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw/wlserver)
Weblogic Domain Name	`FDWLS_DOMAIN_NAME`	Yes	WebLogic Domain Name.
Weblogic Admin Listen Address	`FDWLS_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS`	Yes	The listener address of the WLS admin server. (e.g. localhost)
Weblogic Admin Listen Port	`FDWLS_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT`	Yes	The port of the WLS admin server. (e.g. 7001)
Weblogic Admin SSL Connection	`FDWLS_ADMIN_USE_SSL`	No	Indicates whether the admin server is using SSL.
Weblogic Admin User	`FDWLS_ADMIN_USER`	Yes	The user name for the WLS admin server.
Weblogic Admin Password	`FDWLS_ADMIN_PASSWORD`	Yes	The password for `FDWLS_ADMIN_USER`.
Weblogic Start Server Timeout	`FDWLS_START_SERVER_TIMEOUT`	No	Time in milliseconds that the plugin operation will wait for server start. Plugin operation will return as soon as server starts, and if the server fails to start in timeout specified, plugin operation will fail.
Weblogic Admin Server Name	`FDWLS_ADMIN_SERVER_NAME`	No	WebLogic Admin Server Name. Defaults to AdminServer.
Weblogic Admin Domain Directory	`FDWLS_ADMIN_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY`	No	WebLogic Domain Directory for AdminServer. Used when the admin server runs from a different domain folder than managed servers
Weblogic Domain Directory	`FDWLS_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY`	Yes	WebLogic Domain Directory for managed servers.
Weblogic Node Manager Port	`FDWLS_NODEMANAGER_PORT`	Yes	The port for the WLS Node Manager.
Weblogic Node Manager User	`FDWLS_NODEMANAGER_USER`	Yes	The user id for the WLS Node Manager.
Weblogic Node Manager Password	`FDWLS_NODEMANAGER_PASSWORD`	Yes	The password for `FDWLS_NODEMANAGER_USER`
Weblogic Node Manager Host	`FDWLS_NODEMANAGER_HOST`	Yes	Host for Node Manager connection.
Weblogic Node Manager Type	`FDWLS_NODEMANAGER_TYPE`	No	Node Manager Type. (e.g. ssl, plain, SSH, RSH)
Weblogic Start Server Exclude List	`FDWLS_START_SERVER_EXCLUDE_LIST`	No	Provide comma-separated names of managed servers (not clusters), which you do not want started during start operation.

Project Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

Inputs

Input Name	Input Code	Required	Description
Max Parallel Percentage	`FDWLS_INP_MAX_PERCENT_SIMULTANEOUS`	No	The maximum percentage of servers on each machine to start at the same time
Machine Name	`FDWLS_INP_MACHINE_NAME`	No	Managed Servers on this machine will be started. Leave empty to start all managed servers on all machines.

Outputs

Output Name	Required	Description

Artifacts

This operation doesn't consume or produce any artifacts.

Endpoint Selection

This operation will select all available endpoints associated to the environment instance which have a resource type of WLS Admin Server. Since the admin server only runs on one server, it is expected that for a given domain, there will only be one endpoint with a resource type set to WLS Admin Server.

Endpoint Execution

This operation will execute on the Admin Server endpoint selected using the WLS Admin Server resource type.