How to start BF agent manually on Windows

the agent runs through bfdispatch typically which connects stdin & stdout from the bfagent process to the network connection to the BF console. What you've done is started a bfagent process that isn't connected to a network socket, but to your stdin & stdout of your shell.

Try "bfagent -s" (standalone)

Hi Robert,

Thanks. But "bfagent -s" only works for UNIX/Linux. I am trying to capture the BF agent output and following this tech notes:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21265177

But it didn't work since "bfagent.exe -d" started but could not connect to it.

Did you get this worked out? I don't have a windows environment as a
reference, but as I recall there is a shortcut off of that start menu to
start the engine in the foreground.

I assume you have tried pulling up a command prompt and starting
bfengine.exe -d from there? You would want to check port status (netstat -an
| findstr 5555, or the like) from an different command shell, as the one you
started the agent from will occupied by running the agent. Also, I assume
the the user you're trying to run the agent as has a reasonable set of
privileges?

As Robert mentions bfdispatch is used to run bfagent as a service, if you want to stop the
agent service manually, use 'net stop/start BFAgent'.

Regards,

Keir
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