You must install WebSphere Application Server and create an administrative agent profile before you can start or stop the Administrative Agent.

Command Line

Start a administrative agent.

~]# /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AdminAgent01/bin/startManager.sh adminagent
. . .
ADMU3000I: Server adminagent open for e-business; process id is 12345

Stop a administrative agent.

~]# /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AdminAgent01/bin/stopManager.sh adminagent
. . .
ADMU4000I: Server adminagent stop completed.

A crontab job can be created to ensure the administrative agent is started when the system is rebooted.

@reboot bash /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AdminAgent01/bin/startManager.sh adminagent