Starting and stopping Managed Server

There are four different ways to start managed server

                             Using a startup Script
                             Using Administration Console
                             Using WLST and Node Manager
                             Using java weblogic.server command

Using startup Script
        Navigate to the following location using command prompt
        BEA_HOME\user_projects\domains\SampleDomain\bin
       Type this command
          startManagedWebLogic.cmd  Managed1  http://localhost:7001

Enter the admin username and password  when prompted.
*Password is not visible just type it.
Managed1 is the name of the managed serverand http://localhost:7001 is the admin url.
The above command will start the Managed Server.

Using Admin Console
        Start the Node Manager. Click here to see how to start Node Manager

Open the admin console.
Expand the environment and click Machines.
Click New to create a new Machine.

Enter a name for machine and click ok.

Click on SampleMachine

Click on Servers

Click on Add

Select the Managed Server and click Finish to add server to the machine.

Click on monitoring and make sure the status is Reachable.

Click on servers from the left menu
Click on the Control and tick the Managed Server you want to start
Click on start to start the managed server

It takes some time to start the managed server.

Stopping Managed Servers

Using script
       Navigate to the following location using command prompt
BEA_HOME\user_projects\domains\SampleDomain\bin

Type this command
stopManagedWebLogic.cmd  Managed1  t3://localhost:7001 weblogicweblogic

Make sure that you are using t3 protocol for admin url.
weblogic  is the username and password for admin server

Using Admin Console:

Click on servers and click control
Tick the managed server and select Force Shutdown from shutdown dropdown.