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<p>The <strong>ecf_start.sh</strong> script will automatically set up and start your <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflow-server"><em >ecflow_server</em></a>.</p>
<p>If you started an ecFlow manually then your server will start in a <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-halted"><em >halted</em></a> state.</p>
<p>In this case you you will have to &#8220;restart&#8221; your server before you can use it.</p>
<p>In a <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-halted"><em >halted</em></a> state the server will not schedule any tasks.</p>
<p>To check the status of the server, type the following at the unix prompt:</p>
<div ><pre>&gt; ecflow_client --stats</pre>
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<p>Examine the output. If the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflow-server"><em >ecflow_server</em></a> is <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-halted"><em >halted</em></a> you would restart with:</p>
<div ><pre>&gt; ecflow_client --restart</pre>
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<p>Once the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflow-server"><em >ecflow_server</em></a> is <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-running"><em >running</em></a> you have to start the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite"><em >suite</em></a> by typing:</p>
<div ><pre>&gt; ecflow_client --begin test</pre>
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<div >Restarting and begin&#8217;ing the suite can also be done with the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/ecFlow+Python+Api#python-api"><em>ecFlow Python Api</em></a>.</div>
<div >Add the following to end of your python file</div>
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<div ><div ><pre><span >ci</span> <span >=</span> <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >Client</span><span >();</span>
<span >try</span><span >:</span>
   <span >ci</span><span >.</span><span >restart_server</span><span >()</span>
   <span >ci</span><span >.</span><span >begin_suite</span><span >(</span><span >&quot;test&quot;</span><span >)</span>
<span >except</span> <span >RuntimeError</span><span >,</span> <span >e</span><span >:</span>
   <span >print</span> <span >&quot;failed: &quot;</span> <span >+</span> <span >str</span><span >(</span><span >e</span><span >);</span>
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<p>What to do:</p>
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<li>Restart the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecflow-server"><em >ecflow_server</em></a></li>
<li>Begin the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite"><em >suite</em></a></li>
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