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2.6 Starting EVMS

If EVMS does not start during the system boot, you must activate it manually.
1 Open a terminal console, then log in as the root user or equivalent.
2 At the terminal console prompt, enter

2.7 Starting the EVMS Management Tools

Use the following procedure to start the EVMS management tools.
IMPORTANT: When you are done, make sure to exit the EVMS UI tool. When it is running, the
EVMS UI tool locks the EVMS engine, potentially blocking other EVMS actions from taking place.
1 Open a terminal console, then log in as the root user or equivalent.
2 Enter one of the following commands to open the desired EVMS UI:
To stop evmsgui from running automatically on reboot:
1 Close evmsgui.
2 Do a clean shutdown (not a restart).
3 Start the server.
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evms_activate
Command Description
Starts the graphical interface for EVMS GUI. For information about features in
evmsgui
this interface, see
in the EVMS User Guide at the EVMS project on SourceForge.net.
Starts the text-mode interface for EVMS Ncurses. For information about
evmsn
features in this interface, see the
evms.sourceforge.net/user_guide/#NCURSES)
EVMS project on SourceForge.net.
Starts the EVMS command-line interpreter (CLI) interface. For information
evms
about command options, see
evms.sourceforge.net/user_guide/#COMMANDLINE)
at the EVMS project on SourceForge.net.
When the server comes back up, evmsgui is not automatically loaded on reboot.
"EVMS GUI" (http://evms.sourceforge.net/user_guide/#GUI)
"EVMS Ncurses Interface" (http://
"EVMS Command Line Interpreter" (http://
in the EVMS User Guide at the
in the EVMS User Guide