Environment
SLES 12
Retain
Situation
How do I start the Tomcat service?
Resolution
SLES 12 has replaced SysV and switched to systemd. This has changed how you start, stop, restart, and check status of services.
Examples:
systemctl start retain-tomcat7.service
systemctl stop retain-tomcat7.service
systemctl restart retain-tomcat7.service
systemctl status retain-tomcat7.service
systemctl start mysql.service
This white paper from SUSE discusses the switch to to systemd in further depth.
Additional Information
This article was originally published in the GWAVA knowledgebase as article ID 2779.