Activating Web Components Server (Command Line)

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Use the following syntax example to activate Web Components Server.

LCSCmd.exe /Web:<Web Components Server FQDN> /Action:Activate /PoolName:<pool name>  [/Password:<Account Password>] [/UnRegSPN:[TRUE|FALSE] ] [/DisableABOutput:[TRUE|FALSE] ][/guest:<guest account name> ][/guestpassword:<guest account password> ] [/externalwebfqdn:<External Web FQDN> ] [/RefDomain:<Domain FQDN>] [/PDCRequired[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/GlobalSettingsDC:<FQDN of a global settings domain controller>] [/DC:<domain controller FQDN>] [/GC:<Global Catalog FQDN>] [/Global:{Configuration | System}] [/User:<Account Name>] [/L:<log file path>][/XML[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/?[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]

Such as:

LCSCmd.exe /Web /Action:Activate /Password:My$tr0ngPwd /PoolName:Pool01 

Where:

Parameter	Description
/Web	Executes the action for the specified Web Components Server computer. If no FQDN is specified, the current computer is used.
/Action	Takes a string that specifies the action name. Valid action names include CheckLCServerState, Diag, Activate, and Deactivate.
/Password	Specifies the service account password for the server.
/PoolName	Specifies the name of the pool that the Web Components Server is going to serve. For Standard Edition servers, this must be the computer name.
/RefDomain	Specifies the reference domain FQDN.
/Global	Specifies the global setting location.
/UnRegSPN	Specifies whether to delete all existing service principal names registered for the service on the specified computer.
/User	Specifies the service account name for the server. It defaults to RTCComponentService. If the specified user account does not exist, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 automatically creates the account.
/DisableABOutput	Specifies whether to enable Address Book Server output files.
/Guest	Specifies the domain account name for virtual directory guest access. This argument is mandatory for Enterprise pools and ignored for Standard Edition pools. It defaults to RTCGuestAccessUser.
/Guestpassword	Specifies the domain guest access account password. This argument is mandatory for Enterprise pools and ignored for Standard Edition pools.
/Externalwebfqdn	Specifies the FQDN of the external Web server.
/NoStart	Specifies whether to start the service on the server during activation.
/Clean	Specifies whether to do a clean setup for backend creation actions.
/Force	Specifies whether to force task execution.