diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..112aae36ecc890301d989a792e8adf8b3945e547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3387791a24ca969679541191f6ce823c8b392301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+less ./sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/logs/openbis_log.txt
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c243df6ba571f20edc254273102c2badd275538f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef5be08f4a269220371811f14f0c73fc8e7c4d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./sprint/datastore_server/datastore_server.sh stop
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2f563a74a9597f7b9b7ca806371f212a78358c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+less sprint/datastore_server/log/datastore_server_log.txt
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad6c638c52f0adbec713974eda4bd18dac34cba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./sprint/datastore_server/datastore_server.sh start
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e704da4dd28e6b1a94d200771e05476c8aa3c46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# this small script updates all scripts available in this directory from svn
+
+SVN=http://svncisd.ethz.ch/repos/cisd/openbis_all/trunk/source/bash
+for f in *.sh; do
+  if [ "$f" != $0 ]; then  
+  wget $SVN/$f
+done
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