diff --git a/pgpool/bin/pgpool_escalation b/pgpool/bin/pgpool_escalation
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+touch /tmp/pgpool_escalation
+
+DONE="[  done  ]"
+FAIL="[  fail  ]"
+
+DOTSTRING=""
+cols=`tput cols`
+cols=$((cols - 10))
+cols=$((cols / 2))
+for i in `seq 1 $cols`; do
+    DOTSTRING=$DOTSTRING"."
+done
+function align_left() {
+    local chars="$1"
+    local str="${@:2}"
+    echo -n ${str}${chars:${#str}}
+}
+
+function align_echo() {
+    if [[ "$1" != 0 ]]; then
+        echo $FAIL
+        echo "$2"
+    else
+        echo $DONE
+    fi
+}
+
+# Start/Stop standalone jboss instance
+result=`jboss-cli --controller=$1 --connect --commands="/host=standby/server=server-standalone:read-attribute(name=server-state)"` 2>$1
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+    align_left "$DOTSTRING" "Start server-standalone"
+    result=`jboss-cli --controller=$1 --connect --commands="/host=standby/server-config=server-standalone:start()"` 2>$1
+    align_echo $? $result
+else
+    if [[ $result = *"running"* ]]; then
+        align_left "$DOTSTRING" "Stop server-standalone"
+        result=`jboss-cli --controller=$1 --connect --commands="/host=standby/server-config=server-standalone:stop()"` 2>$1
+        align_echo $? $result
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Start/Stop et7daemon
+if [[ ! -f /var/run/et7daemon.pid ]]; then
+    /etc/init.d/et7daemon start
+else
+    /etc/init.d/et7daemon stop
+fi