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4.4.4 Stopping an appserver

How you stop an appserver depends largely on personal preference and on whether the appserver is stand-alone or managed. Keep in mind that the appserver created by a appserver profile is always called server1.

Table 4-8 shows several methods to stop an appserver.

Table 4-8

Method Server types: Summary
Windows service Managed and stand-alone Application servers can be registered as a Windows service. You can stop the server by stopping the service.
First steps menu Managed and stand-alone The First Steps menu is located at <profile_home>/firststeps/firststeps.bat (.sh).
Windows Start menu Managed and stand-alone For a standalone appserver...

Select Start  | Programs  | IBM WebSphere  | Application Server V6.1  | Profiles  | <profile>  | Stop the Server. For a stand-alone or managed appserver on a ND system...

Select Start  | Programs  | IBM WebSphere  | Application Server ND V6.1  | Profiles  | <profile>  | Stop the Server.

Command line Managed and stand-alone For a stand-alone appserver:

cd <profile_home>/bin
stopServer(.sh) server1

For a managed appserver:

cd <profile_home>/bin
stopServer(.sh) <servername>

Administrative console Managed Select Servers  | Application Servers. To stop a managed server from the console, the node agent must be started.
Administrative console Managed Select System Administration  | Node Agents  | Restart all Servers on the Node. This restarts all the servers on the node.
z/OS STOP command Managed and standalone STOP appserver_JOBNAME

Methods to stop an appserver


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