Stopping an appserver

Stopping an appserver ends a server process based on the process definition settings in the current appserver configuration.

Make sure you understand the impact of stopping a particular server has on the ability to handle work requests, especially to maintain a highly available environment.

There are times we need to stop an appserver. For example, we might have to apply service to an application running on that server, or we might want to change one of the appserver's configuration setting. Use one of the following options when we need to stop an application server.

 

• (Windows) Use the Start menu to stop the application server. In the admin console, click Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere > ND v. n > Stop the server. When the server stops successfully, the stopServer.log file contains the following in the last two lines:

  Server stop request issued.  Waiting for stop status. Server server1 stop completed.
  

  The server name varies depending on your settings.

• For the z/OS and distributed platforms, except AIX, we can issue the stopServer command from the command line to stop a single server or the stopManager command to stop the dmgr. [AIX] We can issue the stopServer or the stopManager commands from the /usr/WebSphere/AppServer/bin directory:

  #  ./stopServer.sh server1
  
  

  #   ./stopManager.sh 
  
  

• Use the admin console to stop an appserver:

  1. In the admin console ...

     Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers.

  2. Select the appserver that you want stopped and click Stop.

  3. Confirm to stop the appserver.

  4. View the Status value and any messages or logs to see whether the appserver stops.

 

Results

The specified server stops as soon as requests assigned to that server finish processing. To verify that the server is in stop state, in the admin console ...

Servers > Server Types > WebSphere appservers.

 

Next steps

If we experience any problems shutting down a server, see Troubleshooting administration.

 

Related tasks

Starting an appserver
Manage appservers
Administer appservers
Create appservers

 

Related

stopServer
startServer