Stopping the database server

You can use the Rational® DOORS® database server administration tool on Windows machines to stop database servers running on either Windows or UNIX.

Before you begin

If anyone is using Rational DOORS when you shut down the server, they might lose data. If a client is disconnected from the server for more than two minutes, the client session is considered invalid and any unsaved work is lost. Use the broadcast message function to tell users that you are going to shut down the server, and ask them to exit Rational DOORS. See Broadcasting messages for more information.

About this task

You cannot use the Rational DOORS database server administration tool on UNIX machines. If you need to use a UNIX machine to stop a database server, you must use the command line:
  1. Change your working directory to $Rational DOORSHOME/bin.
  2. Enter the command:
    dbadmin -data port@DOORSserver -killserver [-password password]
    Replace:
    • port with the port that the database server is using.
    • host with the name of the computer the server is running on.
    • password with the password for the database server. If the database server does not have a password, omit the -password switch.

Procedure

  1. Click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > IBM Rational Lifecycle Solutions Tools > IBM Rational DOORS 9.5 > DOORS Database Server Admin.
  2. Connect to the database server that you want to shut down.
  3. Click Shutdown Server.
  4. Click OK.

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