The stopServer command reads the configuration file
for the specified server process. This command sends a Java Management
Extensions (JMX) command to the server telling it to shut down.
By default, the stopServer command does not return control
to the command line until the server completes the shut down process.
There is a -nowait option to return immediately, as well as other
options to control the behavior of the stopServer command.
For more information about where to run this command, see the Using command tools article.
Although the stopServer command returns
control when the server completes shut down, it can return before
the i5/OS process has terminated. Depending upon the amount of memory
which the Java Virtual Machine must return to the memory pool, the
process may take several seconds or minutes to completely end. You
should not attempt to start the server again until the process has
terminated. Use the WRKACTJOB SBS(subsystem) CL command to determine
if the process has terminated completely. By default, subsystem is
QWAS61.
Syntax
The command syntax is as follows:
stopServer <server> [options]
where
server is
the name of the configuration directory of the server you want to
stop.
This argument is optional. If the default profile
is being used, server defaults to server1. If the profile name is
not default, then server defaults to the profile name.
Parameters
The following options are available
for the stopServer command:
- -nowait
- Tells the stopServer command not to wait for successful
shutdown of the server process.
- -quiet
- Suppresses the progress information that the stopServer command
prints in normal mode.
- -logfile <fileName>
- Specifies the location of the log file to which trace information
is written. By default, the log file is named stopServer.log and is
created in the logs directory.
- -profileName
- Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multi-profile
installation. The -profileName option is not required for running
in a single profile environment. The default for this option is the
default profile.
- -replacelog
- Replaces the log file instead of appending to the current log.
- -trace
- Generates trace information into a file for debugging purposes.
The trace output is written to the stopServer.log file which is located
in the profile_root/logs/server directory.
- -timeout <seconds>
- Specifies the time to wait for server shutdown before timing out
and returning an error.
- -statusport <portNumber>
- An optional parameter that allows an administrator to set the
port number for server status callback. The tool opens this port
and waits for status callback from the server just before the server
has completely stopped. If the parameter is not set, an unused port
is automatically allocated.
- -port <portNumber>
- Specifies the server Java Management Extensions (JMX) port to
use explicitly, so that you can avoid reading the configuration files
to obtain the information.
- -username <name>
- Specifies the user name for authentication if security is enabled
in the server. Acts the same as the -user option.
- -user <name>
- Specifies the user name for authentication if security is enabled
in the server. Acts the same as the -username option.
- -password <password>
- Specifies the password for authentication if security is enabled
in the server.
Note: If you are running in a secure environment
but have not provided a user ID and password, you will receive the
following error message:
ADMN0022E: Access denied for the stop operation on Server MBean due
to insufficient or empty credentials.
To solve this problem,
provide the user ID and password information.
- -help
- Prints a usage statement.
- -?
- Prints a usage statement.
Usage scenario
The following examples demonstrate
correct syntax:
stopServer server1
stopServer server1 -nowait
stopServer server1 -trace (produces the stopserver.log file)
stopServer -profileName mytest (stops server mytest
configured for profile mytest)