6. Shutting Down Your Partner Server
If you need to move equipment or are preparing your office for a bad storm, you may want to shut down your Partner Server. This might also be needed if an IBM technician is visiting your office. It is also a good idea to reboot your server occasionally in order to clear old processes.
Follow this procedure:
Shutting Down or Rebooting a PCC Server
Ask your staff to log out of the Partner system. You should make sure they are finished with their tasks and have logged off before proceeding.
Log in to the main console using the username "root" and your office's root password. If you do not know the root password, contact your office's System Administrator or PCC at 1-800-722-1082.
At the root command prompt, type one of the following two commands:
OR# shutdown -h now
# reboot
Watch as the system shuts down or reboots. If you are rebooting, you can tell your staff that they can log back in once you see the log in prompt. If you are shutting down, your server will turn off on its own.
 | Do I Have to Perform the Shut Down at the Main Console? |
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You can perform a shut down or reboot from any PC or terminal in your office. Using the main console is recommended only because it will show you the full range of messages as the system shuts down and it will be easier to observe when the system comes back up after a reboot. |