Stopping a server

To stop a server:

Prerequisites:
  • For WebSphere® Application Server v6.0, wait for the server to start completely before stopping the server.
    Restriction: When you try to stop a WebSphere Application Server v6.0 while the server is starting, the server will continue to start and ignore the stop request. The Status column in the Servers view, might change from Starting to Stopped. But when the server finish starting, the status column changes back to Started. You need to wait for the server to start completely before stopping the server.
  • For remote WebSphere Application Server v6.0, you can stop the remote server from the development tool. However, starting a remote WebSphere Application Server v6.0 from the development tool is not supported. You have to manually start the server on the remote machine when the server is stopped.

    If the remote WebSphere Application Server v6.0 needs restarting, you can select the server from the Servers view and right-click to use the Restart pop-up menu.

    If the remote WebSphere Application Server V6 is shared by multiple users, then stopping the remote server will stop the shared WebSphere server which makes it unavailable for other users to use.

  1. In the Servers view ( Window > Show View > Other > Server > Servers), select the server that you want to stop.
  2. Click the Stop the server Picture of Stop icon icon in the toolbar. In the Status column of the Servers view, the status of the server changes to Stopped.
  3. If for some reason the server fails to stop, you can terminate the process as follows:
    1. Switch to the Debug perspective.
    2. In the Process view, select the server process that you want to stop.
    3. Click the Terminate Picture of Terminate icon icon in the toolbar.
Note: When terminating a server, the server process will be killed and the server will not go through the normal routine of stopping, for example calling the destroy() method on a servlet.
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