Use this task to stop a cluster and any application servers that are members of that cluster.
Why and when to perform this task
You can stop all application servers that are members of a cluster at the same time by stopping the cluster. You can stop all application servers in a server cluster at the same time.When you start and stop application servers that are part of a cluster using the administrative console, the cluster state does not always update right away. For example, if a cluster is running and you stop a cluster member through administrative console, the cluster state remains as Started even though the server is no longer running.
Steps for this task
What to do next
See Balancing workloads with clusters for more information about the tasks you can complete with clustering.