stopNode command

The stopNode command reads the configuration file for the Network Deployment node agent process and sends a Java Management Extensions (JMX) command telling the node agent to shut down.

By default, the stopNode command waits for the node agent to complete shutdown before it returns control to the command line. There is a -nowait option to return immediately, as well as other options to control the behavior of the stopNode command. For more information about where to run this command, see the Using command tools article.

If you are using the Windows platform and the you have the node agent running as a Windows service, the stopNode command will start the associated Windows service and it will be responsible for starting the node agent.

If you stop the server before stopping the node agent using the stopserver -servers command, the server will not restart when you issue a startserver command.

Syntax

The command syntax is as follows:
stopNode [options]

Parameters

The following options are available for the stopNode command:

-nowait
Tells the stopNode command not to wait for successful shutdown of the node agent process.
-quiet
Suppresses the progress information that the stopNode 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 of the profile for the node being stopped.
-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 was_jobname-jobuser-jobnum.log file which is located in the profile_root/logs directory.
-timeout <seconds>
Specifies the waiting time for the agent to shut down before timing out and returning an error.
-statusport <portNumber>
An optional parameter that allows an administrator to set the port number for node agent status callback. The tool opens this port and waits for status callback from the node agent just before the node agent has completely stopped. If the parameter is not set, an unused port is automatically allocated.
-stopservers
Stops all application servers on the node before stopping the node agent.
-conntype <type>
Specifies the Java Management Extensions (JMX) connector type to use for connecting to the deployment manager. Valid types are SOAP or Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
-port <portNumber>
Specifies the node agent JMX port to use explicitly, so that you can avoid reading configuration files to obtain the information.
-username <name>
Specifies the user name for authentication if security is enabled in the node agent. Acts the same as the -user option.
-user <name>
Specifies the user name for authentication if security is enabled in the node agent. Acts the same as the -username option.
-password <password>
Specifies the password for authentication if security is enabled in the node agent.
Note: If you are running in a secure environment but have not provided a user ID and password, you 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.
Note: When requesting help for the usage statement for the stopNode command, a reference to the stopServer command displays. All of the options displayed for this usage statement apply to the stopNode command.
-?
Prints a usage statement.
Note: When requesting help for the usage statement for the stopNode command, a reference to the stopServer command displays. All of the options displayed for this usage statement apply to the stopNode command.

Usage scenario

The following examples demonstrate correct syntax:

stopNode

stopNode -nowait 

stopNode -trace (produces the stopnode.log file)



Related tasks
Using command line tools
Managing nodes
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