Smart stop is available in the Runtime topology view, for stopping
a WebSphere Application Server managed server. Smart stop attempts to slow
activity in a given WebSphere Application Server managed server before stopping
it.
When you left-click a server instance, a menu provides two stop options.
The first option, Stop server, stops the server and negates any current requests
in whatever state they are in.
The second option, Smart stop server, does the following:
- Disables the dynamic workload manager (DWLM) for the server in question,
removing this server from the set of servers DWLM considers for work load.
- Sets the weight of the server to zero. The server weight returns to its
normal value if it is restarted.
- Checks for up to 30 seconds for any active HTTP requests running in the
server for active HTTP sessions.
- Runs the server shutdown sequence, if the first three steps return successfully
and no active requests are running in the server.