Shutting Down the System

Use the ztC Console to shut down the ztC Edge system. Doing so performs an orderly shutdown by first shutting down the virtual machines (VMs) and then the physical machines (PMs). Use only this method to shutdown the ztC Edge system. Before shutting down, make sure both PMs of a system licensed for two nodes are running, and the one PM of a system licensed for one node is running.

Cautions:  
  1. Shutting down the ztC Edge system takes the VMs offline, so shutdown the system only during a planned maintenance period.
  2. Shutting down the ztC Edge system by any other method (for example, removing power from both PMs individually) may result in data loss.
Note: When you shut down the system, standby power remains on for lights-out management unless you disconnect the power cord or the AC mains power is switched off.

To shut down the ztC Edge system

  1. On systems licensed for two nodes, confirm that both PMs are running so that the disks can synchronize between nodes.
  2. Select System in the left-hand navigation panel.
  3. Click the Shutdown button. A warning appears: It will shut down the entire system and stop one or more VMs! Click Yes to shutdown or No to cancel the shutdown. After clicking Yes, a second warning appears, asking you to confirm the shutdown. Click Yes (again) to shutdown or No to cancel the shutdown.

You can observe some of the shutdown process in the Dashboard and the masthead of the ztC Console as the system's PMs sequentially enter maintenance mode (for information on maintenance mode, see Maintenance Mode). When the system shuts down completely, though, the ztC Console is unavailable and the masthead displays Lost Communication.

After the system shuts down, you lose the connection to the console. If the ztC Edge system cannot shutdown completely, a VM may not be shutting down properly. Do one of the following to shut down the VM:

Related Topics

Managing the Operation of a Virtual Machine

The ztC Console

The System Page

Using the ztC Console

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