Stop Application

Use this procedure to stop an application. The Stop Application task stops all grid nodes belonging to this application and sets the application in an off-line state. Since the application is put in an off-line state, nodes will not be automatically started even a binding exists with a minimum count greater than zero. The application will remain in an off-line state until it is started again; depending on the choice made when stopping the application it will remain in this offline state permanently or until Grid restart.

Note: It is recommended to first put the application in an off-line state before stopping it. This gives the application time to finish processing while at the same time preventing it from accepting new client requests.
  1. Access the Grid Management Pages.
  2. Click the link at the bottom for the application you would like to stop.
  3. Click the Stop button.
  4. Choose from the following options:

    • Full Application Shutdown or Stop Bindings - select whether you want to stop the whole application or just all running instances of a particular binding for the application.

    • Set offline? - select from three options:

      • No - do not set the application offline, the application will be restarted.

        Until restart - set the application offline until the Grid is restarted at which time the application will be online again automatically.

        Permanently - set the application offline and persist this state so that even if the Grid is restarted, the application will remain offline.

      Shutdown immediately - select the shutdown immediately option if you do not wish to wait for graceful shutdown of application nodes. This option can be useful when certain application components are not responding but should not normally be used otherwise.

  5. Click OK to confirm the operation.