Shutdown nGeniusONE InfiniStream vScout and vStream

Introduction

To reduce the risk of data loss, it is imperative that all services on InfiniStream virtual and physical appliances are stopped before restarting or shutting down the machine.

 

Solution

nGeniusONE server

• Connect to the management interface using an SSH client of your choice
• Login as root (for default credentials read default credentials)
• Change to the folder /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin/

# cd /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin

• Stop all running processes

# ./stop

• Check if all processes are stopped; the only process left running should be Xvfb

# ./PS

• Shutdown (h) or reboot (r) the machine

# shutdown -h now

 

Infinistream and vStream

• Connect to the management interface using an SSH client of your choice
• Login as root (for default credentials read default credentials)
• Change to the folder /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin/

# cd /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin

• Execute the stop script

# ./stopall

• Check if all processes are stopped, these should be no processes left running

# ./PS

• Shutdown (h) or reboot (r) the machine

# shutdown -h now

 

vScout

• Connect to the host using an SSH client of your choice
• Login as root (for default credentials read default credentials)
• Change to the folder /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin/

# cd /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin

• Stop the vScout service

# service vscoutd stop

• Shutdown (h) or reboot (r) the guest machine

# shutdown -h now