Shutdown nGeniusONE InfiniStream vScout and vStream

Introduction

To minimize the risk of data loss, it is recommended that all services are stopped before restarting or shutting down the machine.

 

Solution

nGeniusONE server (linux)

• 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 but one are stopped.  The process left running should be Xvfb.  

# ./PS

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

# shutdown -h now

• The services will automatically be started after reboot.  If you wich to start the services without rebooting, use the follwing command:

# ./start  

 

nGeniusONE server (windows)

Open a command prompt as Administrator and run the following command to stop all services:

<installation-path>\rtm\bin\stopsrv.bat

It could take several minutes for all services to stop. Don't be fooled by the return of the command prompt. Instead, open Task Manager to verify if all nGeniusONE related services are stopped.

Open a command prompt as Administrator and run the following command to start all services:

<installation-path>\Netscout\rtm\bin\strtsrv.bat

 

InfiniStream, vStream and Flow Collector

• 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

# ./stopall

• Check if all processes but one are stopped.  The process left running should be Xvfb.  

# ./PS

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

# shutdown -h now

• The services will automatically be started after reboot.  If you wich to start the services without rebooting, use the follwing command:

# ./start  

 

vStream Agent (linux)

 

 

• Connect to the guest machine
• Change to the installation folder (most likely /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin/ or /usr/var/NetScout/rtm/bin)

# cd /opt/Netscout/rtm/bin

• Stop all running processes

# systemctl stop vstream

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

# ./PS

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

# shutdown -h now

• The services will automatically be started after reboot.  If you wich to start the services without rebooting, use the follwing command:

# systemctl start vstream