Safe reboot and shutdown
Introduction
 | If TruView is not working as expected, set aside log files first before stopping the services. Valuable information for troubleshooting may be lost after restart/reboot |
To minimize the chances of data corruption and consequently loss of data, it is required to use the scripts privided for restarting, rebooting or shutting down the virtual of physical appliance.
Solution
Reboot
You don't have to be root to reboot the server.
- Using the SSH client of your choice, login as TVadmin
- Change to /opt/tv
$ cd /opt/tv
- Run the reboot script
$ ./tv-reboot.sh
Shutdown
You don't have to be root to shutdown the server.
Make sure iDRAC Virtual Console is accessible or someone is physically present in the datacenter to power on the server if needed.
- Log in as TVadmin with SSH
- Change to /opt/tv
$ cd /opt/tv
- Run the shutdown script
$ ./tv-shutdown.sh
It may take several minutes before the power is cut-off.