Procedure to shutdown ALPHA-systems.
When you want to shut down the alpha's, you will need to shutdown the TCS
first:
Go to the control-room , find the TCS-terminal and type :
user> tcsexit
close all the windows and logout.
Make a new connection to the alpha
Log in as SHUT with password RELATIV9.
The system will come first with a list of users currently logged in. If there are any users on the system you should give them some warning before shutting down the system. It will come then with the following dialog, (defaults are in square brackets) :
Do you wish to continue ? (Y/N) [N] y
SHUTDOWN -- Perform an Orderly System Shutdown on node LPASn
Do you really want to shutdown node LPASn [NO]? y
How many minutes until final shutdown [0] : <Enter an integer>
Reason for shutdown [Standalone] : <Enter a one-line reason for shutting down the system>
Do you want to spin down the disk volumes [NO]? <Hit RETURN>
Do you want to invoke the site-specific shutdown procedure [YES]? <Hit RETURN>
Should an automatic system reboot be performed [NO]? <By default, the system does not automatically reboot. However, if you respond with YES, the system attempts to reboot automatically when the shutdown is complete>
When will the system be rebooted [later]: <Enter a text line with the expected reboot time in the format you want printed in the message that will be broadcast to users. If you do not know hit RETURN>
Shutdown options (enter as a comma-separated list):
REBOOT_CHECK Check existence of basic system files.
SAVE_FEEDBACK Save AUTOGEN feedback information from this boot
DISABLE_AUTOSTART Disable autostart queues
Shutdown options [NONE]:
<REBOOT_CHECK Use always. >
<SAVE_FEEDBACK Only useful if the node has been up for more then 24 hours. >
<DISABLE_AUTOSTART Allows jobs on autostart queues to finish processing before failing over or stopping autostart queues. >
A message requesting users to log out is broadcast at decreasing time intervals to all users on the system. All sorts of shutdown-messages will appear on the terminal. If you did not request an automatic reboot, the following message appears on the system console:
SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COMPLETE - USE CONSOLE TO HALT SYSTEM
Now the machine can be powered off.
To reboot just power the machine on again.