shutdown instance

Description

Shuts down the instance by executing a Transact-SQL shutdown command.

Syntax

shutdown instance [ instance_name ] [ nowait ]

Parameters

instance_name: is the unique name of an instance in the cluster.

nowait: shuts down the instance immediately, without waiting for currently executing transactions or statements to finish.

Examples

Example 1

Shuts down the instance “ase1,” after waiting for currently executing transactions or statements to finish:

shutdown instance ase1

INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 kernel shutdown server ase1
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 Server SHUTDOWN by request.
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 ASE is terminating this process
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 shut down local cluster server.
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 kernel coordinator to be shutdown, newcoo is 0.
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 kernel Single server cluster.
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 kernel cipcnode_down(): Node 1 down event.
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 server ASE shutdown by request.
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 kernel ueshutdown: exiting
INFO - 01:00:00000:00113:2007/06/02 00:31:24/14 kernel SySAM: Checked in license for 1 ASE_CORE (2007.1031.31-oct-2007/1293 6876 8FE7 E 217).

Usage

Shutting down the last instance in a cluster also shuts down the cluster.
sybcluster prompts for confirmation before shutting down the instance.
If the cluster is managed by VCS, shutdown instance fails. You must use VCS shut-down mechanisms to shut down the instance.