Stop-msg utility

The stop-msg utility stops running Messaging Server components.

Syntax
stop-msg &#x5b;-f&#x5d; &#x5b;components ...&#x5d;

Restrictions
Must have superuser privileges or use the Solaris RBAC feature in order to use this utility. Only one start-msg or stop-msg process may run at a time on the system.

The  parameter stops the server in high-availability mode and is normally only used by a cluster agent control script.

One or more   parameters may be supplied to stop a specific running component. See start-msg utility for a list of the valid values for  .

Description
This stops one or more running Messaging Server components. Stopping components generally results in a service outage for that component. If the goal is to activate changes in refreshable product options, see the refresh utility and the imsimta reload utility.

Force stop using SIGKILL (may result in metadata corruption in the classic Message Store).

Examples
The following command stops all running Messaging Server components: The following command stops the impurge server process:
 * 1) stop-msg
 * 1) start-msg purge

See also:
 * Messaging Server command line utilities
 * refresh utility
 * reload utility
 * start-msg utility