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Stopping WebLogic Servers from the Administration Console
Administration Guide 2-21
where server_name is the name of the Managed Server you are starting and
admin_url is either http://host:port or https://host:port where host
is the host name (or IP address) of the Administration Server and
port is the
port number for the Administration Server.
Stopping WebLogic Servers from the
Administration Console
If you right click on a server in the left pane of the Administration Console, you will
see two options, Kill this server... and Stop this server.... If you select the Kill this
server... option, the Administration Server sends a request to the Node Manager
running on the machine where the Managed Server is running. The Node Manager then
kills the target WebLogic Server process. The Kill this server... option cannot be used
to shut down the Administration Server. The Kill this server... option assumes you
have a Node Manager running on the machine where the target Managed Server is. For
information on setting up and starting Node Manager, see Node Manager.
If you select the Stop this server... option, the Administration Server sends an
administrative shutdown request to the selected server. The Node Manager is not used
in that case. Unlike the Kill this server... option, the Stop this server... option can be
used to shutdown the Administration Server.
Because the Stop this server... option uses the administrative capability of a Managed
Server to initiate a shutdown, it can only be used if the server is alive and responding
to administrative requests. The Kill this server... option would be typically used in
situations where the target Managed Server is hung or not responding to administrative
requests from the Administration Server.
Shutting Down a Server from the Command Line
You can also shut down a WebLogic Server from the command line with the following
command:
java weblogic.Admin -url host:port SHUTDOWN -username adminname
-password password