User Guide

Managing the NetWare Server 49
Server Operating System Administration Guide
103-000148-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Bringing Down the Server
To ensure data integrity, use the DOWN command at the server console before
turning off power to the server. DOWN writes all cache buffers to disk, closes
all files, updates the appropriate Directory Entry Tables and File Allocation
Tables, and exits the network.
If you want to bring the server down and then restart the server immediately,
without exiting to DOS, use the RESTART SERVER command instead of
DOWN.
If you want to bring down the server and then warm boot the computer, use
the RESET command. To make the server load automatically after a RESET
command, enter a line to run SERVER.EXE in the DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT
file on the server computer.
NOTE: Bringing down or restarting a server during a remote console session
terminates the session.
You can also bring down, restart, or reset the server from a workstation using
the options on the Down/Restart page in NetWare Remote Manager.
Before you bring the server down, you should inform all users to close files
and log out of the server. You can do this using the Broadcast Message to
Everyone field on the Connections page in NetWare Remote Manager or by
using the Connections, Compose a Message (F4) option in MONITOR.
To send a message and shut down the server from the server console, do the
following:
1 Send a message to all logged in users from Monitor.
1a From the Available Options menu, select Connections.
1b Highlight each connection you want to inform and press F5 to mark
it.
1c Press F4 to display a Message Text window.
1d Type the message and press Enter to send the message to the
designated connections.
For example, you might send a message like this:
Please close files and log out from servername
Going down in 5 minutes.