Stopping a Collector Server instance

At any time, you can stop a Collector Server instance. Collector Server waits until all jobs are finished and then shuts down.

Before you begin

You stop a Collector Server instance from the command line. Starting with Fix Pack 1, stop the instance directly from IBM Content Navigator.

Complete these steps to stop a Collector Server instance:

To stop it from IBM Content Navigator, take these steps in Configuration Feature:
1. In the Manage Collector Server Instances page, select the Collector Server instance that you want to stop.
2. Click Stop.
You can stop one instance at a time.
To stop it from a command line, take these steps:
1. Open a command line and change to the instance directory.
2. Enter the following command:
```
archstop -i profile
```
  profile stands for the fully qualified file name of the server configuration profile. If you enter the command from the directory that contains the server configuration profile and if the server configuration profile has the default name archint.ini, -i profile is optional.
  
  When the archpro program receives the archstop command, it first stops all child processes and then it stops itself.