Disabling and re-enabling the analytics subsystem on VMware

Disable the analytics subsystem by shutting down the VM that hosts it.

Before you begin

This operation requires the use of the Analytics CLI.

Disabling the analytics subsystem stops the collection and storage of data as well as making the subsystem unavailable.

When you disable analytics, there will be no data in either the API Manager Dashboards or third-party offloads.

Back up your analytics data as explained in Backing up and restoring the analytics subsystem.
Shut down the analytics VMs.
You can shut down the VMs using one of the following methods:
- Use the VMware console
- ssh into the images and run the shutdown command

Re-enabling analytics