Stopping a service or process (nco_pa_stop)
You can run the nco_pa_stop utility to stop a service or process at any location in the process control system configuration.
If the service or process has already been stopped, the command is ignored.
When you stop a service, all the processes that are defined within that service are also stopped. When you stop a process, the status of dependent processes remains unaltered; for example, if an ObjectServer is stopped, the probes that were dependent on it continue to run.
To stop a service or process, enter the following command:
$NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_pa_stop command_line_options
In this command, command_line_options represents one or more command-line options that you can specify for the nco_pa_stop utility. You can specify only a single service or process.
Command-line options for nco_pa_stop
Command-line options for the nco_pa_stop utility are described in the following table.
| Command-line option | Description |
|---|---|
| -force | If specified, no warning is output if the process or service is not running. |
| -help | Displays help about the command-line options and exits. |
| -nosecure | Connects to process agents in a non-secure mode that does not encrypt login information during transmission. |
| -password string | The password to use for the process agent. |
| -process string | Name of the process to stop. |
| -server string | Name of process agent to contact. |
| -service string | Name of the service to stop. |
| -user string | The user name for the process agent. The default is the user running the command. |
| -version | Displays software version information and exits. |