Restarting the appliance

You can restart the appliance if you want to clear memory and temporary space. You might restart, for example, before you copy a new firmware image to the appliance.

You can shut down and restart the appliance by using the command line interface. Complete the following steps:

  1. Connect to the IBM® MQ Appliance as described in Command line access. Log in as an administrative user.
  2. Type the following command: 
    
shutdown reboot
You can also shut down and restart by using the IBM MQ Appliance web UI. Complete the following steps:
  1. Start the web UI as described in Configuring the IBM MQ Appliance web UI.
  2. Click the administration icon Shows the administration icon and select Main > System Control.
  3. Set the Shutdown Mode to Reboot system.
  4. Click Shutdown. The appliance restarts.