How To Shut Down The Delphix Engine
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Occasionally, it is necessary to shut down the Delphix Engine for maintenance purposes. This topic outlines how to perform a safe shutdown of the Delphix Engine. Before performing a shutdown, it is important that all your VDBs are shut down and dSources disabled in order to maintain data integrity. Once the Delphix Engine is powered off, you can power it back on through the vSphere console like any other VM.

Shutting down the Delphix Engine from the GUI

Use the following steps to shut down the Delphix Engine via the GUI.

  1. Login to the Delphix Management application.
  2. Disable all dSources. Perform the following steps for each dSource:
    1. From the Datasets panel, select the dSource you want to disable.

    2. In the upper right-hand corner, from the Actions menu (...) select Disable.

    3. In the Disable dialog select Disable.
  3. Shut down all VDBs. Perform the following for each VDB:
    1. In the Datasets panel, click the VDB to expand it.
    2. Click the red stop button.

  3. Logout of the Management application.

  4. Login to the Delphix Setup application using sysadmin credentials.

  5. From the Actions menu select Power Off.

     

  6. Click OK.

Power on the Delphix Engine through ESX Console, like any other VM.

Shutting down the Delphix Engine via CLI

Use the following steps to shutdown the Delphix Engine via CLI.

ssh sysadmin@yourengine
delphix > system
delphix system > shutdown
delphix system shutdown *> commit

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