[id='shutting-down-servers_{context}']
= Shutting down {brandname} Server

Stop individually running servers or bring down clusters gracefully.

.Procedure

. Create a CLI connection to {brandname}.
. Shut down {brandname} Server in one of the following ways:
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* Stop all nodes in a cluster with the [command]`shutdown cluster` command, for example:
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[source,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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shutdown cluster
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This command saves cluster state to the `data` folder for each node in the cluster.
If you use a cache store, the [command]`shutdown cluster` command also persists all data in the cache.
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* Stop individual server instances with the [command]`shutdown server` command and the server hostname, for example:
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[source,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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shutdown server <my_server01>
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[IMPORTANT]
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The [command]`shutdown server` command does not wait for rebalancing operations to complete, which can lead to data loss if you specify multiple hostnames at the same time.
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[TIP]
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Run [command]`help shutdown` for more details about using the command.
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.Verification

{brandname} logs the following messages when you shut down servers:

[source,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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ISPN080002: {brandname} Server stopping
ISPN000080: Disconnecting JGroups channel cluster
ISPN000390: Persisted state, version=<$version> timestamp=YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
ISPN080003: {brandname} Server stopped
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