Stopping IBM InfoSphere CDC

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It may be necessary to stop IBM InfoSphere CDC when you want to change the configuration settings using the IBM InfoSphere CDC configuration tool.

On Windows, stopping IBM InfoSphere CDC stops the services in Windows. The services will automatically start again after a reboot.

On UNIX and Linux, you can issue a command to stop IBM InfoSphere CDC. Use the command prior to taking a server or database offline for maintenance purposes or for upgrading IBM InfoSphere CDC.

To stop IBM InfoSphere CDC (Windows) Procedure

1 Launch the configuration tool by issuing the following command in the specified directory: /<IBM InfoSphere CDC Installation Directory>/bin/dmconfigurets

2 In the Instances area, select the instance that you want to stop and click Stop. The configuration tool stops the instance of IBM InfoSphere CDC.

What to do next

You can also use the Windows Services dialog to start and stop IBM InfoSphere CDC services.

To stop IBM InfoSphere CDC (UNIX and Linux) Procedure

1 End replication on all subscriptions in Management Console. For more information about how to end replication on subscriptions, see your Management Console documentation.

2 Depending on how you want to stop IBM InfoSphere CDC, issue one of the following stop commands:

Option	Description
dmshutdown -I <instance_name>	Use this command to gracefully shut down IBM InfoSphere CDC. If you have multiple active IBM InfoSphere CDC installations on the same Linux server, and you want to shut them all down, run this command from the installation directory for each IBM InfoSphere CDC instance.
dmterminate -I <instance_name>	Use this command to terminate all IBM InfoSphere CDC processes for all instances running on a Linux server. Use this command when you cannot completely shut down IBM InfoSphere CDC using the dmshutdown command.