3.1.2 Matrix Server Administration Guide

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Start or Stop Matrix Server with mxinit

Typically, you should use the pmxs script to start or stop Matrix Server.

However, if you want to see verbose output during the start or stop

operation, you can run mxinit manually with the --verbose option.

You can use the following mxinit options to start or stop Matrix Server:

• -s, --start

Start the Matrix Server processes.

• -x, --stop

Gently stop the Matrix Server processes. mxinit first attempts to

unmount PSFS filesystems. If the unmount fails, the gentle stop

operation will also fail.

If you specify both --stop and --hard, the mxinit command first

attempts the --stop operation. If it fails, mxinit then executes the

--hard operation.

• -H, --hard

Perform a hard, immediate stop of the Matrix Server processes. mxinit

first attempts to terminate any applications accessing PSFS

filesystems. It then unmounts the filesystems, terminates the Matrix

Server processes, and unloads Matrix Server modules.

• -L, --load-mod

Load all Matrix Server modules.

• -U, --unload-mod

Unload all Matrix Server modules.

• -v, --verbose

Print verbose output about each step of the mxinit operation.

• -m, --monitor

Explicitly tell mxinit to monitor processes. This is the default when

mxinit is invoked to start Matrix Server.