System information

Red Book for AIX Rel. 7.0 and 8.0

Rebooting the Unix System

Intuit Eclipse recommends rebooting your Unix system a minimum of once a month. Once a

week is not too often! This process flushes RAM, cleans temporary files, selects lists, and

removes any errant processes.

The following procedures explain how to do the following:

• Shut down and reboot your system in a single step.

• Shut down your system without rebooting.

• Reboot a previously shut down system.

To shut down and reboot your system:

1. Ensure that all users log off the system.

Important: Failure to do this will result in corrupted data!

2. At the Unix command prompt (#) on the console, type the following command:

# shutdown –Fr

Following the shutdown, the system comes back up. You can now go to a PC and log in

to Eclipse.

Important: It is imperative that you log in to Eclipse after a system reboot, as failure to

do so will result in scheduled reports not running at the appropriate time.

To shut down your system without rebooting:

Note: This is typically done to accomplish a maintenance task on the hardware.

1. At the Unix command prompt (#) on the console, type the following command:

# shutdown -F

Note: Disconnect the power cable to ensure the system is powered off, as some of

the newer systems remain in a stand-by mode.

Following the shutdown, the following things occur:

• The console displays the following message: Halt completed.

• OK displays in the LED.

• The green power light is flashing.

It is now safe to unplug the system for any maintenance or to power your system back on.