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Document ID: 1677
Subject: Starting and stopping Syncrify server
Creation date: 3/9/11 10:01 AM
Last modified on: 11/12/18 12:46 PM


Starting and stopping Syncrify


Depending upon the host operating system, the steps for starting and stopping are different.


Microsoft Windows

Syncrify is installed as a Service on Windows. Therefore, to start or stop, go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services and perform the appropriate action.

Additionally, Syncrify comes with a Service Manager application on Windows that you can use to start/stop the server.

Linux

Use the following scripts:

  • /etc/init.d/syncrify start - to start Syncrify
  • /etc/init.d/syncrify stop - to stop Syncrify

MacOS

Double click the Syncrify.app application to run. Use the generic way to stop it. See below

Other UNIX platforms

 You can stop it by sending a kill command or use the generic way to stop. See below


Generic way of stopping Syncrify

This method can be used on any operating system, provided following conditions are met:
  • You must login as Admin
  • You must be logged in from the localhost
Type the following URL in your browser to stop Syncrify.
http://localhost:5800/app?operation=terminate




User comments

Posted by dimitry on 6/2/12 3:32 PM

when restarting the service, does the server notify the connected clients to continue backup? since our server has active sessions 24/7 when needing to restart the server, we are note sure the clients continue after 5 minutes of restarting the server...


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