16.2 Restarting Novell ZENworks Network Access Control System Processes

This section lists the commands to stop and restart services associated with Novell ZENworks Network Access Control installations for MS, ES, or Single-server Installations. Restart instead of start is used for services already running in Novell ZENworks Network Access Control.

When running Novell ZENworks Network Access Control and monitoring systems on your network, you may encounter a warning on a server stating that a Connection cannot be established. Recommend restart. The following table provides specific commands for stopping and restarting your services with Novell ZENworks Network Access Control.

If stopping and restarting your system is not successful or you are being required to restart more than once, contact Novell Support or call (800) 858-4000.

Table 16-1 Service Stop and Restart Commands

Command

Description

service watchdog stop

This command stops all the NAC software processes on the server

(MS and/or ES processes, as necessary).

service watchdog start

This command starts all the (stopped) NAC software processes on the server

(MS and/or ES processes, as necessary).

service watchdog restart

This command restarts all the NAC software processes on the server

(MS and/or ES processes, as necessary)

service nac-es status

This command shows the current status of the ES processes on the server

(Applies only to an ES or a single server installation)

service nac-ms status

This command shows the current status of the MS processes on the server

(Applies only to an MS or a single server installation)

reboot

This command stops all services gracefully and reboots the server

shutdown -hy 0

This command shuts down the system gracefully so it will be ready for poweroff