Starting and Restarting the ActivID Appliance

Note: It is strongly recommended that you do NOT power off the virtual machine as it might cause a loss of data such as system configuration (see VMware documentation (Managing Power States of a Virtual Machine). Instead, shutdown the ActivID Appliance using the ActivID Console or UNIX terminal.

Restart the ActivID Console

This option enables restarting the ActivID Console in either of the following scenarios:

  • Stop/start the ActivID Console.
  • Start the ActivID Console if it has been stopped for some reasons (for example, patch installation).

  1. From the UNIX terminal, run the restart_activid_console.sh script.

  2. Enter y to confirm that appliance should be restarted, and then press Enter.

The ActivID Console gracefully shuts down, and then restarts.

Shut Down the ActivID Appliance

This option enables a smooth shutdown that correctly stops all the services and safely stops the appliance.

  1. From the UNIX terminal, run the shutdown.sh script.

  2. Enter y to confirm the shutdown, and then press Enter.

    3. The appliance gracefully shuts down.

Alternatively, in the ActivID Console, under System in the left menu, select Bootup and Shutdown.

Click Shut Down System to correctly stop all the services and smoothly shut down the appliance.

Reboot the ActivID Appliance

This option enables the appliance to be stopped and restarted gracefully.

  1. From the UNIX terminal, run the reboot.sh script.

  2. Enter y to confirm that appliance should be restarted, and then press Enter.

    3. The appliance gracefully shuts down, and then restarts.

Note: If the appliance is in Single Mode, the audit data storage is optimized systematically during the restart process and, depending on the optimization required, the process might take longer than usual (for example, if you have purged a large amount of audit records).

Alternatively, in the ActivID Console, under System in the left menu, select Bootup and Shutdown.

Click Boot Up System to stop and restart gracefully the appliance.

Restart All Applications

  1. Log on to the ActivID Console and, under Configuration in the left-hand menu, select Applications.

  2. Click Restart all Applications.

  3. When prompted to confirm restarting the application(s), click Ok.

  4. When the success message appears, click Close.