How to Perform a Graceful Shutdown
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Created On 09/25/18 19:38 PM - Last Modified 07/06/23 00:02 AM
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Since PAN-OS 5.0, the option to gracefully shut down a device is supported. During a graceful shut down, the device performs the following tasks:
- All login sessions are logged off.
- Interfaces are disabled.
- All system processes are stopped.
- Existing sessions are closed and logged out.
- System Logs are created to show the administrator name who initiated the shutdown. If this log entry cannot be written, a warning will appear and the system will not shut down.
- Disk drives are cleanly unmounted and the device powered off.
Note: Any configuration changes that have not been saved or committed will be lost.
There are two ways to perform a graceful shut down.
- Via GUI:
- Click on Device tab > Setup link > Operations tab.
- Click on shutdown device under device operations.
- Click Yes on the confirmation prompt.
- Wait a few minutes for the shutdown process to complete.
- Via CLI:
- Issue the command: request shutdown system
Sample output.
> request shutdown system
Warning: executing this command will leave the system in a shutdown state. Power must be removed and reapplied for the system to restart. Do you want to continue? (y or n)
- Wait until System Halted is displayed on the console.
- Issue the command: request shutdown system
Unplug the power source and plug it back for the device to power up.
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