How to Perform a Graceful Shutdown
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Created On 09/25/18 19:38 PM - Last Modified 08/23/24 21:31 PM
Objective
To perform Graceful Shutdown of the Firewall.
Environment
- Palo Alto Firewalls
- Supported PAN-OS
- Graceful Shutdown
Procedure
Graceful shutdown can be initiated both via GUI and CLI.
Via GUI:- Click on GUI: Device > Setup > Operations
- Under "Device Operations", Click on "Shutdown Device"
- Click Yes on the confirmation prompt.
- Wait a few minutes for the shutdown process to complete.
- Issue the command: request shutdown system
- Wait until System Halted is displayed on the console.
Example:
> 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)
Note: To get the device to power up again, Unplug the power source and plug it back in.
Additional Information
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.