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Stop and start the Code42 server

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Who is this article for?

CrashPlan Cloud
CrashPlan for Small Business
CrashPlan On-Premises

Find your product plan in the Code42 console on the Account menu.
Not a CrashPlan On-Premises customer? Search or browse Incydr and Instructor, CrashPlan Cloud, or CrashPlan for Small Business.

Instructor, no.

Incydr Professional, Enterprise, Gov F2, and Horizon, no.

Incydr Basic, Advanced, and Gov F1, no.

CrashPlan Cloud, no.

Retired product plans, yes.

CrashPlan for Small Business, no.

Overview

This article shows how to restart, start, and stop the Code42 service, which is the service that runs on the Code42 servers in your Code42 environment. Common use cases for restarting (or stopping and starting) the Code42 service include moving a storage server, modifying configuration files in the Code42 server, or performing a requested task with a Customer Champion.

For information about restarting the Code42 service on Code42 app devices, see Stop and start the Code42 app.

Restart the Code42 service from the Code42 console

  1. Sign in to the Code42 console on the authority server.
  2. Navigate to Destinations > Servers.
  3. For each server:
    1. Select the server to view its details.
    2. Click action menu > Restart Server to immediately restart the Code42 service for that server.

Restart the Code42 service from the Code42 console command-line interface

  1. Sign in to your Code42 console in a web browser.
  2. Double-click the logo in the upper left corner of the Code42 console.
    The Code42 consolecommand-lineinterfaceappears.
  3. Enter one of these commands:
    • To restart the local Code42 server: node.restart
    • To restart a remote Code42 server: node.restart <GUID>
      Replace <GUID> with the GUID of a target Code42 server.

Start, stop, and restart the Code42 service on the host server

Perform these steps from a GUI or command-line interface on the host server that runs your Code42 server.

Linux

Use these commands in Terminal to stop or start the Code42 service:

Start /etc/init.d/proserver start
Stop /etc/init.d/proserver stop
Restart /etc/init.d/proserver restart

Some Linux systems (such as Debian-based distributions) allow you to process the stop and start triggers with an init.d script.

Windows

From the Windows services menu

Use the Windows Services tool running with administrative privileges to restart, start, and stop the Code42 service:

  1. Open Services.
    • Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8: Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager and select the Services tab
    • Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista: Click Start and enter services.msc
  2. Right-click Code42 server and click Stop, Start, or Restart, as appropriate

From PowerShell or the command prompt

Use the Windows PowerShell tool running with administrative privileges to restart, start, and stop the Code42 service:

  PowerShell Command (Run As Administrator) Command Prompt Command
Stop Stop-Service CrashPlanPROServer net stop CrashPlanPROServer
Start Start-Service CrashPlanPROServer net start CrashPlanPROServer
Restart Restart-Service CrashPlanPROServer n/a

OS X

Use these commands in Terminal to stop or start the Code42 service:

Stop sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.proserver.plist
Start sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.proserver.plist